Essays about: "Papua New Guinea"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 10 essays containing the words Papua New Guinea.

1. 6. Selected Topics in the Grammar of Nalca

   University essay from Avdelningen för allmän språkvetenskap

   Author : Erik Svärd; [2013]
   Keywords : grammar; Mek languages; Nalca; New Guinea; New Testament; Papuan languages; parallel text; grammatik; Irian Jaya; mek; nalca; Nya Guinea; Nya Testamentet; papuanska språk; parallelltext;

   Abstract : The present study analyzes a selection of topics in the grammar of Nalca (Mek language; Papua), with a focus on verbs and nominals. No published grammar or dictionary is available for Nalca, but a translation of the New Testament was used as a parallel text. READ MORE

3. 7. Young Adults' Perceptions of Intimate Partner Violence

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

   Author : Karin Larsen; [2012]
   Keywords : Hanuabada village; intimate partner violence; Papua New Guinea; participatory approach; young adults; peer interviewers.; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This research study has sought the contextual understanding of young adults’ realities and the perpetual use of violence within heterosexual intimate partner relationships in Hanuabada village, Papua New Guinea through an interactive transformative approach. Peer interviewers guided the researcher’s tasks and conducted semi-structured interviews utilizing a photo voice methodology to investigate their own and their peer’s life worlds. READ MORE

4. 8. From men's houses to leader courts : processes of transformation in the governance of land use in the Papua New Guinea highlands

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

   Author : Ivo Sören Syndicus; [2011]
   Keywords : Papua New Guinea; Simbu; land use; governance; change; social organization;

   Abstract : Land use systems in the central highlands of Papua New Guinea have been subject to accelerated change since their initial interrelation with state systems, missionaries and the monetary economy less than a century ago. This thesis explores the governance of land use in the area of Dirima in Simbu Province and discusses processes of transformation that the governance of land use is subject to between 1945 and present times. READ MORE

5. 9. Private Military Companies and the Effect on the Control of Force in the Developing World

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Magnus Andersson; [2006]
   Keywords : Civil-Military Relations; Mercenary; Private Military; Control of Force; Private Security; Social sciences; Samhällsvetenskaper; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap; Social Sciences; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : With the privatisation of war and the increasing importance of non-state actors in conflict, the need to study their effects on governments is increasing. This thesis? purpose is to analyse the effects on the government's control of force in the developing world, when contracting a Private Military Company (PMC). READ MORE

6. 10. Willingness to pay for biological diversity conservation in Simbu Province, Papua New Guinea

   University essay from SLU/Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre

   Author : Eugene Ejike Ezebilo; [2006]
   Keywords : biological diversity; environment; Simbu Province; willingness to pay;

   Abstract : Tropical rainforests habitat has been home for many animal and plant species, it displays vast array of visual beauty and ecological diversity. In recent years, economic hardship and rapid population growth have eroded living standards for millions of people in the developing world. READ MORE