Essays about: "african union role"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 16 essays containing the words african union role.
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1. The Perception Divide: Exploring European and African Actors’ Views of the EU’s Climate Leadership at COP27
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This study investigates the European Union’s self-perception as a global climate leader and contrasts it with the underrepresented African perspective on the EU’s role in international climate negotiations. Using a role-theoretical framework, the research analyses different leadership types and qualities, comparing European and African perceptions of the EU’s involvement in multilateral climate change negotiations. READ MORE
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2. Defending the Defenders: International Protection for Local Human Rights Defenders in the Global South
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakultetenAbstract : Local human rights defenders play a significant role in the realization and enjoyment of human rights. Working alone or in association with others, they peacefully advocate for and promote fundamental freedoms and human rights for themselves and for their fellow citizens. READ MORE
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3. THE EU’S ALLOCATION OF DEVELOPMENT AID – NORMATIVE OR STRATEGIC? - An analysis of aid distribution to African countries in relation to the inflow of Chinese FDI
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Based on the European Union’s self-image of being a normative power and a ‘force for good’ in the world, this thesis examines the EU's role as an international aid donor. The EU’s development policy has developed during the last decades, and in line with its normative self-image the EU has established a set of idealist criteria that is meant to guide its aid allocation to developing countries. READ MORE
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4. AU-led Peace Operations : The Case of the AMISOM KDF’s Local Peacebuilding Engagement in Southern Somalia, Jubbaland Region
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)Abstract : Contemporary peace operations are deployed to increasingly complex, high-risk environments where localised armed groups, often those that can influence the trajectory of the conflict are not at the table, at the same time militaries are mandated to facilitate social, economic and political transformative processes in recovered areas. By the opening of the twenty-first century, the distinction between peacebuilding and military interventions converged both in policy and practice and increasing pressure are placed on the troop contributing countries to adapt to the dynamics of ‘multidimensional peace operations’. READ MORE
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5. The Neo-Colonial Europeanization of Africa : A post-developmental perspective on the communication of the AU-EU Partnership
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionenAbstract : Despite the declared end of colonization and the successive obtention of independence by African countries in the 1960s, this thesis argues that the African continent is still faced with neo-colonial practices. Deriving from post-development theory, this thesis analyzes how the Western development discourse is manifested in modern-day North-South relations. READ MORE
