Search for dissertations about: "peacekeeping"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 19 swedish dissertations containing the word peacekeeping.

2. 1. The Swedish Soldier and General Mental Health Following Service in Peacekeeping Operations

   Author : Per-Olof Michel; Tom Lundin; Gerry Larsson; Lars Weisaeth; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Psychiatry; Mental health; military; peacekeeping; personality disorders; suicide.; Psykiatri; Psychiatry; Psykiatri;

   Abstract : The Scandinavian countries have a long tradition of taking part in peacekeeping missions and also of research in this field. The aim of this thesis is to continue the tradition of research and try to shed some more light on the mental health aspects of peacekeeping operations. Two methods were used to accomplish this. READ MORE

4. 2. "We are in the Congo now" : Sweden and the trinity of peacekeeping during the Congo crisis 1960-1964

   Author : Andreas Tullberg; Historia; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; UN; government; ONUC; Peacekeeping; Sweden; Congo; Katanga; 1960s; Cold War; Carl von Clausewitz; trinity; conflict; war; military; media;

   Abstract : his work examines the contemporaneous Swedish experience from participation in the United Nations operation in the Congo, ONUC, from 1960 to 1964. Inspired by Carl von Clausewitz’s understanding of war as a trinity consisting of three ‘nodes’: the political authority, the people and the military, this study focuses on the ONUC experience as described by the government in Sweden, leading Swedish news media and the Swedish battalions serving in the Congo. READ MORE

5. 3. Changing boundaries, defending boundaries : Gender relations in the Swedish Armed Forces

   Author : Alma Persson; Boel Berner; Anna Fogelberg Eriksson; Elin Kvande; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Gender; gender relations; military; civilian employees; organization; Resolution 1325; change; masculinities; homosociality; boundary work; repair work; peacekeeping; Sweden; Genus; genusrelationer; militären; civilanställda; organisation; Resolution 1325; förändring; maskuliniteter; homosocialitet; gränsarbete; reparationsarbete; fredsbevarande arbete; Sverige; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

   Abstract : This thesis aims to show how gender is done in the Swedish Armed Forces, against the backdrop of its transition into an international defence organization and the international resolutions that call for gender mainstreaming in peacekeeping operations. In the so-called “New Armed Forces”, traditional demarcations that have separated civilian employees from members of the military officer profession are no longer self-evident. READ MORE

6. 4. Keeping Peace while Under Fire : The Causes, Characteristics and Consequences of Violence against Peacekeepers

   Author : Sara Lindberg Bromley; Kristine Höglund; Desirée Nilsson; Govinda Clayton; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; peacekeeping; violence; conflict-data; peace operations; sub-Saharan Africa; civil war; MINUSMA; Peace and Conflict Research; Freds- och konfliktforskning;

   Abstract : Peacekeepers are widely viewed as being at growing risk of direct and deliberate violence. Attacks are recorded in many and diverse contexts, targeting interventions deployed by both the United Nations and other organisations. READ MORE

7. 5. Raising the Costs or Lowering the Bar : International influences on conflict-related sexual violence

   Author : Karin Johansson; Lisa Hultman; Erika Forsberg; Jessica A. Stanton; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; conflict-related sexual violence; wartime sexual violence; wartime rape; international intervention; third-party intervention; violence against civilians; peacekeeping; civil war; shaming; condemnation; UN Commission on Human Rights; UN Human Rights Council; UN Universal Periodic Review; Peace and Conflict Research; Freds- och konfliktforskning;

   Abstract : This dissertation contributes to the growing literature on conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV). More specifically, the four essays it contains advance our understanding of CRSV by shedding light on the intersection between international involvement and CRSV perpetrated by states and rebel groups engaged in civil war. READ MORE