Essays about: "peacefulness"
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1. Reevaluating the Notion of Peace : Do Our Current Measurements Truly Reflect Peace?
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)Abstract : There is an ongoing theme within the field of peace conceptualisation to create and to add to the meaning of peace. This has caused a fragmented field with over 130 conceptualisations. As we move forward, it isthus necessary to review whether the methods utilised to measure peace are suitable in the ever changing contexts of today. READ MORE
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2. ‘Be Prepared’ for Peace: The Global Scouting Movement’s Discourse on Youth Agency in Peacebuilding
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Perspectives on the role of children and young people in peacebuilding often overlook youth agency. However, the growth of critical theories in peace and conflict studies in the later decades has shone a new light on the need to acknowledge youth as parties to peacebuilding. READ MORE
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3. Age of Activism in the Face of Fascism : Mobilizing Grandmotherhood through the Movement Identity of OMAS GEGEN RECHTS
University essay from Jönköping University/HLK, Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskapAbstract : In critical times of reawakening right-wing ideologies in Germany, the social movement OMAS GEGEN RECHTS (transl. ‘Grannies against the far right’) sets a determined, yet by many unexpected, political statement against fascism. READ MORE
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4. Identifying Varieties of Peace : A Cluster Analysis of Peacefulness in the 21st Centur
University essay from Umeå universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This thesis identifies a discrepancy in the understanding of peace as a need for further efforts to be made in both the conceptualization and operationalization of what peace is. Working from the pluralistic multidimensional view of what peace could be defined as, dictated by the works of Dietrich (2014), Kovacs-Söderberg and Höglund (2010) and Davenport et al. READ MORE
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5. War is Peace : A Study of Relationship Between Gender Equality and Peacefulness of a State
University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/HLK, Globala studierAbstract : Based on the previous studies, the hypothesis of this research is that the higher the level of gender equality in a state, the higher level of its peacefulness. It is a quantitative study using linear regression analysis with three variables, namely Global Peace Index (GPI) as a dependent variable, Gender Inequality Index (GII) as an independent variable and Human Development Index (HDI) as a control variable. READ MORE