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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Peace--Research"”.
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A Tocquevillean analysis of the democratic peace research program and modern liberal foreign policy
… a member of the Chamber of Deputies, Tocqueville researched and wrote extensively on French foreign policy. His most notable works are several reports endorsing French colonial projects in Algeria and articles advocating for the emancipation of slavery in the French Caribbean colonies. In this …
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Peace research in non-violence contexts: a case study among the Southwest Nigerian Yorùbá
I analyse the abilities of peaceful communities to maintain harmony by making a case study of the Southwest Nigerian Yorùbá in this research. I examine the potential of Yorùbá Christians and Muslims to manage their disputes, crises, and conflicts to avoid violence and maintain peace within their …
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The relevance of STS to peach research: the need for a third voice on nuclear strategy
… study of the problems of the nuclear era. Peace research is an evolving discipline which attempts to form an integrated, critical analysis of problems posed by nuclear weapons. This thesis examines the response of peace research to the "scientization" of military strategy, i.e, the …
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The Role of Gender and Education in the Perpetration and Prevention of School-related Gender-based Violence
… in and around schools while looking through a peace research framework proposed by peace studies scholar Johan Galtung (1969). The study explores school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV) in three regions—the United States, India, and Central Africa—and highlights the universal and …
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Elections And Asset Pricing: The Politically Sensitive Equity Of Us Military Contractors
… Uncertainty Index and Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) data are employed to measure political uncertainty faced by military contractors, capitalizing on the unique monopsony-oligopoly business environment of these firms. I employ a GARCH (1,1) model with …
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Easing the Arctic tension an economic solution
… may prove to be amenable to a capitalist peace. Research suggests that nations linked by economic interdependence are less apt to engage in conflict with each other. Nations seeking foreign direct investment will be less likely to initiate conflict, as this would diminish the potential for …
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Countering Terrorism in the North West Pakistan - Exploring local and global perspectives
… policy approaches towards achieving sustainable peace in North West Pakistan in particular and South Asia in general. It also evaluates the impact of regional rivalries especially in between Pakistan and India on the achievement of US foreign policy interests. Part-1 reviews existing literature …
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Queering the American family: belief, fallacy & myth
… riots. It is of particular interest to my research to ascertain just how queers construct the concept of partnership and of family. Are queer couplings destined to fail, unstable, as is the argument social conservatives? What forms of social networks are formed within the queer “community”? …
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Meditations in an emergency : social scientists and the problem of conflict in Cold War America
… intellectual movement around a new journal and research center starting in the mid- 1950s. The scholars who participated in that movement, known as "peace research" or ''conflict resolution," endeavored to construct a "general theory of conflict," which they would then employ to challenge the …
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Tamera’s Path to Peace Challenges and Learnings from Cooperation with the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó
El Centro de Investigación y Educación para la Paz de Tamera lleva 50 años investigando enfoques de paz sostenible y regenerativa a través de la práctica, de los cuales 30 los ha pasado en Portugal, en la región del Alentejo, viviendo como una comunidad de paz. Esta tesis analiza cómo esta …
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In ruimtes vasgekeer: 'n Kognitiewe benadering tot metafore in dekoloniale diskoers
Afrikaans: Die kognitiewe linguistiek voer aan dat meeste abstrakte konsepte slegs in terme van metafore bedink en verstaan kan word. Dekolonialiteit as abstrakte konsep is steeds ’n vurige besprekingspunt in die konteks van hoër onderwys in Suid-Afrika. Hierdie verhandeling beoog om die verband …