Sökning: "violence against civilians"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 9 avhandlingar innehållade orden violence against civilians.

  1. 1. Raising the Costs or Lowering the Bar : International influences on conflict-related sexual violence

    Författare :Karin Johansson; Lisa Hultman; Erika Forsberg; Jessica A. Stanton; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; conflict-related sexual violence; wartime sexual violence; wartime rape; international intervention; third-party intervention; violence against civilians; peacekeeping; civil war; shaming; condemnation; UN Commission on Human Rights; UN Human Rights Council; UN Universal Periodic Review; Peace and Conflict Research; Freds- och konfliktforskning;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation contributes to the growing literature on conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV). More specifically, the four essays it contains advance our understanding of CRSV by shedding light on the intersection between international involvement and CRSV perpetrated by states and rebel groups engaged in civil war. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Targeting the Unarmed : Strategic Rebel Violence in Civil War

    Författare :Lisa Hultman; Mats Hammarström; Magnus Öberg; Scott Gates; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; one-sided violence; violence against civilians; killing; civil war; rebel group; rebel strategy; bargaining; count model; Renamo; Mozambique; Peace and conflict research; Freds- och konfliktforskning;

    Sammanfattning : Rebel attacks on civilians constitute one of the gravest threats to human security in contemporary armed conflicts. But why do rebel groups kill civilians? The dissertation approaches this question from a strategic perspective, trying to understand when and why rebel groups are likely to target civilians as a conflict strategy. LÄS MER

  4. 3. La construcción discursiva de la responsabilidad civil durante una dictadura : Un análisis crítico de los discursos del juicio contra los excomandantes en Argentina en 1985

    Författare :Janaina Negreiros Persson; Ken Benson; Mariana Achugar; Julia Zullo; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; critical discourse analysis; systemic functional linguistics; appraisal theory; representation of social actors; intertextuality; Argentinian dictatorship; trial of the former commanders; responsibility of civilians; análisis crítico del discurso; lingüística sistémico-funcional; lenguaje evaluativo; representación de actores sociales; intertextualidad; dictadura argentina; juicio a los excomandantes; responsabi-lidad civil; Spanish; spanska;

    Sammanfattning : The overall aim of this study is to explore how people who have experienced events in the past re-contextualize these same events in the present. We analyse the discourse of the public trial in 1985 against the members of the first three Argentine military juntas in the most recent dictatorship in Argentina (1976-1983). LÄS MER

  5. 4. Complex Conflicts : Causes and Consequences of Multiparty Civil Wars

    Författare :Nynke Salverda; Magnus Öberg; Desirée Nilsson; Kristin Bakke; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; rebel groups; civil war; UN peacekeeping; non-state violence; splintering; fragmentation; formation; dynamics; Peace and Conflict Research; Freds- och konfliktforskning;

    Sammanfattning : Civil wars are inherently complex and often feature a myriad of actors, whose interactions influence the intensity, duration and outcome of the conflict. The larger the number of actors involved in a conflict, the more complex it gets. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Neutrality in Internal Armed Conflicts : Experiences at the Grassroots Level in Colombia

    Författare :Pedro Enrique Valenzuela Grueso; Peter Wallensteen; Christopher Mitchell; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; neutrality; internal armed conflict; peace communities; Colombia; Peace and conflict research; Freds- och konfliktforskning; Peace and Conflict Research; Freds- och konfliktforskning;

    Sammanfattning : Civilians in situations of armed conflict are not exclusively victims or fence-sitters, but engage in a wide array of strategies along the spectrum from passivity to activity. Nevertheless, the privileged focus on eliteled processes has neglected peacebuilding efforts at the grassroots level, despite their increased saliency in internal armed conflicts and their potential impact on their regulation and/or transformation. LÄS MER