Essays about: "liberia"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 82 essays containing the word liberia.

  1. 21. A LANGUAGE THAT MATTERS – Viewing the Women, Peace and Security agenda through an intersectional lens

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Razi Ullah Sara; [2021-07-20]
    Keywords : Women; Peace and Security; intersectionality; conflict; National Action Plans; Sweden; Finland; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Serbia; Lebanon; Jordan; Liberia; Democratic Republic of Congo; conflict-related sexual violence; refugees;

    Abstract : The aim of this study is to analyse how the Women, Peace and Security agenda is intersectional in its approach to women. This study contributes to previous research regarding gendered security and peace and conflict studies. READ MORE

  3. 22. The Effects of Resource Endowments on Transnational Rebel Recruitment

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

    Author : Johannes Stevense; [2021]
    Keywords : Transnational rebels; Recruitment; Insurgency; Resource endowments; Weinstein; Foreign fighters; Armed conflict; NPFL; NRA; Liberia; Uganda; Ivory Coast;

    Abstract : While transnational rebellion and rebel recruitment have received much attention in previous literature, the combination of the two, transnational rebel recruitment, has been relatively understudied. This study aims to cover this research gap by further developing Jeremy Weinstein’s theory on resource endowments to test their effect on transnational rebel recruitment. READ MORE

  4. 23. Liberal democracy from beneath? A study of norm internalization in post-war Liberia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Fanny Uhlin; [2021]
    Keywords : norm internalization; liberal democracy; Liberia; women’s rights; property rights; access to justice; hybridity; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Research on norm internalization and local ownership in peace processes has not often been combined in peace and conflict studies. This paper sets out to see on the one hand, to what degree liberal democratic norms has spread in Liberia since the ending of the civil war, and on the other hand, if the peace process, –characterized by hybridity – could explain the norm internalization process. READ MORE

  5. 24. Peace in Liberia? : A status quo evaluation of United Nations peacekeeping five years later.

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Julia Törnberg; [2021]
    Keywords : United Nations; Peacekeeping; Peace; Liberia; UNMIL; Positive Peace; Negative Peace.;

    Abstract : Discussions about the utility of United Nations (UN) peacekeeping has been ongoing since its emergence in the late 1940s, and scholars have studied different peacekeeping missions from various perspectives. However, there is a gap in the research when it comes to evaluating the state of peace in countries that have experienced successful UN peacekeeping missions a few years after the mission is finished. READ MORE

  6. 25. Inclusive development? Civic space and the way forward. The case of Liberia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Author : Lovisa Arnmarker; [2021]
    Keywords : Liberia; Civil society; Civic space; International development cooperation; Sweden; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Civil society is an integral part of reaching sustainable development, and a cornerstone in democratic societies. The aim of this study is to investigate how Swedish donors and local partners work with civic space in Liberia, specifically challenges related to civic space. READ MORE