Search for dissertations about: "rebellion"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 swedish dissertations containing the word rebellion.

2. 1. From Rebellion to Politics : The Transformation of Rebel Groups to Political Parties in Civil War Peace Processes

   Author : Mimmi Söderberg Kovacs; Thomas Ohlson; Mats Hammarström; Anna Jarstad; Terrence Lyons; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : Peace and conflict research; rebel group; political party; transformation; civil war; peace process; conflict resolution; internal conflict; FMLN; Renamo; RUF; Khmer Rouge; El Salvador; Mozambique; Sierra Leone; Cambodia; Freds- och konfliktforskning;

   Abstract : Why do some rebel groups in civil war peace processes transform into viable political parties while others do not? The transformation of armed rebels into peaceful politicians has been identified as one of the most critical factors in explaining the successful transition from violence to sustainable peace. Yet few studies have examined under what conditions these transformations are more or less likely to be carried out. READ MORE

4. 2. Raising Rebels : Participation and Recruitment in Civil War

   Author : Kristine Eck; Mats Hammarström; Desirée Nilsson; Stathis Kalyvas; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; civil conflict; civil war; ethnic conflict; rebellion; rebel groups; rebel recruitment; participation; coercion; indoctrination; Nepal; Peace and conflict research; Freds- och konfliktforskning; Peace and Conflict Research; Freds- och konfliktforskning;

   Abstract : Why do some individuals choose to participate in rebellion, and what recruitment tactics can rebel groups use to affect this decision? These questions are central to the study of civil war because rebel groups must raise troops in order to challenge the government and to survive as an organization. Indeed, much of the civil war literature builds on participation as a key causal mechanism, yet it is rarely specified in theoretical or empirical models. READ MORE

5. 3. The Hong Kyôngnae rebellion 1811-1812 : conflict between central power and local society in 19th-century Korea

   Author : Anders Karlsson; Jay Lewis; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; koreanologi; Koreanology;

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6. 4. Breaking the law : adolescents' involvement in illegal political activitiy

   Author : Viktor Dahl; Erik Amnå; Mats Ekström; Lauree Tilton-Weaver; Sven Oskarsson; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; illegal political activity; adolescents; political socialization; Political Science; Statskunskap;

   Abstract : Illegal political activity has always been part of a democratic society. Despite this, not much is known about young people’s involvement in these political activities. READ MORE

7. 5. Church and nation : The discourse on authority in Ericus Olai's Chronica regni Gothorum (c. 1471)

   Author : Biörn Tjällén; Olle Ferm; Bo Persson; Brian Patrick McGuire; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Authority; Church; Historiography; Late Middle Ages; Latin; Nationalism; Political discourse; State; State formation; Sweden; History; Historia; historia; History;

   Abstract : The Chronica regni Gothorum is the first Latin national history of Sweden. Completed after 1471 by a canon of Uppsala, Ericus Olai, it testifies to the articulation at the Swedish arch see of the dominant political issues of the day: the status of the Swedish realm in the union with Denmark-Norway, and the relations between the king, aristocracy and ecclesiastical leadership. READ MORE