Essays about: "Fragile States"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 28 essays containing the words Fragile States.

  1. 16. State-Building During and After Conflict : Explaining the Roles of Security Sector Reform and Rule of Law on Legitimacy in Two Provinces of Uruzgan and Zabul, Afghanistan

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

    Author : Ahmad Mohibbi; [2016]
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    Abstract : The concept of state-building has become a dominant approach to rebuild weak and fragile states and transform their institutions into more legitimate ones. However, in the context of state-building, legitimacy has often been treated as an exogenous phenomenon, ignoring the perspective of the local population. READ MORE

  3. 17. State Fragility, Migration, Integration and Terrorism? A Historic opportunity towards mutual recognition

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för Mellanösternstudier

    Author : Moath Kasasbeh; [2015]
    Keywords : Jihadism; conflicts; wars; political violence; military coups; terrorist groups; Islamist fundamentalism; Iraq; Syria; Yemen; Libya; Somalia; Afghanistan; Caliphate; failed states; Fragile States; State Fragility; Migration; Integration; Terrorism; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Jihadism has become a major topic in Western as well as non-western public debate. Many military groups have sprung up in late 20th and early 21st century, claiming legitimacy using jihad for a wide variety of causes ranging from Kashmir, Somalia, Bosnia, Chechnya, Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Yemen and Nigeria. READ MORE

  4. 18. Approximate computing for emerging technologies : Trading computational accuracy for energy efficiency

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informationsteknologi

    Author : Gustaf Borgström; [2015]
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    Abstract : CMOS is a technology that has been around for many years. Because of its low cost and high availability, it is highly optimized and the most used transistor alternative for computers. READ MORE

  5. 19. Disaster Risk Reduction contribution to Peacebuilding programmes

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Juan Alfonso Lozano Basanta; [2014]
    Keywords : Disaster; Peacebuilding; Risk; Hazard; Post-conflict; Disaster Risk Reduction; Disaster Risk Management; Desastre; Construcción de Paz; Riesgo; Post-conflicto; Reducción de Riesgos de Desastre; Gestión de Riesgos de Desastre;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to provide theoretical evidence that a disaster risk reduction perspective within peacebuilding programmes, particularly in countries where disasters and conflict overlap, can contribute positively to the transformation of conflict into sustainable peace. An increasing number of disasters in fragile states and countries affected by armed conflict has brought the attention to know in which way disasters and conflicts collide when they come to occur in the same area, and how disasters can influence on-going peace processes. READ MORE

  6. 20. Ageing, health inequalities and welfare state regimes – a multilevel analysis

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Björn Högberg; [2014]
    Keywords : health inequalities; social gradient in health; ageing; active ageing; welfare state; welfare state regimes;

    Abstract : The paper studies class inequalities in health over the ageing process in a comparative perspective. It investigates if health inequalities among the elderly vary between European welfare state regimes, and if this variation is age-dependent. READ MORE