Essays about: "Dayton"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 22 essays containing the word Dayton.
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1. How the Office of High Representative has impacted the reconciliation in Bosnia and Herzegovina
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)Abstract : Twenty eight years ago there was a brutal war in Bosnia and Herzegovina between the three main ethnic groups in the country as a part of the bracke-up of Yugoslavia (Balazs, 2008). This thesis analyses how the OHR has contributed to the reconciliation process in Bosnia and Herzegovina by looking at academic articles, information from local actors, analysing the local debate and semistructured interviews within the international community in BiH. READ MORE
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2. Consociational Democracies and Human Rights : A Case Study on Bosnia and Herzegovina
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)Abstract : Power-sharing democratic models, such as consociationalism, are becoming a fundamental solution for divided societies. Consociationalism aims to divide power between the majority segments of a plural society using four characteristics: grand coalition, segmental autonomy, proportionality, and mutual veto. READ MORE
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3. Transitional Justice and Reconciliation in Bosnia and Herzegovina : A comparison across time between the views of political elites and the general population
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Hugo Valentin-centrumAbstract : This thesis examines views on reconciliation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and how these have changed over time, in an attempt to elucidate if transitional justice can promote reconciliation in the aftermath of ethnic conflict in systems that entrench ethnonational insecurity. Drawing upon literature from the field of social psychology, the paper argues that the work of transitional justice mechanisms is interpreted through a sociopsychological infrastructure of conflict which hinders the intended effects from being realized. READ MORE
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4. A Liberal Peace? The Dayton Agreement and Democratization in Bosnia and Herzegovina 25 years later
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)Abstract : Over time, hundreds of peace agreements have been signed in different parts of the world. Most of those peace agreements have not brought sustainable peace. Studies show that only 50% of the peace agreements survive for 5 years. READ MORE
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5. Great Power Mediation and Bias : Investigating how bias in great mediation affects post-conflict levels of violence
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskningAbstract : It has long been argued in scholarly research that powerful third parties make excellent third parties due to their superior economic and military capabilities, yet surprisingly little scholarly attention has been paid to superpower mediation and bias, and how it affects post-conflict levels of bias. While it is expected that powerful mediators, with their leverage and ability to enforce peace agreements with military force will be biased mediators, cases of mediation by superpowers shows this is often not the case. READ MORE
