Essays about: "causes of peace"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 40 essays containing the words causes of peace.

1. 21. Terror’s Motor : How Shame and Humiliation Turn the Spiral of Violence

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Jana Mariella Jakob; [2016]
   Keywords : shame; humiliation; perpetual dignity; human rights; terrorism; radicalisation; extremism; violence; punishment;

   Abstract : This thesis examines the role of shame and humiliation as root causes of violence. The author focuses on violent far-right and Islamist extremism, but in order to gain a deeper understanding of the phenomenon, even gang violence and criminality are investigated. READ MORE

3. 22. Dyadic Conflict and the State Apparatus : A study of Mali and Niger

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Fanny Reuterswärd; [2016]
   Keywords : Africa; Dyadic conflict; Consociational theory; transnational ethnic kin; Tuareg; Mali; Niger;

   Abstract : The theory of dyadic intrastate conflict cause and resolution containing transnational ethnic kin is under development. One of the things current research share is the focus on the cases where conflict erupts, or where conflict resolution fails, and its causes. The aim of this study is to try to contribute and develop the generalizing theory. READ MORE

4. 23. Fighting the dragon and riding the wave of love and peace : how environmentalist groups in Hong Kong utilized the context of a social movement

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Author : Frans Libertson; [2016]
   Keywords : Umbrella Revolution; social movements; cross-movement coalition; politicization; social movement abeyance; sustainability science; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis examines the potential of society, and social movement in particular, as an agent of change for sustainability. In August 2014 student activists initiated a sit-in strike outside of the Hong Kong government headquarters, as a protest against the non-democratic electoral system forced upon the city by China. READ MORE

5. 24. The Attitudes of Christian Church Pastors and Leaders toward Leadership Succession, For Leadership Continuity, in Charismatic and Pentecostal Church Organizations in Kumasi, Ghana.

   University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för industriell ekonomi

   Author : David Appiah; [2015]
   Keywords : Attitudes; CEO; Incumbent leaders; leadership succession; leadership continuity; self-centeredness; and Love.;

   Abstract : Lack of cooperation of the incumbent leaders was a major cause of leadership succession failures of organizations reported. This investigation was carried out to determine the attitudes of Christian Senior Pastors and leaders (associate Pastors and Elders), for leadership continuity, toward leadership succession of Charismatic and Pentecostal Church organizations in Kumasi, Ghana; to find lasting solution to the problem of lack of cooperation of incumbent leaders towards leadership succession planning by determining the root cause of lack of cooperation of incumbent senior leader towards leadership succession. READ MORE

6. 25. Prospects and Pitfalls in the Pursuit of Peace

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

   Author : Samuel Hallin Veres; [2015]
   Keywords : peace process; conflict; development; inequality; Colombia; FARC; positive peace; Galtung; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis presented an in-depth qualitative case study of the peace process between the Colombian state and the FARC guerrilla from 2012 and onwards. The purpose of it was to problematize the peace process by investigating the prospects and pitfalls of negotiating peace within a neoliberal development model, by asking what reasons there are to believe that the process will lead to peace, contrasting past experiences. READ MORE