Browsing Journals by Subject "Conflict"
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Bhuiyan, Md J.H. and Khan, B.U. (eds). 2019. Revisiting the Geneva Conventions: 1949-2019. (Brill Nijhoff Leiden ISBN 978 90 04 37553 6 (cased); 978 90 04 37554 3 (eBook) [Book review]
(PER/PELJ, 2020)This contribution reviews the book titled Revisiting the Geneva Conventions: 1949-2019, edited by two legal scholars, namely Md Jahid Hossain Bhuiyan and Borhan Uddin Khan. The book is a commemoration of the 70th anniversary ... -
Dispute resolution – an archaeological perspective with case studies from the South African Stone Age and San ethnography
(2014)This paper presents an archaeological perspective on dispute resolution. Being a discipline based primarily on tangible material remains, archaeology may be hard put to draw firm conclusions on a phenomenon whose expression ... -
Economic remittances from employment in the Second World War and family conflicts, Swaziland, 1941-1950
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2016)Swaziland was connected to the Allied conduct of the Second World War through colonial ties and about four thousand Swazi men were recruited to serve in the war. Historians are beginning to analyse the different ways in ... -
Endogenous conflict resolution mechanisms of the San people at Platfontein
(2014)The objective of this study was to explore the endogenous conflict resolution mechanisms and practices of the San people at Platfontein, South Africa. To this end, data were collected from 304 interviews and 26 focus ... -
Expectations and the issue of land in South Africa – the historical origins and current debate
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2018)Land remains a contentious political issue that has the potential for further conflict in South Africa. Expectations over land are a legitimate result of a history of dispossession, displacement and deprivation during the ... -
On truth-telling and storytelling: Truth-seeking during research involving communities with an oral culture and a history of violent conflict
(2014)The aim of this article is to propose some principles and practices for truth-seeking during research into violent conflict. To achieve this aim, an argument is deployed by analysing the theoretical concepts “truth”, ... -
Socio-economic factors as causes and remedies for conflict of the San community in Platfontein
(2014)The study examines the role of socio-economic factors in conflict in the San community of Platfontein. This article’s analysis is based on the primary data collected from individual interviews and focused group discussions ... -
A transdisciplinary approach to understanding the causes of wicked problems such as the violent conflict in Rwanda
(North-West University, 2012)The paper is presented against a background of many wicked problems that confront us in the world today such as violent crime, conflict that emanates from political power seeking, contests for scarce resources, the ...