Search for dissertations about: "yugoslavia conflict"

Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the words yugoslavia conflict.

2. 1. Us and Them : Economic Consequences of Ethno-confessional Diversity

   Author : Luka Miladinovic; Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; economic growth; inequality; ethnic diversity; Yugoslavia;

   Abstract : An increasing number of countries are accepting individuals with diverse religious and ethnic backgrounds within their borders – a trend that can be traced to the end of WWII. Theoretically, a society can experience both economic benefits and costs from ethno-confessional diversity. READ MORE

4. 2. War within : Everyday life in Sarajevo under siege

   Author : Ivana Macek; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Ethnology; Bosnia and Hercegovina; Sarajevo; war; ethnic conflict; ethnic relations; nationalism; identity; anthropology of war; former Yugoslavia; Etnologi; Ethnology; Etnologi; Kulturantropologi; Cultural Anthropology;

   Abstract : In this ethnography of the war in Bosnia, the author examines the ways in which thepeople of Sarajevo negotiated the meaning of normality in their everyday lives, which became dominated by the war situation and the siege of the town. The study explores the ways of dealing with everyday threat to life, ways of providing the subsistence, changes in social relations, and the role of religion and ethnic traditions in the process of constituting national identities. READ MORE

5. 3. Defining rape : emerging obligations for states under international law?

   Author : Maria Eriksson; Joakim Nergelius; Ola Engdahl; Helen Durham; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Prohibition of rape; definition of rape; women s rights; armed conflict; state obligations; fragmentation; humanisation; LAW JURISPRUDENCE; RÄTTSVETENSKAP JURIDIK; Juridik; Law;

   Abstract : The prevalence of rape and its widespread impunity, whether committed during armed conflict or peacetime, has been firmly condemned by the UN and its prohibition has been consistently recognised in international law. This development, however, is a rather novel endeavour. READ MORE

6. 4. The Judging of War Criminals : Individual Criminal Responsibility Under International Law

   Author : Alex Obote-Odora; Göran Melander; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Krigsförbrytelser; LAW JURISPRUDENCE; RÄTTSVETENSKAP JURIDIK;

   Abstract : Violations of the law of war, particularly in internal armed conflicts, in the 1990s, increased dramatically. This led to the establishment, by the UN Security Council, of international criminal tribunals for former Yugoslavia and for Rwanda. READ MORE

7. 5. Video letters, mediation and (proper) distance : A qualitative study of international development communication in practice

   Author : Florencia Enghel; Miyase Christensen; Karin Wilkins; Robin Mansell; Karlstads universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; development communication; mediation; proper distance; international; video letters; Media and Communication Studies; Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap;

   Abstract : This study scrutinizes the trajectory of an international development communication intervention aimed at mediating, rendering public and mobilizing processes of reconnection among estranged citizens across the former Yugoslavia. The intervention, which took place between 2000 and 2005 in the wider context of post-conflict international development assistance and peacebuilding operations in the region, was known as the Videoletters project. READ MORE