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The peacebuilding phenomenon has come to dominate the peace and security research spectra. Questions concerning what defines a successful peacebuilding mission and how to get there, is consequently widely debated. In this study a new theoretical framework is therefore developed, with the aim to try to outline some key concepts that are important to incorporate in peacebuilding missions. With outse

The global water crisis demands a new way of assessing water management, especially because of its role in previous as well as ongoing conflicts. In the last three decades, we have witnessed a wave of water management privatisation. The effects of this widespread privatisation have been varied and some are still unknown. This thesis aims to understand what elements of water management privatisatio

Political leaders affect the ordinary citizen´s perception of the world, making them important to study in relation to the upsurge of tension and conflict. In this specific thesis the focus is on how The Indian Express frames the discourses of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi in India concerning the relationship between Hindus, minorities and Non-Hindus. The analysis is done through an interrelate

Den här uppsatsen undersöker hur skandalen kring Benny Fredriksson har förändrats efter hans bortgång. Rapportering via digitala medier gör det lätt att sprida information och slagkraftiga rubriker blir allt viktigare för att utmärka sig i mediebruset. En offentlig person som gör ett snedsteg hamnar ofta i fokus för dessa rubriker, vilket var fallet med Benny Fredriksson. För att få en förståelse

In the spring of 2011, the populations in Libya and Syria rose against their governments, taking part in what would become known as the Arab Spring. The similarities of the two countries’ situations were striking, however the international response to the burgeoning crises diverged greatly. This study has tried to explain how – rather than why – interventions are motivated from discourse by lookin

I denna kandidatuppsats undersöks hur det civila samhällets roll i demokratiseringspro-cesser uttrycks i svenska biståndsstrategier med särskilt fokus på Turkiet. Det empiriska materialet som valts består av två mer generella policyer och ett med regionalt fokus. Mitt teoretiska ramverk bygger på tidigare forskning om ämnet som har inspirerat en kategori-seringsmatris bestående av fem olika kategoThis bachelor thesis investigates how civil society’s role in democratization processes is expressed in Swedish aid policies with specific focus on Turkey. The empirical material selected consists of two more general policies and one with a regional focus. My theoretical framework is based on previous research about the subject which have inspired a categorization matrix consisting of five differe

While the international community spends enormous amounts of money engaging in peacebuilding efforts, scholars are increasing questioning what effect this actually has on the development of peace. Despite extensive economic contributions to post-conflict societies with the hope of ensuring peace, little development on the ground has been recorded. This raises a question of why provision of economi

Den här uppsatsen undersöker varför individer tar avstånd från sociala medier i en tid där medier har blivit en del av vår kultur och vårt samhälle. Den ämnar även att behandla deras syn på medieanvändning och kommunikation. För att kunna ta del av människors privata och personliga anledningar till frånkoppling gjordes kvalitativa intervjuer med fem individer. Ett snöbollsurval användes för att vi

This thesis is a single-case study of Assyrian identity politicization in the context of the conflict in Iraq and Syria from 2012 to 2017. The thesis investigates to what extent and in which manner that a politicization of Assyrian identity can be said to have occurred by reviewing empirical data concerning the events of the period and analyzing statements from three Assyrian militias. The Islamic

This thesis tries to create a wider understanding for the complexity of friction in peacekeeping interventions. By connecting the concepts of friction and hybridity as well as the local and the international in a theoretical framework the thesis tries to concrete the complexity of peace processes. By applying the framework upon the UN peacekeeping mission MONUC in the Democratic Republic of the Co

This thesis recognizes impunity as one of the causes that contributes to the widespread occurrence of and what motivates the use of sexual violence as a tactic of war. Based on a theoretical framework that recognises how gender based violence in conflict historically has been ignored and excluded, this thesis explores through a qualitative content analysis how this is being challenged by celebrity

In 2015, a coalition comprised of Saudi Arabia and its allies, conducted a military intervention in Yemen to protect the internationally recognized government. This study aims to analyse how Saudi Arabian officials has justified the intervention to fight against the Houthi rebels through three principles of just war theory. The study uses these principles as analytical tools in an argumentative an

This purpose of this thesis is to get a further understanding of what Swedish feminist foreign policy constitutes through a critical discourse analysis. By using gender mainstreaming strategies and feminist IR-theories as a theoretical framework for analysis, key aspects from these approaches are examined within the Swedish feminist foreign policy. This thesis mainly focuses on how the concepts of

Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka spänningsförhållandet i den socialdemokratiska regeringen avseende frågan om krigsmaterielexport. Primärmaterialet utgörs av totalt sex officiella statliga dokument i form av propositioner, skrivelser och ett informationsblad som publicerats mellan 2015 och 2018. Materiellt är utgivet av Försvarsdepartementet, Näringsdepartementet och Utrikesdepartementet,The purpose of this thesis is to analyse the circumstance of tension within the social-democratic Swedish government regarding the Swedish arms trade. The main analysed material consist of six official state documents, three state writings, two government bills and one state information sheet. All documents were publish between the years of 2015 and 2018. The publishers of the documents are the Sw

Sekter är ett globalt fenomen som bekymrar många länder. Anledningen till deras bekymmer är att det inte finns någon omfattande forskning eller tillräckligt med kunskap om sekter vilket kan skapa oro för det okända. Syftet med den här uppsatsen är att analysera Sveriges utredning, I God Tro från 1998, som handlar om sekter. Analysen av utredningen har gjorts med hjälp av James T.Richardson och Mas

The purpose of this study is to examine the complicated process of re-integrating ex-combatants back into a post-conflict society following their dismissal from the army. To do so, the study explores the relationship between Disarmament, Demobilization and Re-Integration (DDR), and the fields of Transitional Justice and Trauma Theory, in order to develop a more holistic theoretical framework for r

The controversy over the national anthem protests became the latest battleground in an ongoing ´Culture war´ to define American identity. Domestic debates are where the content of common identity is negotiated, in this case the arguments made in the debate also taps into established discourses on identity. Building on a constructivist approach this thesis investigates the discursive production and

Since the ending of the Cold War, regional organizations have been evolving as subjects for international peace and security. It is argued that this development is connected to the claim that the UN has been increasingly inefficient and unable to manage international peace and security on its own. The purpose of this thesis is to further address regional organizations as objects for analysis by co

Omedelbart efter terrorattacken den 11 september 2001 anslöt sig Tyskland till det internationella kriget mot terrorismen. Efter att först ha deltagit i interventionen i Afghanistan har Tyskland i respons på den ökade hotbilden i Europa successivt förflyttat stridsfältet till det egna territoriet. Terrorbrottslagen 2001 markerade starten på en serie långtgående säkerhetsreformer, som har resulteraImmediately after the terror attack on September 11 2001, Germany joined the international “war on terror”. Over the years, the battlefield has successively moved to the national arena, with the terror crime reform in 2001 marking the starting point for the introduction of a series of new, extensive security policies by the German state, leading to a polarization between efficient law enforcement

Syftet med denna uppsats är att se huruvida möjligheten att få bära religiösa symboler öppet i arbetslivet skiljer sig åt mellan två internationella domstolar som har jurisdiktion över samma territorium. Studien undersöker de motiveringar samt argument European Court of Human Rights och European Court of Justice använder sig av för att stödja sina domslut. Detta görs genom att granska två rättsfal