Essays about: "peace resistance"
Showing result 16 - 20 of 32 essays containing the words peace resistance.
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16. Education for Peace or Conflict? : A Case Study of Palestinian Refugee Communities in Lebanon
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskningAbstract : This thesis studies the effect of education on youth within vulnerable settings to resist joining armed groups. Two alternate causal mechanisms are derived from existing research. READ MORE
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17. ‘Hambi bleibt!’ - Securitizing the Environment - A case study of discursive threat-construction surrounding the Hambach Forest
University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)Abstract : Although issues linked to global environmental change and its role within peace, conflict andsecurity have been subject to social and political controversy for years, they are still notsufficiently respected by energy companies, trade unions, national governments andinternational institutions alike. Through applying the tools of a single instrumental case studylinked to the application of discourse analysis I, this study explores the process of securitizationof the environment in the extraordinary case of the resistance and occupation surrounding theHambach Forest, thereby countering the widely held assumption that collective action aimedat radically changing existing structures is not possible. READ MORE
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18. FROZEN POLITICS ON A THAWING CONTINENT : A Political Ecology Approach to Understanding Science and its Relationship to Neocolonial and Capitalist Processes in Antarctica
University essay from Lunds universitet/HumanekologiAbstract : Despite possessing a unique relationship between humankind and the environment, and its occupation of a large proportion of the planet’s surface area, Antarctica is markedly absent from literature produced within the disciplines of human and political ecology. With no states or indigenous peoples, Antarctica is instead governed by a conglomeration of states as part of the Antarctic Treaty System, which places high values upon scientific research, peace and conservation. READ MORE
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19. Intergroup Contact - A Chance for long-lasting Peace?
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskningAbstract : The study explores the effect of intergroup contact on the likelihood of spoiler group activity on a micro-regional level in post-conflict societies. It argues that higher levels of intergroup contact make areas more resilient to spoiler groups. READ MORE
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20. Fiat iustitia, pereat mundus : The International Criminal Tribunals and the Application of the Concept of Genocide
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Hugo Valentin-centrumAbstract : The concept of genocide is probably the most debated subject in Holocaust and genocide studies. The political implications to its usage, or resistance to do so, have also been lengthily discussed. READ MORE