Essays about: "definition of weak community"

Found 3 essays containing the words definition of weak community.

  1. 1. "We are our own social workers!" - Social Work and the Discourses of LGBT Rights in Kampala, Uganda

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbete

    Author : Charlotte Bjuhr; Sanna Regnander; [2012-11-22]
    Keywords : social work; human rights; LGBT; homophobia; Uganda;

    Abstract : Social work has a strong tradition of supporting vulnerable groups and protecting exposed individuals in society and is by definition a human rights profession. In relation to the critical situation of LGBT populations in Uganda our aim is to study the position of social workers and their potential to make a positive change for sexual minorities and sexual rights in the country. READ MORE

  3. 2. Implications of being failed : a study of Somalia as a "failed State" in the international community

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheter

    Author : Kristin Stjernrup; [2007]
    Keywords : Somalia; statehood; the state; internationella relationer; staten; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Somalia is by scholars viewed as the definition of a "failed State". Somalia has been without a central and efficient government since 1991 and is still troubled by internal fighting and the lack of central control over the means of violence. READ MORE

  4. 3. Weak states? A pursuit for a weak state definition and feasible reconstruction theories

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Samuel Larsson; [2005]
    Keywords : weak state; state collapse; failed state; sovereignty; Africa; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This thesis has two aims. One is to present a definition and demarcation of the much used but seldom defined term weak state. The thesis identifies a connection between sovereignty and state weakness, and suggests lack of so called domestic sovereignty as a demarcated definition of the term. READ MORE