Essays about: "How to sustain peace"

Found 3 essays containing the words How to sustain peace.

  1. 1. Building peace from the grassroots level : Under what conditions do mediators contribute to the ending of armed conflict in fragilestate?

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

    Author : Ahmed Wais; [2016]
    Keywords : Armed conflict; Inside mediators; Outside mediators; Durable peace; legitimacy; Local ownership;

    Abstract : Abstract Obviously, inside mediation through individuals or institutions emerged from the conflict situations becomes an alternative way to end armed conflict as it is regarded to have more local legitimacy with a higher sense of ownership. Surprisingly, researchers in peace and conflict studies have shown more interest to mediation processes dominated by outside mediators, while little has been known about the conditions that contribute to success of inside mediators. READ MORE

  3. 2. Building resilience through food : the case of the Network of Agroecological Peasants' Markets of Valle del Cauca (Red MAC), Colombia

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of People and Society

    Author : Camilo Andres Ardila Galvis; [2016]
    Keywords : Alternative Food Networks; social-ecological resilience; agroecology; food systems; collective action; agro-biocultural diversity; Colombia;

    Abstract : The dominance of conventional (chemical and industrial) agriculture has eroded the ecological, economic and socio-cultural conditions to sustain production for a growing population, undermining humanity´s capacity to feed itself (Gliessman, 2007; Altieri & Toledo, 2011). As a consequence, we have a decoupled global food system: the social is decoupled from the ecological; farmers are decoupled from the land; farmers and consumers are decoupled from each other; and culture is decoupled from agri-culture. READ MORE

  4. 3. Mapping patterns of meaning: reparation for victims of mass violence in intra-state peace agreements

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Paula Van Aken; [2014]
    Keywords : peace agreement; reparation; victim; meaning-making; thematic analysis; framing theory;

    Abstract : In the aftermath of armed conflict, peace and justice are no longer perceived as contradictory. Scholars and practitioners alike have increasingly argued that societies emerging from periods of conflict or repression need to address legacies of past mass violence and human rights abuses in order to sustain peace. READ MORE