Essays about: "Peace for progress"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 30 essays containing the words Peace for progress.

  1. 21. Political Democracy in Bosnia and Herzegovina : A Case Study about Bosnia and Herzegovina's Democratic Progress

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

    Author : Armin Ramovic; [2017]
    Keywords : Bosnia; Political Democracy; Democracy; Ethnicity; Ethnic Divisions; Ethnic Limitations; Robert Dahl; Eight Institutional Guarantees; Democratic Progress;

    Abstract : Integrating into a political democratic regime has not been a simple task for post-communisitc states such as Bosnia and Herzegovina. The signing of the Dayton Peace Agreement in 1995 marked the end of the catastrophic war that took place in the region, and was the start for the democratic developments that would now fully integrate Bosnia and Herzegovina into a consolidated democratic regime. READ MORE

  2. 22. Transformative gender narratives in South Caucasus: Conversations with NGO women in the Armenian-Azeri conflict

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Mindaugas Jocbalis; [2016]
    Keywords : gender; conflict; Caucasus; Armenia; Azerbaijan; Kvinna; Georgia; displacement; activism; Nagorno-Karabakh;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to discuss the role of women as intermediaries, mediators and arbitrators in conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the de facto region of Nagorno-Karabakh. It is highly relevant to comdev due to several reasons. First, it is an active issue. READ MORE

  3. 23. United Nations Peacekeeping Operations as a Potential Hindrance to Peace in the Great Lakes Region of Africa: A case of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) : MONUSCO as a Subconscious Spoiler in the Congolese Peace Process

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Innocent Amaese Lopor; [2016]
    Keywords : MONUSCO; DRC; Stabilization; Peace Process; UN Peacekeeping; Hindering; Spoilers;

    Abstract : As the Congolese conflict marks the 20th year, and the peace process 17 years, the apparent question is why is the search for peace in the DRC proving elusive? Spoilers and other impediments to the peace process in the DRC have been studied and UN peacekeepers have been operational in the country for nearly seventeen years, but the conflict continues. This study therefore seeks to understand the potential of UN peacekeeping to hinder the peace process in the DRC, and the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) constitutes a study case. READ MORE

  4. 24. Yearning of Yalambojoch : A field study about rural poverty in northwestern Guatemala and the importance of local influence over development

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Robin Ferling; [2014]
    Keywords : Agriculture; Local ownership; Development; Guatemala; Sustainable livelihoods;

    Abstract : In 1996, Guatemala achieved peace after 36 years of civil war which took root in the political and social oppression of the country’s vast indigenous population. To counter the country’s widespread poverty, inequality and ongoing political and social frustrations the Guatemalan government adopted a liberal peace building agenda by ‘globalizing’ its economy and by decentralizing the political and economic process. READ MORE

  5. 25. Organic or Conventional Green Revolution? -a field study conducted in Ribaue, Mozambique

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS); Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

    Author : Sandra Rizko; Lydia Elias; [2013]
    Keywords : agriculture; small-scale farmers; Green Revolution; prerequisites; Ribaue; Mozambique;

    Abstract : A group of students from the Peace and Development master program at Linnaeus University in Växjö have conducted a field study on agriculture in Ribaue district, Nampula, Mozambique. This study took place over a period of five weeks starting from the beginning of April. READ MORE