Essays about: "causal comparative research"
Showing result 21 - 25 of 27 essays containing the words causal comparative research.
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21. Back to the Roots : How Traditional Justice Processes Heal Collective Trauma after Conflict
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskningAbstract : In recent times traditional justice processes have become increasingly adapted to serve as transitional justice tools in post-conflict societies. The healing potential of traditional justice is becoming more recognized, nevertheless there is still little known about its impact on collective trauma and especially about the causal mechanisms behind it. READ MORE
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22. From the Destruction of Memory to the Destruction of People : Social Movements and their Impact on Memory, Legitimacy and Mass Violence - A Comparative Study of the West German Student Movement and the Serbian "Anti-Bureaucratic Revolution".
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Hugo Valentin-centrumAbstract : Challenges to the legitimacy of established collective memory can prove so inflammatory that mass violence, ethnic cleansing and even genocide have followed in their wake. However, if few doubt that the ethno-nationalist memory wars during the 1980s collapse of Yugoslavia contributed to the real wars and ethnic cleansing witnessed in the 1990s, no previous research has been able to explain why this is so. READ MORE
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23. Blessed are the Peacemakers? : A Comparative Case Study of Faith-Based Mediators and Their Strategies for Creating Peace
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskningAbstract : This research examines faith-based mediators and their usage of mediation strategies, in relation to durability of peace agreements and it is guided by the following research question; Why do some faith-based mediators succeed to aid the creation of durable peace, while others do not? In order to find an answer to this question a hypothesis, suggesting that faith-based mediators applying the fostering, rather than the forcing, strategy will be more successful, is tested. This hypothesis mirrors the causal logic, suggesting that faith-based mediators have the potential to contribute to the creation of durable peace agreements, through the usage of facilitative and formulative techniques. READ MORE
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24. The Fiscal Consequences of Peace: Taxation and veto power in post-conflict countries
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Effective and fair taxation is imperative for development and thus sustainable peace in post-conflict countries; yet there is a glaring paucity of generalizable research on the subject. Drawing on theories from Political Economy and Comparative Politics this thesis investigates how political veto powers affect these states’ ability to mobilize domestic resources. READ MORE
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25. African Leaders and After Office Causes to Corruption
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : The aim of the thesis is to contribute to research about African leadership and causes of corruption and with point of departure in previous research, to add to research about postpolitical prospects affect on leadership. The thesis wants to investigate the argument that severance pay, arrangements regarding personal security and immunity from prosecution as well as the ability to retain status and have a successful career also after office affect the leaders’ level of corruption. READ MORE
