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Caste and Nation-Building: Constructing Vellalah Identity in Jaffna
(2015-11-13)This doctoral thesis explores the meanings and practices associated with Vellalah identity in the context of the Tamil nationalist project in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. Given that caste is a culturally sensitive identity and ... -
Challenges for the Democratisation Process in Tanzania. Moving Towards Consolidation 50 years after independence?
(2011-11-28)Tanzania has been independent in 2011 for 50 years. While most neighbouring states have gone through violent conflicts, Tanzania has managed to implement extensive reforms without armed political conflicts. Hence, Tanzania ... -
Civil Society Regionalization in Southern Africa – the Cases of Trade and HIV/AIDS
(2013-04-10)This dissertation investigates civil society regionalization, that is, the transnational regional process where people engage in co-operation within diverse types of regionalist civil society frameworks. The point of ... -
Conflict resolution in coastal management: Interdisciplinary analyses of resource use conflicts from the Swedish coast
(2015-08-27)Natural resource use conflicts at urbanized coasts and their analysis and resolution are the main themes of this thesis. Based on the analysis of four conflict cases from the Swedish coast, I explore the ways the local ... -
Constructive Conflict in Classrooms and Beyond
(2021-05-12)Conflict has exercised the minds of scholars since the establishment of the academy. Yet, those studying conflict continue to struggle over what, precisely, it is, and how and why it occurs. While theorists have made ... -
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Democracy in Action: Decentralisation in Post-Conflict Cambodia
(2012-01-27)The process of democratisation in post-conflict Cambodia has been problematic. Almost two decades after the UN-led intervention in 1993, democracy in Cambodia remains shallow, as evidenced by various studies. Three main ... -
Development Intervention on the Ground. Inherent rationales of aid and their encounter with local dynamics in three Cambodian villages
(2009-10-16)The study is motivated by the maintained needs to scrutinise and critically reflect upon interventionist rationales in development assistance, to put development intervention in perspective by regarding it as part of the ... -
Each Day Another Disaster : Politics and Everyday Life in a Palestinian Refugee Camp in the West Bank
(2009-06-01)This anthropological study examines the ways in which Palestinian camp refugees maintain everyday life in a situation that is characterized by chronic disruption, fear and mistrust. It explores how these refugees make ... -
Electoral Violence Prevention: The Role of Brokers in Kenya's 2013 General Elections
(2018-11-12)This research explores initiatives believed to have played a role in the prevention of electoral violence in Kenya’s 2013 general elections. Intending to contribute to ongoing debates on electoral violence prevention, the ...