This dissertation explored the background of mediators and what circumstances
and events are identified as being influential in their career choice to become a
mediator. The research also explored why individuals choose ...
Violent crime rates associated with drug trafficking and the availability of small
arms in Latin America is alarmingly high. A variety of frameworks for combatting this
kind of crime exists. Some crime-stopping tactics ...
Ukrainian conflict could be viewed as the complex economic, political and social crisis within the state. I am studying the presentation of Ukrainian national identity in media during the conflict period, from November 23, ...
Recognizing the fact that shifts in communications technologies can fundamentally restructure the way in which members of society relate with one another, this study is focused on the analysis of the interactional patterns ...
In an ever-evolving technological landscape, conflict analysis and resolution (CAR)
practitioners are faced with the unique task of working in a rapidly changing landscape
that is susceptible to the reliance on and impact ...
Empathy is central to many conflict resolution processes, but the concept has not been adequately described in the field. This dissertation investigates processes of cultivating empathy by examining structured classroom ...
This thesis addresses Hugo Chávez’s construction of the citizen in his discourse on Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution. In an effort to understand his moral frame regarding the state and its citizens, and to better understand ...
This research seeks to identify and analyze features of maps in Israeli curricula and academia to analyze the potential for maps to produce certain narratives. The paper will recommend amendments to certain functions of ...
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 ...
This study applies methods from narrative analysis to declassified intelligence documents regarding the Bosnian War of the 1990s and the Dayton Peace Agreement. An examination of themes, characters and plots demonstrated ...
This study engaged in a narrative analysis of the 2009-2010 U.S. health care reform controversy from a conflict analysis and resolution perspective grounded in social identity theory. Four sets of artifacts produced during ...
The objective of this Master thesis was to conduct a narrative analysis of the news
coverage of the Gaza War in 2008/9 between Israel and Hamas. More specifically, this
work discusses the application of Israeli and ...
National Security and Human Security are two concepts of the larger field of Security that have been and currently remain at odds with each other. On one hand, National Security seeks to uphold the sovereignty of this ...
This thesis describes ideological commonalities of U.S. Patriot Militias and extreme
Nationalism. A perceptible increase of American militia organizations in recent years
prompted an intensive research project that ...
Researchers and practitioners in the field of conflict analysis and resolution have realized
the significant role that the news media can play in avoiding, containing or resolving
conflicts. Yet there are scant guidelines ...
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 ...
This dissertation is an ethnographic exploration of the post-industrial economy of Omaha, Nebraska. It investigates Omaha's consistent high ranking on a number of "Forbes standards" for places to live and the contradiction ...
This thesis is concerned with the ongoing violent conflict between law enforcement officers and Black citizens in the United States. The research explores lyrical messages about law enforcement officers found in mainstream ...
This thesis interrogates the development of cyber warfare and how state governments
engage cyber warfare. Cyber warfare is a highly modernized form of conflict between
state actors, calling for those studying conflict ...
This thesis explores factors that aid in creating positive experiences for female ex-combatants in Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration (DDR) campaigns. Utilizing Sierra Leone as a focused case study, it explores ...