Thesis (M.A.)--Bowling Green State University, 2006. / Document formatted into pages; contains v, 66 p. Includes bibliographical references.

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The purpose of this study is to provide an inclusive portrait of the experience of female spouses living with traumatized male Canadian soldiers healing from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). By facilitating the articulation of the spouses' stories this research gives a voice to and fosters appreciation for this neglected population. As well, this study helps clarify the needs and possible therapeutic interventions for spouses of soldiers in psychotherapy for PTSD. Although recently there has been an increased focus on addressing PTSD in soldiers, there has been comparatively little research and clinical attention given to the soldiers' families. For this study, in-depth interviews were conducted with six spouses of former peacekeeping Canadian soldiers who received group therapy for PTSD. Using the Life Story interview method, a spontaneous picture of the spouses' experiences was elicited as part of a comprehensive relationship narrative. This provided the opportunity for understanding the experience of living with a soldier in treatment for PTSD within a couple relationship and larger social context. Narrative summaries were created from the interviews and follow-up was conducted with each participant to gain feedback on these narratives. Participants were also given the opportunity to read each other's narratives and discuss their impressions. The narrative summaries are presented along with thematic results. The participants' stories revealed instances of aggression, primary trauma and problems related to their husbands' periods of alcohol abuse, so Figley's model of Secondary Traumatic Stress was not the best conceptual fit to explain the experiences of these women. Limited support was found, however, for Hobfoll's (1998)model of a loss spiral to help describe the descent into chronic disability associated with combat-related PTSD as well as the difficulties soldiers experience in their transition from military service. This study's implications for practice include recommendations for groups for military spouses; the need to address the iatrogenic suffering of soldiers and their spouses; treatment recommendations for soldiers with PTSD. Future research also needs to include delivery and evaluation of a group-based counselling intervention for the spouses of traumatized soldiers. / Education, Faculty of / Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education (ECPS), Department of / Graduate

The aim of this study is to identify perceptions and attitudes of uniformed military personnel towards organizational transformation. This would enable the researcher to determine the impact on employees’ level of functioning. Transformation as a concept is currently of great significance in South Africa specifically in the military setting. It involves changes to the philosophy and mission of the military unit. Organizational transformation in the military unit appears to be an intense process that may have a significant impact on the social functioning of the employees in the particular setting. The orientation to the study in Chapter 1 gives an overview of the Military history prior and just after the first South African democratic elections. The goal and objectives, the role of the Social Worker, motivation and limitations towards the execution of the study are further discussed. The definition of important concepts used in the study is outlined in this chapter. The literature review in Chapter 2 theoretically examines the concepts central to the military transformation processes. It has been identified that organizational change is mainly barred by individual resistance factors as well as organizational intervention factors. Change strategies contributing towards positive organizational transformation forms part of Chapter 2. Chapter 3 describes the research methodology followed in this in study. The qualitative and quantitative data collection methods which also involve the designing of the questionnaire utilised as a selected instrument for data gathering and statistical analysis is discussed. A full description of the study sample will also be offered in this third chapter. An integrated research methodology of both qualitative and quantitative approach will be followed in this study. A suitable interview schedule (Questionnaire) will be developed out of the focus group conducted as a pilot study for data collection purposes. The study will be descriptive in nature. Chapter 4 describes and evaluates the data collected from respondents. Results and interpretations are provided. The conclusion is reached that certain sectors, specifically staffed members and personnel who were previously employed by the SADF and are were expected to transform and integrate new members from outside forces. Afrikaans and English members are also more negative about transformation than African language groups. From these results it appears that transformation has benefitted the new “incoming” personnel who are significantly more optimistic about integration and transformation than the old permanent force members. Chapter 5 outlines conclusions indicating practical and theoretical implications of this study. Recommendations regarding possible strategies to improve the management of the transformation process are made in this chapter. / Dr. W. Roestenburg

No abstract available / Dissertation (LLM)--University of Pretoria, 2012. / gm2014 / Centre for Human Rights / unrestricted

