Search for dissertations about: "conflict transformation"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 40 swedish dissertations containing the words conflict transformation.

2. 21. Ecosystem Services and Disservices in an Agriculture–Forest Mosaic : A Study of Forest and Tree Management and Landscape Transformation in Southwestern Ethiopia

   Author : Tola Gemechu Ango; Lowe Börjeson; Tobias Plieninger; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; conservation; deforestation; ecosystem disservices; ecosystem services; forest; Ethiopia; land grabbing; livelihood; Oromia; policies; political ecology; trees; tropical landscape mosaic; Geography with Emphasis on Human Geography; geografi med kulturgeografisk inriktning;

   Abstract : The intertwined challenges of food insecurity, deforestation, and biodiversity loss remain perennial challenges in Ethiopia, despite increasing policy interventions. This thesis investigates smallholding farmers’ tree- and forest-based livelihoods and management practices, in the context of national development and conservation policies, and examines how these local management practices and policies transform the agriculture–forest mosaic landscapes of southwestern Ethiopia. READ MORE

4. 22. Mobilization or Abstention? : Economic Inequality and Labor Market Experiences as Foundations of Political Behavior

   Author : Jan Szulkin; Karl-Oskar Lindgren; Olle Folke; Zohreh Khoban; Francesc Amat; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economic inequality; political behavior; political inequality; labor market transformation; political parties;

   Abstract : The distribution of economic resources has long been a central tenet of politics. In recent decades, Western democracies have experienced rising economic inequality and a structural transformation of the labor market. This dissertation studies how these broad societal changes have affected political mobilization and abstention in Sweden. READ MORE

5. 23. Resilience and Religion in a Forced Migration Context : A narrative study of religiousness as a resilience factor in dealing with refugee experiences from a post-migration perspective of Bosnian refugees in Sweden

   Author : Selma Porobic; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; psychology of religion; positive psychology; religious meaning-making; religiousness; resilience; conflict-induced displacement; refugee experiences; forced migration; narrative; refugee-centred research; post-migration perspective; Bosnian war refugees in Sweden;

   Abstract : Until recently studies regarding the pathological aspects of refugee experiences have led the psychology field of forced migration, giving little space to positive factors like the resilience and well-being of individuals faced with these adversities. This doctoral thesis emphasizes good health rather than disease and aims at deepening the understanding of resilience and health as opposed to the dysfunction and disorder paradigm in the context of stressful forced migration experiences. READ MORE

6. 24. Autonomy and integrity : drivers of health care professionals dealing with multiple obligations

   Author : Elsmari Bergin; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Professional development; middle managers; health care; conflict; autonomy; organizational change; integrity; professional identity; commitment; qualitative research;

   Abstract : The medical services have undergone substantial changes over the past decades, and the design and content of health care have been determined by economic programmes, streamlining, and rationalization. The calls to cut costs and implement reorganizations have come largely from politicians and have been handled by middle and high-level managers. READ MORE

7. 25. Between Political Party and Armed Group : Understanding Renamo as a Hybrid Party

   Author : Johanna Nilsson; Johanna Söderström; Anna Jarstad; Elin Bjarnegård; Nils Hertting; Sten Widmalm; Manuela Nilsson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; hybridity; elite politicians; behaviour; perceptions; Renamo; Mozambique; elite interviews; war to peace transition; Statskunskap; Political Science;

   Abstract : This thesis explores the concept of hybridity within the context of rebel-to-party transformation, with a particular focus on Renamo during the period of 2015-2017 in Mozambique. This timeframe was marked by a resurgence of organised systematic violence, disrupting the relative peace that had prevailed in Mozambique since 1992. READ MORE