OAR@UM Collection:https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/296312024-03-29T07:17:11Z2024-03-29T07:17:11ZSalmon, scales, and stakeholder participation : transboundary water governance in the Pacific Northwesthttps://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/298042018-05-05T01:26:07Z2017-01-01T00:00:00ZTitle: Salmon, scales, and stakeholder participation : transboundary water governance in the Pacific Northwest
Abstract: This thesis describes the impact of local stakeholder engagement on the governance of
transboundary resources in the Pacific Northwest. The case study discusses how two
local stakeholder groups—the Coast Salish Gathering and Salmon Beyond Borders—
engaged with inter-lapping governing processes and jurisdictions regarding shared
salmon populations from 2015 to 2017. After describing the methods of engagement, it
finds that local stakeholders used networks of action to influence political scales by using
a deliberative framework focused on dialogue and cooperation through shared respect for
place, science and education; furthermore, it finds the engagement of local stakeholders
contributed to governance re-scaling processes, toward both local and international
domains. This thesis aims to assist analysis of how public participation is carried out
across and between political jurisdictions.
Description: Dual Masters; M.SC.CONFLICT ANALYSIS&RES.; M.A.CONFLICT RES.&MED.STUD.2017-01-01T00:00:00ZEvaluating Europol's mechanisms to increase law enforcement cooperation among member states in fighting organized crime since 2010https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/296382018-05-02T06:59:25Z2017-01-01T00:00:00ZTitle: Evaluating Europol's mechanisms to increase law enforcement cooperation among member states in fighting organized crime since 2010
Abstract: With the establishing of the Schengen zone and the implementation of free
movement with the zone, criminals have sought new criminal opportunities in a variety of
regions within EU. These developments pushed the EU in 2010, to embrace the
European Police Office (Europol) into its framework, as a countermeasure to the lack of
mobility that member states’ law enforcement were plagued with. Thus, this study
evaluates the mechanisms that Europol manages and promotes with the intention of
increase law enforcement cooperation (LEC) in the fight against organized crime.
Throughout the study, three issues of LEC are identified as obstacles that are recurring
and have yet to be addressed effectively; and three of Europol’s mechanisms and their
individual components are pitted against these recurring issues. Through this process, the
research determines the effect of each mechanism on LEC, as well as, whether or not
these mechanisms engage with the recurring issue they were matched with positively.
Description: Dual Masters; M.SC.CONFLICT ANALYSIS&RES.; M.A.CONFLICT RES.&MED.STUD.2017-01-01T00:00:00ZExploring sport for development and peace interventions’ engagement of target community needs : the case of Cyprushttps://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/296362020-05-15T14:48:13Z2017-01-01T00:00:00ZTitle: Exploring sport for development and peace interventions’ engagement of target community needs : the case of Cyprus
Abstract: This thesis explores the ways that Sport for Development and Peace Programs
incorporate local community input in planning and implementation. Selecting two
programs operating in the Cypriot conflict – DOVES Olympic Project and PeacePlayers
International Cyprus – the thesis explores each program’s interactions with the local
community to discover the extent of local community input and participation to
communicate local needs. Through the constructivist paradigm, semi-structured
interviews are used to collect the experiences of facilitators and participants of both
programs. Analyzing the lived experiences and perceptions of community members
familiar with the programs represent important data to better understand community
participation and its value to programs doing intercommunal work in Cyprus.
Description: Dual Masters; M.SC.CONFLICT ANALYSIS&RES.; M.A.CONFLICT RES.&MED.STUD.2017-01-01T00:00:00ZOn the beat : understanding portrayals of law enforcement officers in hip-hop lyrics since 2009https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/296352018-05-02T06:45:13Z2017-01-01T00:00:00ZTitle: On the beat : understanding portrayals of law enforcement officers in hip-hop lyrics since 2009
Abstract: 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 hip-hop music
from the years 2009-2016 in order to understand how the conflict is discussed in the
contemporary Black American community. The author consulted Billboard music charts
to select five songs from each year (forty songs total), and she analyzed each song to
assess how the artists position police officers and themselves in the narratives of the
songs. The songs were subsequently grouped in various ways to interpret trends in the
lyrical messages. This thesis uses hip-hop music as a tool to understand one perspective
of the conflict between police and Black Americans, and it has produced many viable
options for future research on the topic.
Description: Dual Masters; M.SC.CONFLICT ANALYSIS&RES.; M.A.CONFLICT RES.&MED.STUD.2017-01-01T00:00:00Z