Sökning: "Erik Melander"

Visar resultat 6 - 10 av 14 avhandlingar innehållade orden Erik Melander.

1. 6. Rethinking Reconciliation : Concepts, Methods, and an Empirical Study of Truth Telling and Psychological Health in Rwanda

   Författare :Karen Brounéus; Peter Wallensteen; Erik Melander; Ervin Staub; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :Peace and conflict research; reconciliation; truth commissions; truth telling; peacebuilding; internal conflict; security; witnessing; psychological health; Rwanda; Freds- och konfliktforskning;

   Sammanfattning : This dissertation combines psychology with peace and conflict research in a cross-disciplinary approach to reconciliation processes after intrastate armed conflict. Two overarching contributions are made to the field of reconciliation research. The first is conceptual and methodological. LÄS MER

3. 7. Sins of Omission and Commission : The Quality of Government and Civil Conflict

   Författare :Hanne Fjelde; Erik Melander; Kristian Gleditsch; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; civil conflict; civil war; quality of government; corruption; patronage politics; governance; authoritarian regimes; Nigeria; Peace and conflict research; Freds- och konfliktforskning; Peace and Conflict Research; freds- och konfliktforskning;

   Sammanfattning : Is the risk of civil conflict related to the quality of government? This dissertation contributes to the quantitative research on this topic. First, it provides a more nuanced account of the role of the government in influencing the risk of civil conflict. LÄS MER

4. 8. Peace by repatriation : Concepts, cases, and conditions

   Författare :Patrik Johansson; Cynthia Kite; Erik Melander; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Refugees; displaced persons; repatriation; sustainable peace; necessary; Political science; Statsvetenskap; Peace and conflict research; Freds- och konfliktforskning; statskunskap; political science; freds- och konfliktforskning; Peace and Conflict Research;

   Sammanfattning : The focus of this study is the assumption that the return of refugees is a necessary condition for the establishment of sustainable peace after armed conflict. This assumption is often made in the peacebuilding literature as well as by policy makers, but it has rarely been the object of systematic analysis. LÄS MER

5. 9. Ambivalent Peace : External Peacebuilding, Threatened Identity and Reconciliation in Bosnia and Herzegovina

   Författare :Roland Kostic; Peter Wallensteen; Kjell Magnusson; Erik Melander; Susan Woodward; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :Peace and conflict research; Peacebuilding; Nation-Building; State-Building; Identity; Societal Security Dilemma; Reconciliation; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Freds- och konfliktforskning; Peace and Conflict Research; freds- och konfliktforskning;

   Sammanfattning : This study expands the enquiry of external efforts to build peace after an ethnic war by investigating the effects these efforts may have on societal security and reconciliation among groups in a host society. To achieve this, a theoretical framework, combining theories on the character of external peacebuilding, and theories on societal security and reconciliation, was devised and applied to the case of Bosnia and Herzegovina. LÄS MER

7. 10. Stronger than Justice : Armed Group Impunity for Sexual Violence

   Författare :Angela Muvumba Sellström; Erik Melander; Mimmi Söderberg Kovacs; Mats Utas; Chandra Lekha Sriram; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; conflict; civil war; armed actors; sexual violence; impunity; accountability; justice; human rights; international criminal law; liberal peacebuilding; rebels; ex-combatants; Burundi; Africa; Peace and Conflict Research; Freds- och konfliktforskning;

   Sammanfattning : What conditions lead to confidence among civil war combatants that they will not face accountability for perpetrating sexual violence? This study investigates the causes of impunity for sexual violence among armed actors. It develops a theoretical framework which identifies three explanations for armed group impunity for sexual violence, namely (1) flawed prohibitions inside an armed group; (2) negligent enforcement by its authorities; and (3) pardons in the form of amnesties during the peace process. LÄS MER