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  1. 11. 'Taking the law into your own hands': Violent vigilantism in Post-war Societies

    Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Författare :Linn Häggqvist; [2017]
    Nyckelord :post-war; vigilantism; judicial corruption; Guatemala; El Salvador; Nicaragua;

    Sammanfattning : Why do some post-civil war societies experience high levels of violent vigilantism, whilst others do not? Vigilantism, i.e. when citizens take the law into their own hands, in post-civil war societies is an overlooked topic within peace and conflict research. LÄS MER

  3. 12. Coming Home : Female Ex-combatants and their Reintegration into Society

    Kandidat-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Författare :Angelica Gustafsson; [2016]
    Nyckelord :Reintegration; female ex-combatants; economic reintegration; social reintegration; political reintegration;

    Sammanfattning : In a world where conflict can be found in numerous places, the need for planned reintegration efforts is frequently discussed. However, it is important to define the topic of reintegration, in order to fully understand what it actually entails. LÄS MER

  4. 13. Violence against women and femicides: Evaluation of legislation to end it in Guatemala

    Master-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Författare :Josephine Rubia Johansson; [2014-03-20]
    Nyckelord :Violence Against Women; Femicides; Legislation; Guatemala;

    Sammanfattning : Currently, Guatemala is after El Salvador the country where most women are being murdered per capita in the world. In 2008, the Guatemalan Congress approved the Law Against Femicide and Other Forms of Violence Against Women (Decree 22-2008). LÄS MER

  5. 14. Central American Female Migration and the Micro-Politics of Border Control: Mobile Ethnography along the Migrant Route in Mexico

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Författare :Sara Alemir; [2014]
    Nyckelord :gender; migration; illegality; borders; Mexico; Central America; United States; ethnography; mobile research; Social Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : Every year hundreds of thousands of Central American migrants from mainly Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador embark on a journey through Mexican territory with the hopes of a better future in the United States - estimations suggest that up to thirty percent are women. Transnational migration is due to heightened violence in Central America on the rise. LÄS MER

  7. 15. The ties that bind - An exploratory study of social capital in peacebuilding initiatives in Guatemala

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Författare :Linnea Malmström; [2014]
    Nyckelord :Social capital; civil conflict; peacebuilding; Guatemala; Social Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis investigates the relationship between social capital and peacebuilding, and the potential contribution peacebuilding efforts can make in terms of generating social capital in post-conflict countries. Using a qualitative methodological approach, seven local civil society organizations in Guatemala were interviewed with the purpose of understanding in what way the organizations are contributing to the generation of social capital. LÄS MER