Essays about: "Conflict in kenya"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 53 essays containing the words Conflict in kenya.

1. 6. Drought and Communal Violence : A study of the relationship between drought and communal violence in Kenya from 1997 to 2012

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

   Author : Tor Richardson Golinski; [2023]
   Keywords : Communal violence; communal conflict; economic grievances; drought;

   Abstract : This thesis explores the impact of drought on communal violence, posing the research question: How does drought influence the occurrence of communal violence? Considering empirical evidence and theoretical postulations from previous research, economic grievances are introduced as a crucial factor in the causal pathway between drought and communal violence. Thus, two hypotheses are put forward to address the research question: incidences of communal violence will increase following droughts (H1), and an increase in economic grievances is associated with an increase in communal violence incidence in instances following drought (H2). READ MORE

3. 7. "Kitu Kidogo": Give me something small : A qualitative case study on the causes of private sector corruption in East Africa

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

   Author : Sabine Lind; [2022]
   Keywords : corruption; private sector; ethnicity; East Africa; collectivism;

   Abstract : There is a large amount of literature about corruption and its impacts on conflict and democratization. In the latest decades, scholars have also tried to explain why political corruption trickles down to the public sector. However, less is known about under what circumstances that political corruption trickles down to the private sector. READ MORE

4. 8. Peace - What Is It Good For?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Mikael Bjuremalm; [2022]
   Keywords : Peaceocracy; Kenya; electoral violence; hybrid regimes; peace and conflict studies; Social Sciences; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The use of peace narratives in order to delegitimize political opposition has been observed in electoral autocracies. One such case was in Kenya in 2013, which gave rise to the theory of peaceocracy. READ MORE

5. 9. Hur nederbörd kan inverka på aktivitetsmönster och boskapspredation hos lejon (Panthera leo)

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

   Author : Emma Berglund; [2022]
   Keywords : jaktlycka; lejon; Panthera leo; nederbörd; regn; aktivitetsmönster; predation; viltkonflikt; bytesdjur; boskap; vegetation;

   Abstract : African lions (Panthera Leo) are classified as vulnerable according to the International Union for Conservation. The presence of predators as lion, is crucial for a functioning ecosystem worldwide, which makes the decline a serious problem. Wildlife conflicts between people and lions are a major threat for the lion population. READ MORE

6. 10. The Clash of Justice: A Study of Frictions and Global Mechanisms in the Transitional Justice Process of Kenya

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Ludwig Nordblad; [2021]
   Keywords : Transitional justice; Kenya; friction; armed conflict; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Transitional justice is an essential part in any peacebuilding project. This study will aim to examine the relationship of the global and local spectrum in a transitional justice process and try to understand how the western adversarial systems erode and repress the local justice systems. READ MORE