https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/29631 2026-04-15T18:47:52Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/29804 Title: 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. 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/29638 Title: 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. 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/29636 Title: 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. 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/29635 Title: 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