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Actualizing Human Rights Norms in Distanced Spaces; an Analysis of the Campaign to Eliminate Conflict Diamonds and the Capital Market Sanctions (Sudan) Campaigns in the United States

Muvingi, Ismael (2007-11-27)

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, social justice activists in the United States initiated two coalition based campaigns aimed at ameliorating the violence associated with extractive industries in Angola, Sierra Leone ...
Evaluation of Intervention Programs Designed to Address High School Racial Conflicts

St. Jean, Gerardine (2007-12-11)

This dissertation research examines racial conflict—one of the contributors to school violence—and effective intervention programs. This dissertation study presents research-and theory-based integrated intervention programs ...
Bridging Solutions to the Religion and Science Conflict over Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research

Ericson, Robin (2007-12-13)

The religion and science conflict over human embryonic stem cell (hESC) research carries high stakes; should embryos be protected as potential human life or should they be studied as possible cures for debilitating ...
Turning Points in Enviornmental Negotiation: Dynamics, Roles, and Case-Related Factors

Hall, William (2007-12-18)

In the more than three decades since the environmental movement began, environmental negotiation has emerged as a means for interested stakeholders to prevent and resolve conflict about natural resource use and environmental ...
Preventive Reconciliation

Jones, Lindsay Brooke Buffum (2008-07-09)

This thesis discusses the use of reconciliation processes in areas of latent conflict and their utility in preventing the manifestation of conflict. This study uses a comparative case study of reconciliation in Portland, ...
The Application of Social Theories to Water Conflict: the Cases of Gujarat and McCloud

Davidson, Alexandra (2008-08-13)

Conflicts over water resources are increasing domestically and internationally, and in a rapidly developing world there is little evidence this trend will reverse itself. The field of conflict resolution over natural ...
Threat Narratives, Group Identity and Violence: A Study of the Dagomba, Nanumba and Konkomba of Northern Ghana

Aapengnuo, Clement M. (2008-08-21)

Ghana has a reputation as a peaceful, stable and democratic state in the West African subregion. However, beneath this peaceful image, there are more than 200 internal conflicts around traditional authority (Chieftaincy), ...
Civil Conflict in Southern Mexico: A Comparative and Integrative Analysis of Three Cases

Finley, Ethan (2008-08-26)

Since the early 1990s, southern Mexico has suffered several significant instances of civil unrest, protest and violent military/civilian clashes, which profoundly affect the lives of local peoples and threaten national ...
Building the Capacity for Peace After Genocide: The Reconstruction of Formal Education in Rwanda

Njanga, Laura Bryant (2009-02-03)

In the aftermath of a civil war or genocide, some non-governmental organizations (NGOs), peace educators, post-conflict development practitioners, and governments believe in the healing power of providing all school-age ...
The Impact of Political Alliances on Voter Prejudice in Post Conflict Countries

Ouaiss, Makram E. (2009-02-04)

Scholars of conflict resolution have studied ways to reduce prejudice in society for years, believing that prejudice leads to or increases the likelihood of conflict. The primary focus has been on schools, universities ...
Conflict Resolution and Conflict Transformation Practice: Is There A Difference?

Rhodes, Gloria (2009-02-05)

This research is a comparative study of professional practice related to two schools of thought in the field of nonviolent conflict intervention: conflict resolution and conflict transformation. The research relies upon a ...
NGOs and the Globalization of Universal Human Rights: A Do No Harm Approach to Human Rights Advocacy

Dasanayake, Upulee (2009-02-06)

In recent years, certain advocacy campaigns launched in the midst of on going peace processes by mainstream Human Rights Non-Governmental Organizations (HR NGOs) has created much controversy. HR NGOs that base their ...
Religious Peacebuilding Interventions in Sudan: A Comparison of Intrareligious and Interreligious Conflict Resolution Initiatives

Morton, Jonathan R. (2009-02-06)

This thesis presents a comparative analysis of two different cases of religious peacebuilding in Sudan prior to the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in 2005. The paper integrates concepts and theories of ...
Filipino Migrant Nurses in the United States: An Analysis of Family Adjustments and Conflicts

Jose, Roberto Siasoco (2009-02-09)

This is a qualitative study about cross cultural, as well as family conflicts that affect Filipino Nurse Migrants as they immigrate to the United States to work as nurses for different institutions. To report and document ...
Revitalizing Our Dances: Land and Dignity in Paraguay

Duckworth, Cheryl Lynn (2009-02-09)

Throughout Paraguay, indigenous communities are facing increased and unnecessary hardship as their lands are sold to private agriculture business. They are often subject to arrest, intimidation and torture. As a result ...
Justpeace Prospects for Peace-building and Worldview Tolerance: A South Asian Movement’s Social Construction of Justice

Rinker, Jeremy A. (2009-07-02)

This dissertation is an attempt to understand the meta-narratives of justice operating within the Trailokya Bauddha Mahasangha, Sahayak Gana (TBMSG), a dalit Buddhist social movement active in Maharashtra, India. The ...
The Effectiveness of the EU as a Peace Actor in Post-conflict Bosnia Herzegovina: An Evaluative Study

Eralp, Ulas Doga (2009-07-25)

The dissertation evaluates the effectiveness of the European Union as an actor of peace in post-conflict Bosnia Herzegovina. While doing that it discusses the use of democratization as a form of peacebuilding in a ...
Experiential Encounters: New Models of Interfaith Dialogue

Moberg, Marci (2009-09-28)

This is a qualitative research study that explores new models of interfaith dialogue (IFD) characterized as dialogue-by-experience that remain understudied and that may provide opportunities for religious minorities, youth, ...
Myth, Memory and Militarism: The Evolution of an American War Narrative

Creed, Pamela M (2009-10-01)

This dissertation uses positioning theory and narrative analysis to examine the relationship of culture, emotion and agency in the dramatic construction, mobilization and acceptance of an American war narrative and later ...
Disruption of a Movement: A Network Analysis of the Assassination of Benazir Bhutto

Shue, Mitchell Y. (2010-01-15)

To more accurately understand the impact of the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto on the democratization movement in Pakistan, this thesis study provides a network-oriented analysis of those individuals ...

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