Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2009 in the subject Sociology - War and Peace, Military, grade: 1,0, Uppsala University (Department for Peace and Conflict Research), course: Peace, War and Democratisation, language: English, abstract: The multidimensional peacekeeping missions of today are often enfolded in opaque mechanisms of microphysical power operating in everyday social practices that remain invisible to the naked eye. Many seek to reorder war-shattered countries strategically according to best Western practices. One such strategy is to redraft the constitution which will...

Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2008 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: Peace and Conflict Studies, Security, grade: 1,5, Uppsala University (Department for Peace and Conflict Research), course: Causes of War, language: English, abstract: In an attempt to throw light on the complex relationship between environmental change and conflict, and costly signalling and conflict, this paper examines the explanatory power of Homer-Dixon's theory on environmental scarcity and Oberg's signalling theory as regards the outbreak of violent conflict in North Kivu. In...