Essays about: "paramilitaries"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the word paramilitaries.
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1. Successful Social Reintegration in Urban Settings : What does it mean and what explains its variation?
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskningAbstract : What does “success” mean for social reintegration of ex-combatants in urban settings? Although reintegration of former fighters has been at the center of academic and policy discourse for achieving peace, limited attention has been paid to unraveling how social reintegration processes occur and how they are impacted in urban contexts. This thesis studies the specific issue of successful social reintegration in urban contexts and asks why it evidences higher levels of success in some urban settings than others. READ MORE
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2. Trafficking in Persons and Internal Armed Conflict - Governmental Barriers to Combat Trafficking in Women and Girls for Sexual Exploitation in Colombia
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Colombia is a country characterized by an intense internal armed conflict, which has its foundation in political instability followed by discontent among the population of the country. With the rise of drug lords, rebel groups, paramilitaries and army the conflict has continuously intensified towards the government, which has left countless of civilians displaced and vulnerable. READ MORE
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3. Transitional Accountability Only for Some? : Accountability Measures Against Paramilitary Groups
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskningAbstract : Accountability processes in the aftermath of a conflict are complicated policies that seek to serve justice by prosecuting wrongdoers, repairing victims by acknowledging their suffering, and restore social tissue damaged by the war. Despite growing trends in research investigating transitional justice policies and their effects upon societal reconciliation, and the role of stakeholders on their design, little is known about accountability measures for paramilitary groups. READ MORE
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4. Social Impact of Coca Crops in Colombia. : From socio-territorial processes to new social configurations: the role of land tenure, armed conflict, environment and coca crops.
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionenAbstract : This paper explores alterations in social dynamics caused by coca crops in Curvaradó and Jiguamiandó, at Choco department in the Colombian Pacific region. The research analyzes the role of armed actors such as paramilitaries and guerrillas in the conformation of new social spaces where local people find resistance as the main tool to survive in chaotic environments. READ MORE
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5. Women and political participation A minor field study of the political culture in Colombia
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Since the elections of 2010 there are 14 per cent women in the Colombian congress - a remarkably low number in comparison with several other countries in Latin America where quotas of allocation are common. Decades of armed conflict might give a hint of why gender progress has been slow in Colombia, but at the same time as stereotyped gender roles are highly dominating, women are in no sense passive actors in the public sphere. READ MORE
