Essays about: "Violent Conflict"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 130 essays containing the words Violent Conflict.
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1. Negotiating Peace: Analyzing Rebel Group Compliance with International Humanitarian Law
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskningAbstract : The negotiation process of a peace agreement is an uncertain period where adversaries can have a difficult time credibly guaranteeing their commitment to an approaching agreement. However, violence is often ceased before a peace agreement is signed, demonstrating their importance for understanding non-violent and violent behavior by warring actors. READ MORE
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2. We will teach you a lesson : A qualitative study on militarized masculinity and the use of sexual violence in armed conflict
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskningAbstract : This paper will focus on articulating and arguing for the intricate relationship between militarized masculinity in ethno-nation conflicts and the use of conflict related sexual violence (CRSV). While previous research has been done on the topic of interest. READ MORE
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3. The Cost of Respect : A qualitative study on the relationship between peace communities and governments in civil wars
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskningAbstract : Peace communities are an “organized and sustained civilian mobilization in the midst of civil war to declare neutrality and to purposely end or prevent violent conflict in their community” (Kaplan. 2017). READ MORE
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4. Post-Traumatic Urbanism
University essay from KTH/ArkitekturAbstract : Terrorism, conflict, and natural disasters. How can architecture respond to a world at odds with itself?On a daily basis we see tragic news about cities around the world that are undergoing trauma. READ MORE
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5. Role Expectations as Motivators of Mass Violence Perpetration : A Normative Approach to Understanding Perpetrator Behaviour During the Yugoslav Wars from 1991–1995
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Hugo Valentin-centrumAbstract : The enduring question of why apparently ordinary individuals participate in the systemic perpetration of mass violence hallmarks genocide studies, and it arose yet again when the multifarious atrocities faced by civilians in the Yugoslav Wars of 1991–1995 were apparent. With explanations resting on notions of “ancient hatreds” having been denounced in favour of ones that emphasise the role of emotions like fear and resentment, ethnic myths and symbols, and competition on group and individual levels of society, there remains some issues with these approaches; they cannot account for what motivates variations in behaviour by on-the-ground perpetrators nor can they describe the process by which violence develops in tandem on micro- and meso-levels, while still accommodating macro-level causes for conflict. READ MORE