Essays about: "intra-state conflict"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 17 essays containing the words intra-state conflict.

1. 1. Commitment, the Crucible of Peace Agreements : Quantitative study on how providing for peacekeeping operations affects the duration of peace agreements in intra-state conflicts

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

   Author : Linus Enderstad; [2024]
   Keywords : Peace agreements; Peacekeeping operation; Intra-state conflicts; Commitment; Duration;

   Abstract : Recurring conflicts are a common occurrence as most contemporary intra-state conflicts are recured old conflicts. This is the reality within peace and conflicts studies and a well studied phenomenon. READ MORE

3. 2. Incorporation of Environmental Features into Peacebuilding Initiatives at Three Actor Leadership Levels : A Case Study of Liberia

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Mathilda Olsson; [2023]
   Keywords : Environmental Peacebuilding; Conflict; Natural resources; Forest resources; Forest resource management; Human needs; Actors in peacebuilding; Community forestry; Liberia;

   Abstract : Environmental change and degradation, and increasing intrastate armed conflict are two pressing challenges of our time. Regions with highest rates of intrastate armed conflict have shown to overlap with regions of highest dependency on natural resources for livelihood provision and survival, where research of interrelatedness between conflict and environmental degradation, the environment-conflict nexus, increased during the 1990s. READ MORE

4. 3. Fear Ends Where Faith Begins : A Quantitative Analysis of the Effects of Religion in Armed Conflict on Violence Against Civilians

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

   Author : Marina Matic; [2022]
   Keywords : religious armed conflict; violence against civilians; one-sided violence; conflict-related sexual violence;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to observe and analyze the effects of religious dimensions in armed conflict on violence against civilians. Focusing on rebel groups in intra-state conflicts, quantitative statistical analysis in form of Ordinary Least Squares multivariate regression, is utilized to examine data onreligious wars, one-sided violence, and conflict-related sexual violence. READ MORE

5. 4. Mandates for Security? How UN Peacekeeping Mandates Address the Level of PostwarViolence after Intra-State Conflicts

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

   Author : Tina Kurath; [2022]
   Keywords : international intervention; peacekeeping mandates; postwar violence; United Nations;

   Abstract : The transition from war to peace is seldom smooth, and violence persists in many postwar societies. Existing research found that peacekeepers have a good record in addressing postwar violence along the fault lines of the preceding conflict. Yet, most postwar violence stems from actors that were not formally part of the conflict. READ MORE

6. 5. Women’s Participation in Peace Negotiations and the Inclusion of Gender Provisions

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Isolde Tengbjer Jobarteh; [2019]
   Keywords : Peace negotiation; peace agreement; UN; Security Council Resolution 1325; gender equality; women’s participation; representation; female signatories; gender provisions; intra-state conflict;

   Abstract : Are peace agreements more likely to include gender provisions if women participate in the peace negotiations? The international community, national governments and civil societies around the world have assumed that women’s inclusion in peace negotiations result in higher quality peace agreements, where women’s interests are better taken into consideration. To date, there is a lack of empirical underpinning of the assumption. READ MORE