Search for dissertations about: "Bosnia-Herzegovina"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 swedish dissertations containing the word Bosnia-Herzegovina.

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

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

   Abstract : 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. READ MORE

4. 2. War, peace & the city : Urban conflicts over peace(s) in the postwar cities of Belfast, Mitrovica, and Mostar

   Author : Ivan Gusic; Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; conflict; peace; war; urban; cities; Mostar; Bosnia-Herzegovina; Belfast; Northern Ireland; Mitrovica; Kosovo; Serbia; peacebuilding; postwar;

   Abstract : Postwar cities demonstrate the most persistent continuities of war in peace. This effectively forces people into divided and politicised lives, undermines city-wide urban dynamics, and hampers wider peace processes that these cities are part of. READ MORE

5. 3. Food - traditions and thinking : focus group interviews with women from Bosnia-Herzegovina and Somalia

   Author : Inger M Jonsson; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : Culinary Arts and Meal Science; Måltidskunskap; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; Måltidskunskap; Culinary Arts and Meal Science;

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6. 4. Mental health and employment amongst persons who resettled in Sweden in 1993-1994 due to the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina

   Author : Karin Johansson Blight; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Mental health; labour market access; employment; integration; refugees; migrants; Sweden; Bosnia-Herzegovina;

   Abstract : General aim: To explore employment and mental health among people from Bosnia-Herzegovina who came to Sweden in 1993-1994 due to the war. Hypotheses: 1) poor mental health is a barrier to employment; 2) exclusion from the labour market can lead to psychosocial stress. Methods: All data were collected from Oct 2001 to March 2002. READ MORE

7. 5. Peace by repatriation : Concepts, cases, and conditions

   Author : Patrik Johansson; Cynthia Kite; Erik Melander; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Refugees; displaced persons; repatriation; sustainable peace; necessary; Political science; Statsvetenskap; Peace and conflict research; Freds- och konfliktforskning; statskunskap; political science; freds- och konfliktforskning; Peace and Conflict Research;

   Abstract : The focus of this study is the assumption that the return of refugees is a necessary condition for the establishment of sustainable peace after armed conflict. This assumption is often made in the peacebuilding literature as well as by policy makers, but it has rarely been the object of systematic analysis. READ MORE