Sökning: "rebel characteristics"

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1. 6. In the Name of God - or not : A study on how external actor religiosity may affect rebel groups

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

   Författare :Gustaf Leijonmarck; [2020]
   Nyckelord :Religion; insurgency; rebel groups; Pakistan; Balochistan; Pashtun; India; Taliban; Jihad; Secularism;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis seeks to answer the question of why some rebel movements choose to take on a religious character, and why some do not, even in cases where they share many characteristics. This thesis argues that a religious or secular framing is a tool that can be tactically utilised by rebel groups in order to further their goals and strengthen their position. LÄS MER

3. 7. Why do some rebel groups commit acts of sexual violence, while others do not? : A qualitative study on the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam

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

   Författare :Lisa Svenhard; [2020]
   Nyckelord :peace; conflict; peace and conflict studies; rebel groups; legitimacy; sexual violence; armed conflict; CRSV; rebel compliance;

   Sammanfattning : Why do some rebel groups commit acts of sexual violence, while others do not? This thesis investigates the variation in the strategic use of sexual violence by rebel groups in armed conflict. The main argument is that strategic sexual violence should be less prevalent in legitimacy-seeking rebel groups’ repertoire of violence, as such groups aim to gain legitimacy from international and national communities. LÄS MER

4. 8. DO REBEL GROUPS THAT RECRUIT CHILD SOLDIERS PERPETRATE MORE SEXUAL VIOLENCE? A quantitative analysis of rebel groups in armed conflicts between 1989-2009.

   Master-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Författare :Fredrika Moberg; [2017-11-30]
   Nyckelord :conflict-related sexual violence; child soldiers; rebel groups; armed conflict;

   Sammanfattning : This master thesis explores the relationship between child soldier recruitment and rebel groups’ perpetration of sexual violence. As research has shown that levels of sexual violence not only vary across conflicts, but also across armed groups, scholars have recently come to examine what armed group characteristics can explain this variation. LÄS MER

5. 9. Fem sidor av samma man : Historiografiska aspekter på fem biografier om Augusto C. Sandino

   Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Historiska institutionen

   Författare :Karl Lindberg; [2016]
   Nyckelord :Sandino; historiography; biography; abuse of history; Sandino; historiografi; biografi; historiemissbruk;

   Sammanfattning : This paper is a historiographical investigation of how it can be that different biographies of the Nicaraguan rebel leader Augusto C. Sandino present such different pictures of who he was. In order to answer that question, I examine the methods that the biographers employ when they portray Sandino. LÄS MER