Search for dissertations about: "conflict resolution"
Showing result 21 - 25 of 63 swedish dissertations containing the words conflict resolution.
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21. Settling the Scales : Justice in International Environmental Negotiations and Beyond
Abstract : Parties to international negotiations typically invoke conflicting notions of justice. If these can be reconciled, this has positive effects on the negotiation process and outcome. If conflicts over justice persist, negotiations can stall or result in suboptimal outcomes. READ MORE
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22. Violence Prevention and Conflict Resolution: A Study of Peace Education in Grades 4-6
Abstract : The objectives of the study were (1) to contribute to development of a theoretical basis for teaching violence prevention and conflict resolution, connecting the micro (interpersonal and intergroup) and macro (national, international and transnational) levels; and (2) to contribute to development of teaching methods with the aim of giving children skills in handling conflicts constructively. The perspective of the study is a social-psychological one where Human Needs Theory (Burton) plays an important role. READ MORE
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23. Techniques to Reduce Inefficiencies in Hardware Transactional Memory Systems
Abstract : The recent trend of multicore CPUs pushes for major changes in software development. Traditional single-threaded applications can no longer get a sustainable performance boost from this new generation of CPUs that consist of multiple processors (cores). READ MORE
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24. Civil society in civil war : peace work and identity politics in Sri Lanka
Abstract : What possibilities do civil society actors have in contributing to peace in violent conflicts fought along identity lines? What are the problems involved in civil society peace work? This thesis takes on these questions, applying a critical, interpretative and constructivist approach. It draws the attention to actors who are often not visible in war and peace processes, given that a focus on outside intervention has dominated peace and conflict research. READ MORE
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25. Dangerous Liaisons : Why Ex-Combatants Return to Violence. Cases from the Republic of Congo and Sierra Leone
Abstract : After disarming and demobilizing, why do some ex-combatants re-engage in organized vio-lence, while others do not? Even though former fighters have been identified as a major source of insecurity in post-civil war societies due to their military know-how, there have been few efforts to systematically examine this puzzle. This study fills this research gap by comparing the presence or absence of organized violence in different ex-combatant communi-ties – all the former fighters that used to belong to the same armed faction and who share a common, horizontal identity based on shared war-and peacetime experiences. READ MORE