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  1. 11. Re-presenting the West : NATO’s Security Discourse after the End of the Cold War

    Författare :Andreas Behnke; Jens Bartelson; Iver Neumann; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; NATO; security; discourse; nomos; identity; West; Political science; Statsvetenskap; Political Science; statsvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : The purpose of this thesis is a critical investigation into the discursive processes through which the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) has re-produced a geopolitical order, or nomos, after the end of the Cold War and the demise of its constitutive enemy, the Soviet Union. The thesis examines both the ontological as well as the epistemological aspects of these processes. LÄS MER

  3. 12. The Water Taboo : Restraining the Weaponisation of Water in International Conflict

    Författare :Charlotte Grech-Madin; Ashok Swain; Anders Themnér; Gil Merom; Aaron Wolf; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Water weaponisation; water taboo; international armed conflict; international relations; norms; international law; environmental security; Kargil War; Gulf War; India; United States; Peace and Conflict Research; Freds- och konfliktforskning; Statskunskap; Political Science;

    Sammanfattning : Why do nation states in conflict with one another refrain from weaponising water? Water has long been a standard weapon of armed conflict. In the post-World War II period, however, nation states in international conflict have made concerted efforts to restrain its weaponisation. LÄS MER

  4. 13. A Farewell to Arms : Motivational Change and Divergence Inside FARC-EP 2002-2010

    Författare :Michael Jonsson; Stefano Guzzini; Svante Cornell; Maria Heimer; Stathis Kalyvas; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Civil war; motives; motivational change; Colombia; mid-level commanders; political economy of conflict; FARC; insurgency; defections; Statskunskap; Political Science;

    Sammanfattning : How can motivational change and divergence inside a rebel group be explained and what does this imply for our understanding of civil wars? In contemporary research, these questions have received limited attention. In many studies, motives are either overlooked, inferred from a single type of motive indicator or assumed to be narrow, static over time and homogenous throughout the organization. LÄS MER

  5. 14. Military Interventions in Internal Wars : The Study of Peace or the Study of War?

    Författare :Kersti Larsdotter; Helena Lindholm Schulz; Jan Ångström; Ivan Arreguín-Toft; Försvarshögskolan; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Afghanistan; civil war; counterinsurgency; insurgency; interdisciplinary; ISAF; military intervention; peace operation; Peace Studies; War Studies; Krigsvetenskap; Krigsvetenskap; Afghanistan; civil war; counterinsurgency; insurgency; interdisciplinarity; ISAF; military intervention; peace operation; Peace Studies; War Studies;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis sets out to increase our understanding on how to conduct successful military interventions in internal wars, such as the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan. But, instead of investigating different variables which might contribute to success, the focus is on the practice of knowledge production. LÄS MER

  7. 15. 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