Essays about: "causes of peace"
Showing result 11 - 15 of 40 essays containing the words causes of peace.
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11. Why Peace Where War Prevails? : Comparing Puntland and Somaliland
University essay from Umeå universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : For long the discipline of peace studies have investigated causes of war, rather than causes of peace, in an African context. In the northern peripheries of Somalia, a nation ravaged by civil war and conflict, two apparent peace zones have emerged following the complete state collapse of 1991: Somaliland and Puntland. READ MORE
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12. A Novel Approach to Youth Crime Prevention: Mindfulness Meditation Classes in South African Townships
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Children growing up in poor areas with high crime rates are shown to easily get involved in violent actions and criminal gangs. In South Africa, despite considerable efforts to reduce youth delinquency, youth crime rates are still disturbingly high – specifically, in the townships of the Cape Flats. READ MORE
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13. Achieving Sustainable Environmental Peace in Asymmetric Transboundary Water Conflicts – Human Rights-Based Approach to Water Cooperation in the Israel-Palestine Case
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakultetenAbstract : As a result of the rapid population growth, the increasing economic interests and the global climate crisis, disputes over freshwater resources become more frequent and severe. Although many States pursue environmental cooperation to avoid or resolve water conflicts, such cooperation agreements often suffer from a weak political will to implement just cooperation mechanisms. READ MORE
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14. RE-LEARNING PEACE Acculturation in young adult refugees’ conceptions of violence following migration to Sweden
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogikAbstract : Aim: The general goal of this study is to assess whether and how refugees’ understanding of violence changes, in their own view, following migration, given an acculturation framework that is concerned with the individual psychology of acculturation. Data collection and analysis focuses (a) on the perceived moral warrant of violence, by asking how refugees distinguish between reasonable and unreasonable force; and (b) the extent to which that distinction, in their own view, has shifted following their migration into Sweden. READ MORE
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15. "We fight hard to make sure that we bring peace" - A study of women's organisations and peacebuilding in Liberia
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Since the adoption of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 in 2000 it has become a frequently repeated argument that the participation of women makes peacebuilding processes more sustainable. Women’s involvement in peacebuilding is often connected to a long-term perspective, despite this little research have been carried out to examine how long-term peacebuilding is exercised in practise, leaving the understanding of the concept incomplete. READ MORE
