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Inverting Peace: The Bottom-Up Role of the Mine Action Community in Postliberal Peace-Building
Emery, Rupert Nicholas Ruscombe ; Ditrych, Ondřej (advisor) ; Rosendorf, Ondřej (referee)
This thesis explores the role of the humanitarian mine action (HMA) sector in peacebuilding and post-conflict reconstruction. Mine action is widely believed to be an integral component of peacebuilding, and its conduct has evolved significantly through the 20th and 21st centuries. Through the lens of postliberal international relations theory, HMA - and its practices and practitioners - is examined as a contributor to peace. To accomplish this a Bourdiesian field analysis of the HMA sector was conducted; along with a more in-depth case study of mine action in Sri Lanka which draws upon data from in-depth interviews and policy analysis. The results shed light on certain power relations in the HMA field relating to knowledge, expertise, and legitimacy; and provides a preliminary exploration of the contributions of mine action to a postliberal conception of peace. These results highlight both the potential of the method, and the need for further ethnographic study.
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Landmine Issue in Bosnia and Herzegovina: the Current Situation and the Impacts on Local Residents
Zelba, Michal ; Žíla, Ondřej (advisor) ; Heler, Daniel (referee)
The bachelor thesis is dealing with the issue of landmines in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The explanation of current situation in the country and threats posed by landmines are emphasized. The analysis was chosen as a method of the research. The aim of the thesis was to find out how the mentioned issue influences local residents and why it has not been solved up to now. The historical context leading to the origin of the issue, as well as the approaches that are adopted in Bosnia and Herzegovina are presented in first two chapters. The last chapter reflects current situation and moreover it analyzes the results of the field research, which was based on questionnaire construction. The scale of impacts of landmine issue differs across the Bosnian society. Due to some complications (the reduction of international engagement, corruption, inefficiency of some deminers, general extent of the issue) the complete demining will not be fulfilled until 2019, as it was planned.
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Landmine Issue in Bosnia and Herzegovina: the Current Situation and the Impacts on Local Residents
Zelba, Michal ; Žíla, Ondřej (advisor) ; Heler, Daniel (referee)
The bachelor thesis is dealing with the issue of landmines in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The explanation of current situation in the country and threats posed by landmines are emphasized. The analysis was chosen as a method of the research. The aim of the thesis was to find out how the mentioned issue influences local residents and why it has not been solved up to now. The historical context leading to the origin of the issue, as well as the approaches that are adopted in Bosnia and Herzegovina are presented in first two chapters. The last chapter reflects current situation and moreover it analyzes the results of the field research, which was based on questionnaire construction. The scale of impacts of landmine issue differs across the Bosnian society. Due to some complications (the reduction of international engagement, corruption, inefficiency of some deminers, general extent of the issue) the complete demining will not be fulfilled until 2019, as it was planned.
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