Essays about: "parallel security structures"

Found 5 essays containing the words parallel security structures.

  1. 1. Defying Human Security : The Commodification of Migrants in Contemporary Libya

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/REMESO - Institutet för forskning om migration, etnicitet och samhälle

    Author : Gabriela Giannattasio Nobres; [2019]
    Keywords : Migrants; Migration; Libya; Africa; New Wars; World-System; Human Security; Commodification; Migrants Rights; Parallel Economy;

    Abstract : The world-system today promotes inequalities between and within states through the maintenance and strengthening of uneven and hierarchical global relations established by colonialism. The reinforcement of colonial structures has unfolded into neocolonial relations in the post-colonial world, explaining the underdevelopment and marginalization of former colonies in the world-system today, and why many African countries largely experience internal instability on several fronts, revealing how individuals from these states tend to experience some sort of human insecurity. READ MORE

  2. 2. Significance of Fracture Patterns in a Rock Mass during Excavation by Blasting in Bandhagen, Sweden

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Mattias Ryttberg; [2015]
    Keywords : Fracture sets; rock excavation; rock wall; instability; Spricksystem; utschaktning; bergvägg; instabilitet;

    Abstract : When excavating a rock wall by blasting, pre-existing structures in the rock has a strong impact on the stability of the wall. For excavation in Bandhagen in Stockholm, the nature and orientation of the pre-existing geological features, namely fractures, were not taken into consideration before excavation begun. READ MORE

  3. 3. Competing or complementing? An empirical pilot study of Swedish MEPs’ and MPs’ perceptions of Nordic and European security collaborations

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Erica Altby; [2014-12-17]
    Keywords : Regionalisation of security; Nordic security cooperation; European security cooperation; regional security entities; Nordic Council; European Union; parallel security structures; security actorness; interviews; parliamentarians’ perceptions; comparative study;

    Abstract : Previous research has shown that a possible tension can be viewed to exist between the two parallel Nordic and European security structures which have come into place on the European arena since the end of the Cold War. On all political levels though, the notion of competing regional security structures is firmly opposed. READ MORE

  4. 4. The multiple faces of insecurity : An analysis of security from the Chocoano women's perspective

    University essay from IHH, Statsvetenskap

    Author : Åsa Svensson; [2009]
    Keywords : security; human security; intersectionality; Chocó; Colombia; women; ethnicity; Colombia; Chocó; seguridad; seguridad humana; mujeres; etnia;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the complexity of the concept “security” in theory and practice. The traditional security concept is replaced by a human-centred security approach in order to analyse women's security,. READ MORE

  5. 5. The Legality or Illegality of Pre-Emptive Self-Defence

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Maria Lundin; [2004]
    Keywords : Folkrätt; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The threat or use of force in international relations has been unlawful since the UN Charter entered into force in 1945. States still had the right, though, to protect themselves in self-defence. There has, from the start, been a discussion about the extent of this right to self-defence. READ MORE