Thesis (M.S.)--George Mason University, 2008. / Vita: p. 130. Thesis director: Andrea Bartoli. Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Conflict Analysis and Resolution. Title from PDF t.p. (viewed Mar. 17, 2009). Includes bibliographical references (p. 121-129). Also issued in print.

Thesis (M. of Sacred Theology)--Boston University, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 45-46).

Thesis (Ph.D.)--George Mason University, 2009. / Vita: p. 464. Thesis director: Daniel Rothbart. Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Conflict Analysis and Resolution. Title from PDF t.p. (viewed Oct. 11, 2009). Includes bibliographical references (p. 440-463). Also issued in print.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Murdoch University, 2009. / Thesis submitted to the Faculty of Arts and Education. Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-364)

Originally presented as the author's Thesis (doctoral--Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, 2000).

Thesis (M.S. in Operations Research)--Naval Postgraduate School, December 2004. / Thesis advisor(s): Susan M. Sanchez. Includes bibliographical references (p. 91-92). Also available online.

Originally presented as the author's Thesis (doctoral--Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, 2000).

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Notre Dame, 2004. / Thesis directed by Ruthann Johansen for the Department of International Peace Studies. "July 2004." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 151-155).

Orientador: Héctor Luis Saint-Pierre / Banca: Rafael Antonio Duarte Villa / Banca: Kai Michael Kenkel / Banca: Suzeley Kalil Mathias / Banca: Samuel Alves Soares / O Programa de Pós-Graduação em Relações Internacionais é instituído em parceria com a Unesp/Unicamp/PUC-SP, em projeto subsidiado pela CAPES, intitulado "Programa San Tiago Dantas" / Resumo: O trabalho analisa o processo de reforma das operações de paz da Organização das Nações Unidas (ONU) iniciado em 2000 com a publicação do Relatório Brahimi, que apontou novas diretrizes para fortalecer este instrumento de gerenciamento de conflitos após os fracassos em Ruanda, na Bósnia-Herzegovina e na Somália, em meados da década de 1990. O objetivo é compreender as consequências da reforma para a concepção de paz que norteou as missões da ONU e a forma em que esta concepção foi traduzida nos modelos de intervenção autorizados pelo Conselho de Segurança da ONU na década que sucedeu a publicação do Relatório. A hipótese que orientou a pesquisa foi a de que existe um descolamento entre a concepção de paz - a paz sustentável, resultante do trato das causas dos conflitos - e os modelos de intervenção - pautados na noção de operações robustas seguidas de atividades de consolidação da paz (peacebuilding) - porque a paz promovida pela ONU é condicionada por dois fatores principais. O primeiro relaciona-se ao fato de que, no processo de elaboração do modelo de intervenção no panorama político-institucional da ONU, existe o predomínio da perspectiva do interventor, da leitura que este faz do conflito e do papel que atribui às operações de paz; além da aplicação de um modelo padronizado para responder a diferentes tipos de conflitos. O segundo fator, também relacionado à aprovação do modelo de intervenção, é que as operações de paz respondem aos conflitos na medida em que existam recursos para a implementação dos mandatos e dentro de algumas condições determinadas pelos grupos beligerantes, que precisam consentir, mesmo que apenas formalmente, a ... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: The study analyzes the United Nations (UN) Peace Operations reform, which started in 2000 with the publication of the Brahimi Report, establishing new guidelines to strengthen peace operations after the failures in Rwanda, Bosnia Herzegovina and Somalia in the mid-1990s. The purpose is to understand the consequences of the reform to the conception of peace that guided UN missions and the way in which the UN Security Council has translated this conception into the interventions design during the decade that followed the publication of the Report. The hypothesis that guided this research was that there is a gap between the conception of peace - sustainable peace resulting from dealing with conflict causes - and the design of the intervention - robust peacekeeping followed by peacebuilding activities - because the UN peacekeeping operations are driven by two main factors. The first relates to the fact that, in the political process which precedes the intervention approval, there is a preponderance of the outsiders perspective, of the way that the external forces perceives the conflict, deciding the role of the missions; besides, there is a standardized model to respond to different types of conflicts. The second factor is that peace operations respond to conflict to the extent that there are resources for the implementation of the mandates and within specific conditions determined by the warring groups, which need to consent, at least formally, the presence of external actors to manage the transition to peace. / Doutor

This study was undertaken in order to research on the trauma caused by the Matebeleland Massacre of 1982-87 in Tsholotsho Zimbabwe. This dissertation is two pronged: one part is to ascertain the trauma in the community twenty years after and the second aspect is to suggest interventions that can be applied. The history of the country and the political background to the conflict is the most rational way to explain why this may have happened. This history has been used to justify the Massacre and is being used continuously even today by those in power. If people do not learn from their history they are bound to repeat it, (interview with Phineahs Dube 4/8/20080). Trauma has been investigated using a qualitative social reconstruction narrative theory by way of cultural world view and not medical psychological means. Investigating people’s painful experiences and emotions has not been easy. A suitable framework and trauma measure which are scientifically approved had to be found and used in order to validate and verify the results in a manner that the outcome can be accepted scientifically and internationally. Chronic ‘on going’ trauma or Long-term Psycho-social Crisis is the kind of trauma that the researcher has come up with if conventional medical jargon is to be avoided. The survivors can not fully comprehend what happened to them but the greatest injury and pain is caused by how the community as a whole was under threat of annihilation by the Gukurahundi, The name itself is infamous and points to the brutal nature of the operation of this North Korean trained army battalion known simply, as the 5th Brigade. The interventions suggested are psycho-social since the context is rural Tsholotsho Matebeleland, culturally, a socio-centric set up with in an African world view, (Mbiti 1969) and (Mugambi and Kirima 1976). The Church is proposed as the agent for change in the community as light and salt due to its proximity to the community. The interventions include funerals services and rituals, testimonies, and archival processes for the sake of prevention and collective memory. The psycho-social cultural approach takes the survivor from being just an individual with a personal problem to a collective memory of experience. (Becker 2000: 18) This gives practical theology an opportunity for a logical conclusion of all theologizing which is a theology of praxis or engagement. / Dsecription (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2010. / Practical Theology / Unrestricted