Sökning: "post-conflict peacebuilding"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 9 avhandlingar innehållade orden post-conflict peacebuilding.

  1. 1. Peacebuilding in post-genocide Rwanda: The role of cooperatives in the restoration of interpersonal relationships

    Författare :Ezechiel Sentama; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; cooperative; conflict; genocide; genocide survivor; genocide perpetrator; interpersonal relationships; peacebuilding; post-conflict peacebuilding; relationships restoration; Rwanda;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis is aimed at contributing to the lack of knowledge in the field of peacebuilding from below, notably regarding the mechanisms to be used in order to overcome the painful past between conflicting parties. The study makes this contribution through an empirically based exploration of the relational outcomes resulting from conflicting parties’ memberships of the same cooperative organization after the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. LÄS MER

  2. 2. The Participation Myth : outcomes of participatory constitution building processes on democracy

    Författare :Abrak Saati; Malin E. Wimelius; Isabell Schierenbeck; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; participatory constitution building processes; participation; peacebuilding; post-conflict; transitioning states; democracy; democratization; Kenya; Zimbabwe; statskunskap; political science;

    Sammanfattning : Since the early 1990s a growing number of constitution building processes in countries transitioning from authoritarian rule or recovering from war or severe institutional crisis have involved public participation. This increase stems from an assumption made by many peacebuilding scholars and practitioners that public participation in constitution building will lead to higher levels of democracy. LÄS MER

  3. 3. How do international norms travel? : Women’s political rights in Cambodia and Timor-Leste

    Författare :Susanne Alldén; Cynthia Kite; Gunnel Gustafsson; Kathryn Hochstetler; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :norm diffusion; women’s political rights; post-conflict statebuilding; Cambodia; Timor-Leste; norm entrepreneurs; capability to function.; statskunskap; political science;

    Sammanfattning : How do international norms travel, via statebuilding efforts, into post-conflict settings, and how do international and national actors interact in this process? These are the main questions addressed in this thesis. The empirical focus is the spreading and rooting of the norm of women’s political rights in Cambodia and Timor-Leste, two countries in which international actors have played a significant role in statebuilding efforts. LÄS MER

  4. 4. 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

  5. 5. Socio-cultural viability of international intervention in war-torn societies : a case study of Bosnia Herzegovina

    Författare :Dzenan Sahovic; Jan Engberg; Donna M Schlagheck; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Bosnia Herzegovina; peacebuilding; war-torn societies; High Representative; cultural theory; socio-cultural viability; conditionality; Bonn powers; local ownership; Political science; Statsvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation explores the ‘socio-cultural dilemma’ facing international peacebuilders in war-torn societies through a case study of the post-conflict process in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This is done with the help of a typological approach of the grid-group Cultural Theory framework, which defines four social solidarities – or ideal type cultures – of individualism, egalitarianism, fatalism and hierarchy. LÄS MER