Essays about: "Peace and conflict"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 537 essays containing the words Peace and conflict.

1. 21. Partners in Peace? : A Quantitative Analysis of Peacekeeping and Civil Society

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

   Author : Ester Tottie; [2023]
   Keywords : Peacekeeping; Civil society; Conflict-related sexual violence; United Nations;

   Abstract : Various studies have shown the difficulty for peacekeeping missions to combat conflict-related sexual violence, including the abuse within their own ranks. Both policymakers and academics advocate for the inclusion of civil society in peacekeeping missions claiming that this can aid peacekeepers in this endeavour. READ MORE

3. 22. Pursuing Peace: Strategies Employed by INGOs to Foster Trust between Tamil and Sinhala Communities in Post-Conflict Sri Lanka

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

   Author : Perla Gabay; [2023]
   Keywords : Sinhala; Tamil; Strategy; Governmentality; Discourse; Foucault; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The purpose of this study was to examine how INGOs in Sri Lanka work to increase social capital and trust between two specific ethnic groups- the Tamils and Sinhala. The study uses a qualitative approach, where this dissertation draws on Michel Foucault’s Discourse Analysis with the concepts of power/knowledge and governmentality as central themes in the empirical data. READ MORE

4. 23. From Policy to Practice : Addressing the Challenges of Women Refugees in the Bidibidi Refugee Settlement, Uganda

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

   Author : Johan Diez; [2023]
   Keywords : Peace and Conflict Studies; Refugee Policy; UNHCR; UN Women; Peace; and Security Agenda; Bidibidi Refugee Settlement; Yumbe District; Uganda Refugee Policy; Local Action Plan; National Action Plan; Ethnography; Applied Social Sciences; Case Study; Constructivism; Document Analysis; Thematic Analysis; Interviews; Women in Development; Women and Development; Gender and Development; Women in Forced Migration; Decentralization; Negative Peace; Positive Peace; Situational Peace; Cultural Violence; Structural Violence; Direct Violence; Positive Peacebuilding; Feminist Peace Theory;

   Abstract : This applied social sciences case study examines the efficiency of the ‘Yumbe Local Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security’ in addressing the perceived and experienced adversities of women refugees in the Bidibidi refugee settlement, Uganda. This is done by collecting data from the Bidibidi settlement through interviews and discussions with the refugee and host population, as well as with relevant organizations and governmental actors. READ MORE

5. 24. Armed Conflicts, their Resolution, and a Post-Conflict Society’s Reality : A Qualitative Study of the Central African Republic’s Post-Conflict Society

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

   Author : Katharina Bodewig; [2023]
   Keywords : Civil armed conflict; post-conflict society; restorative peacebuilding; social contract; human rights;

   Abstract : This paper will investigate what role human rights can play in the reconstruction of a post-conflict society. The true root causes of conflict are not addressed by prior peace interventions, often governments are unable to deliver to their populations what they were promised. READ MORE

6. 25. Media, Bullet, Media : Investigating the coverage of the 2022 conflict in Ukraine by leading Farsi-language news media in connection to peace/war journalism

   University essay from Södertörns högskola/Journalistik

   Author : Alireza Asgari; [2023]
   Keywords : Peace journalism; War journalism; Semi-war journalism; Ukraine; Conflict; Farsi; Media.;

   Abstract : This empirical study examines the conflict coverage of two leading Farsi-language news media, Iran International and BBC Persian, regarding peace journalism (PJ) and war journalism (WJ) and the 2022 conflict in Ukraine. Drawing upon available scholarly work in the field of PJ and WJ (studies) and within a normative debate, this research argues that the existing model of PJ/WJ is dualistic and binary. READ MORE