Essays about: "internal displacement"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 48 essays containing the words internal displacement.

1. 1. The Exploitation by the Blue Helmets : A Qualitative Cross-Case Comparison of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Central African Republic and the United Nations Mission in Burundi

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

   Author : Elsa Svärd; [2024]
   Keywords : United Nations; Peacekeeping; Sexual Violence; Transactional sex; Internal displacement; Unemployment;

   Abstract : UN peacekeeping operations have received a significant amount of backlash during the past decades when allegations of sexual misconduct conducted by its personnel against civilians have unravelled. The purpose of this study is to answer the research question: How does unemployment amongst internally displaced women, within the host state, affect the probability of United Nations peacekeepers perpetrating Transactional Sex against them? The suggested hypothesis yields that a high level of unemployed internally displaced women has a positive effect on peacekeeper-perpetrated transactional sex occurrence. READ MORE

3. 2. Pursuing Peace: Strategies Employed by INGOs to Foster Trust between Tamil and Sinhala Communities in Post-Conflict Sri Lanka

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

   Author : Perla Gabay; [2023]
   Keywords : Sinhala; Tamil; Strategy; Governmentality; Discourse; Foucault; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The purpose of this study was to examine how INGOs in Sri Lanka work to increase social capital and trust between two specific ethnic groups- the Tamils and Sinhala. The study uses a qualitative approach, where this dissertation draws on Michel Foucault’s Discourse Analysis with the concepts of power/knowledge and governmentality as central themes in the empirical data. READ MORE

4. 3. The obscuration of climate-induced mobility : A discourse analysis of the EU governance

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Author : Josefin Sjöberg; [2023]
   Keywords : Sustainability science; mobilities; EU; Governmentality; Vulnerability; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Climate changes and disasters are evidently contributing to migration and displacement of people all over the world, including Europe, and yet, climate-induced mobilities seem to be neglected in EUs internal policies. The aim of this study is to use discourse analysis and the Foucauldian inspired framework “analytics of governance”, to analyze and understand the shaping and construction of EU policies on climate-induced mobility. READ MORE

5. 4. Preserving the Mental Map when Visualizing Dynamic Graphs : An Approach for Intermediate Representations in the C2 Java Compiler

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

   Author : Emmy Yin; [2023]
   Keywords : Dynamic Graphs; Graph Layout Algorithms; Visualization; Hierarchical Graph Layouts; Dynamiska grafer; grafritningsalgoritmer; visualisering; hierarkiska grafritningar;

   Abstract : Graphs are powerful data structures that are widely used to represent complex forms of information. One area in which graphs are successfully being used is within compiler engineering, where a program under compilation can be represented as a graph that changes as the program is being compiled. READ MORE

6. 5. Green Grabbing and Internal Displacement: Two Sides of the Same Coin : An Exploratory Case Study of Colombia

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

   Author : Clara Micol Giovannetti; [2023]
   Keywords : Colombia; green grabbing; internal displacement; world-system analysis; political ecological approach. ;

   Abstract : In the field of environmental migration studies, research on social consequences of  development projects has received limited attention. The study highlights the rise of “green grabbing,” e.g., the appropriation of land in the name of climate change mitigation. READ MORE