Orientador: Shiguenoli Miyamoto / Resumo: Nesta pesquisa, argumentamos que a discussão internacional em torno do emprego de criançassoldado foi baseada em algumas narrativas. Por narrativas, nos referimos a histórias construídas, contadas e recontadas, com o objetivo de criar uma verdade, uma versão sobre acontecimentos, uma argumentação de como os eventos ocorreram. Desse modo, propomos a hipótese de que a discussão sobre crianças-soldado, principalmente a partir da década de 1990, foi construída tendo por base uma narrativa dominante que está amparada em três pilares: as relações de poder entre Norte e Sul, o pensamento liberal e a perspectiva securitária. Esses três aspectos formam linhas de argumentação que constroem uma narrativa sobre as criançassoldado, visto que influenciam os modos de se enxergar as próprias crianças e as partes que as empregam. Mais do que isso, a construção de uma narrativa sobre crianças-soldado com base nesse tripé fortalece a consolidação de um modelo de desenvolvimento que instrumentaliza a criança-soldado como um problema de Segurança intrínseco ao Sul Global e que, consequentemente, fortalece a necessidade de intervenção em “Estados Falhados”. Por outro lado, também reconhecemos que há contestação dessa narrativa e tentativas de construir outras explicações sobre a temática. Com o objetivo de analisar o modo pelo qual tais narrativas foram construídas, analisaremos a produção acadêmica especializada sobre crianças-soldado, o trabalho de alguns órgãos da ONU e o trabalho de algumas ON... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: In this research, we argue that the international discussion around the use of child soldiers was based on some narratives. By narratives, we refer to stories constructed, told and retold, with the aim of creating a truth, a version of events, an argument of how events occurred. Thus, we propose the hypothesis that the discussion about child soldiers, especially since the 1990s, was based on a dominant narrative that is supported by three pillars: the power relations between North and South, the liberal thought and the security perspective. These three aspects form lines of arguments that build a narrative about child soldiers, since they influence the ways of seeing the children themselves and the parts that employ them. More than that, the construction of a narrative about child soldiers based on this tripod strengthens the consolidation of a development model that instrumentalizes the child soldier as a security issue intrinsic to the Global South and thus strengthens the need for intervention in “Failed States”. On the other hand, we also recognize that there is a contestation of this narrative and attempts to construct other explanations on the subject. In order to analyze the way in which such narratives were constructed, we will analyze the specialized bibliography on child soldiers, the work of some UN organs and the work of some NGOs that address the theme. / Doutor

"At present, the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers reports that approximately 300,000 children in over 40 countries worldwide are engaged in armed conflict. Of the estimated 300,000 child soldiers in the world, 120,000 can be found in Africa alone. Apart from making them direct combatants, both governments and armed groups use children as messengers, lookouts, porters, spies able to entre small spaces, and even use them as suicide bombers and human mine detectors. In the due course of such use and abuse, children are forced to kill or are themselves killed, sexually assaulted, raped, forced to become wives of the commanders, exposed to drugs and forced labour, showing the cross cutting nature and magnitude of the problem of child soldiers. There are a variety of international legal standards which, at first glance, seem to give some direction and guidance in the protection of child soldiers. In spite of these legal instruments for the protection of child soldiers in Africa, however, much remains to be done as the problem is continuing at a larger scale every day and new challenges keep cropping up. This study will look into ways of addressing these problems in the context of Africa. Therefore, in order to address the issue to the best possible level, the normative framework in place may need to be strengthened. Moreover, in an attempt to be comprehensive in addressing the problem, ways of dealing with child soldiers who have allegedly committed atrocities during armed conflict should be included. This piece explores how these issues could possibly be addressed to provide for protection to the child soldier in Africa. ... The study consists of five chapters. Chapter one will set out the content in which the study is set. It highlights the basis and structure of the study. The second chapter will look into the magniture of child soldiers both at the international and the regional level. The third chapter, which will use the second one as a background, will critically reflect on the gaps and opportunities created by the normative framework protecting child soldiers in Africa. A comprehensive approach in addressing the problem of child soldiers calls for setting out possible mechanisms in treating child soldiers both as victims and 'perpetrators'. Speaking of child soldiers as perpetrators, the fourth chapter will set out the ways and means to be adopted in calling child soldiers to account for atrocities committed during armed conflict. Under the final chapter, which is chapter five, a conclusion is drawn and the way forward is indicated through recommendations." -- Introduction. / Thesis (LLM (Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa)) -- University of Pretoria, 2005. / Prepared under the supervision of Prof. Julia Sloth-Nielsen at the Faculty of Law, the University of the Western Cape, South Africa / http://www.chr.up.ac.za/academic_pro/llm1/dissertations.html / Centre for Human Rights / LLM

No abstract / Mini Dissertation (LLM)--University of Pretoria, 2019. / Public Law / LLM / Unrestricted

It is striking that many white southerners enthusiastically went to war in 1861, and that within four years a large number of them became apathetic or even openly hostile toward the Confederacy. By far, nonslaveholders composed the greatest portion of the disaffected. This work interprets the Confederate war experience within a republican framework in order to better understand how such a drastic shift in opinion could take place. Southern men fought for highly personal reasons--to protect their own liberty, independence, and to defend the rough equality between white men. They believed the Confederacy was the best guarantor of these ideals. Southerners' experiences differed widely from their expectations. White men perceived the war as an assault against their dominance and equality. The military was no protector of individual rights. The army expected recruits to conform to military discipline and standards. Officers oversaw their men's behavior and physically punished those who broke the rules. Southerners believed they were treated in a servile manner. Legislation from Richmond brought latent class tensions to the surface, making it clear to nonslaveholders that they were not the planters' equals. Wives, left alone to care for their families, found it difficult to live in straitened times. Increasingly, women challenged the patriarchal order by stepped outside of traditional gender roles to care for their families. Wartime changes left many men feeling confused and emasculated. Southerners, who willingly fought the Yankees to defend their freedoms, turned against the Confederacy when it encroached upon their independence. Many withdrew their support from the war. Some hid crops from impressment agents or refused to enlist, while others actually or symbolically attacked the planter elite or deserted. / Master of Arts