Essays about: "truth-telling"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 10 essays containing the word truth-telling.

  1. 6. Transnational Truth? Telling The Truth From Abroad : Diasporas Engagement in Truth and Reconciliation Commissions

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

    Author : Joanna Castro Echeverri; [2016]
    Keywords : Diasporas; War Trauma; Displacement; Migration; Transitional Justice; Truth Commissions; Victims; Refugees;

    Abstract : Diasporas have been regarded as either peace-makers or peace-wreckers in relation to their homeland conflicts. During the last decade there has been growing attention to the economic remittances migrants send home an the positive impact it can make in the post-conflict reconstruction phase. READ MORE

  3. 7. WHAT MOTIVATES RECONCILIATION? : A study on participation and acceptance in reconciliation processes 

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

    Author : Johanna Larsson; [2016]
    Keywords : Reconciliation; motives; acceptance; truth-telling; accountability; Cambodia;

    Abstract : Reconciliation is generally studied from the perspective of how the process affects the individual. This study on the contrary, seeks to explain how the individual expectation of the process affects its outcome by investigating the relationship between motives to participate and the outcome of acceptance for your former adversary. READ MORE

  4. 8. The War Within : Battling Polarization, Reductionism, and Superficiality - A critical analysis of truth-telling in war reporting

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Centrum för tillämpad etik; Linköpings universitet/Filosofiska fakulteten

    Author : Mayli Mertens; [2015]
    Keywords : media ethics; responsible journalism; war reporting; truth; bias; objectivity; fairness; virtue ethics; phronesis; epistemic injustice; polarization; reductionism;

    Abstract : This thesis analyzes specific challenges concerning 'truth-telling' war reporters face when reporting on international conflict. For this purpose truth is examined in accordance with journalistic principles outlined in codes of ethics, with a focus on objectivity and fairness. READ MORE

  5. 9. Mechanism Design In Public Decisions And The Clarke-Groves Mechanism

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Albin Erlanson; [2008]
    Keywords : Mechanism design; Clarke-Groves mechanism; Public decision; Strategyproof; E?cient; Feasible.; Economics; econometrics; economic theory; economic systems; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This is a thesis in the field of mechanism design theory, a field of economic theory closely related to game theory. Instead of determine equilibriums of various games as in game theory, mechanism design tries to design a mechanism with respect to a desirable outcome of the game induced by the mechanism. READ MORE

  6. 10. Truth and Reconciliation in Sub-Saharan Africa : Transitional Justice in South Africa, Sierra Leone and Rwanda

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheter

    Author : Minna Nauclér; [2007]
    Keywords : transitional justice; reconciliation; South Africa; Sierra Leone; Rwanda; Sydafrika; sanningskommissioner; försoning; Human rights; Mänskliga rättigheter; Peace and conflict research; polemology; Freds- och konfliktforskning; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The Sub-Saharan African countries of South Africa, Sierra Leone and Rwanda have recently gone through post-conflict political transitions where one of the main dilemmas is how to deal with the past. The three countries have all opted for a transitional justice mechanism that involves truth-telling in order to address past abuses, and with the prospect of reconciliation. READ MORE