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Visar resultat 31 - 35 av 62 avhandlingar innehållade orden Freds- och utvecklingsforskning.

1. 31. A matter of difference?: Family planning and gendered discourses on sexuality and reproductive decision-making among black and white Zimbabweans

   Författare :Ane Marie Ørbø Kirkegaard; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Rhodesia; Zimbabwe; fertility; reproductive behaviour; reproductive decision-making; gender; population policy; racialised sexuality; HIV Aids; family planning; feminism; Africa; discourse; masculinity; patriarchy; contraception;

   Sammanfattning : Based on field and archival research, the thesis explores reproductive decision-making in contemporary Zimbabwe, as well as the historical background of current discourses on sexuality and reproduction. Zimbabwe (Southern Rhodesia) was created and structured by a European Imperial diaspora, based on racialised patriarchal structures of control. LÄS MER

3. 32. Understanding the polarization of responses to genocidal violence in Rwanda

   Författare :Theogene Bangwanubusa; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; popular support; obedience; genocidal violence; grassroots thinking; elite; informal elite; social power; ordinary people; war-displaced people; immigration; social taboo; social pact; mixed ethnic relations;

   Sammanfattning : This doctoral dissertation is concerned with identifying factors that are important in explaining popular support for genocidal violence in Rwanda. It focuses on former communes, Giti and Murambi, to investigate why Giti successfully resisted the genocidal violence, while Murambi fell prey to large-scale violence. LÄS MER

4. 33. The Privatisation of Security and State Control of Force: Changes, Challenges and the Case of Iraq

   Författare :Joakim Berndtsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; peace and development research; privatisation of security; private security companies; civil-military relations; state control of force; state monopoly of violence; Iraq;

   Sammanfattning : The thematic focus of this dissertation is the privatisation of security, that is, the increasing use of private security companies (PSCs) to perform security- and military-related tasks traditionally associated with the state and institutions such as the police or the military. More concretely, the study investigates security privatisation in the context of violent conflict and in relation to the problem of state control of force. LÄS MER

5. 34. Grass-roots reconciliation in South Africa

   Författare :Anna-Karin Evaldsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; reconciliation; South Africa; peacebuilding; intergroup contact; crime; violence; justice; poverty; inequality; discrimination;

   Sammanfattning : Reconciliation between the parties in the aftermath of a violent conflict increases the possibility for sustainable peace. The aim of this thesis is to study reconciliation in South Africa with a focus on factors that facilitate or hamper reconciliation between black and white South Africans at grass-roots level. LÄS MER

7. 35. The Implementation of Peace Operations. Executing Security Sector Reform and Stabilization in the DR Congo

   Författare :Meike Froitzheim; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; peace operations policy implementation implementing actors security sector reform stabilization Democratic Republic of the Congo United Nations European Union;

   Sammanfattning : The aim of this study is to investigate the implementation of peace operations deployed by the international community in third countries. Considering the lack of knowledge on what happens when peace operation policies are implemented, this inquiry intends to explore in-depth what emerges as security sector reform (SSR) and stabilization policies are executed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. LÄS MER