Essays about: "causal mechanism"
Showing result 21 - 25 of 82 essays containing the words causal mechanism.
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21. Resisting Corporations : Violent and Nonviolent Conflict in the context of Natural Resource Extraction
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskningAbstract : Corporations in the resource extraction industry are frequently criticized and their operations opposed by local communities demanding more benefits, compensation for negative consecuences or oppose resource extraction altogether. Research has focused extensively on nonviolent and violent resistance campaigns that target state and quasi-state actors attempting regime change or self-determination. READ MORE
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22. "Kitu Kidogo": Give me something small : A qualitative case study on the causes of private sector corruption in East Africa
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskningAbstract : There is a large amount of literature about corruption and its impacts on conflict and democratization. In the latest decades, scholars have also tried to explain why political corruption trickles down to the public sector. However, less is known about under what circumstances that political corruption trickles down to the private sector. READ MORE
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23. When Hybrid Autocratic Regimes Abuse the “Constitutional State of Emergency” : Repression Towards Social Movements
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskningAbstract : Global awareness of governments’ abuse of the Constitutional State of Emergency “CSoE” took place after the COVID-19 pandemic, although it is not a new phenomenon and is widely used, especially by hybrid autocratic regimes. However, few studies have studied its impact on social movements’ Political Collective Action “PCA” and were limited to the analysis of single deviant cases. READ MORE
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24. Drought: an oasis for conflict? : A qualitative case study about why some conflicts escalate during drought whilst others do not
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskningAbstract : Although the armed conflict-drought nexus has gained increased attention lately, it isstill unclear what the causal mechanism looks like. In order to gain more knowledgeabout this I have attempted to answer the question of why some conflicts escalateduring drought while others do not by conducting a cross case comparison of theconflict between Al-Shabaab and the government of Somalia and the conflict betweenthe Tuaregs and the government of Mali. READ MORE
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25. Mine Action and the Triple Nexus : Examining the empirical links
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskningAbstract : Humanitarian mine action has been identified by the United Nations as an important element in conflict de-escalation and post conflict peacebuilding and development. The UN 2030 Agenda has popularized the belief that these three sectors are inextricably linked and conceptualizes these collective linkages as the ‘triple nexus. READ MORE
