National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies

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The National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (NCPACS) is New Zealand’s first Centre to combine global cross-disciplinary expertise on the issues of development, peace-building and conflict transformation.

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Recent Deposits

The Theory and Practice of Emancipatory Counterterrorism

Lindahl, Sondre (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2017)

In response to the 9/11 attacks, the US declared a global war on terror to fight and stop terrorists. Immediately, the Global War on Terror was dominated by the use of military force and violence, and replete with nefarious ...
Social Justice Narrative and the Mainstreaming of Fair Trade Globalisation within the market or alternative globalisation: assessing the radical hiding in plain view

Taylor, Jason (Thesis, Master of Arts, 2017)

Fair Trade faces challenges of both growth and placement within or beside a global system that is increasingly dominated by vertically integrated corporate players, certification labelling and the marketing of ethical ...
Owning Peace: Assessing the Impact of Local Ownership of Police Reforms on Post-conflict Peace

Gray, John Laidlaw (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2017)

In the aftermath of armed conflict the (re) establishment of well-functioning and legitimate security institutions is touted as fundamental for the development of sustainable peace. Post-conflict police reform, often carried ...
War, Identity, and Inherited Responsibility in Sino-Japanese Relations

Shibata, Ria (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2017)

Groups in conflict develop different and often contesting interpretations of the past, particularly if that history involves a violent injustice. How both perpetrator and victimised groups deal with their past history is ...
Civil Society Activists in a Protracted Conflict: Explaining Differences in Motivation to Engage in Intergroup Peacebuilding in Northern Ireland

Rafferty, Rachel Marie (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2017)

The conceptualization of peacebuilding has broadened beyond institutional considerations in recent decades, leading to increased recognition of the role played by civil society actors in contributing to sustainable peace ...
Ownership of Resource Extraction and Violence: How private versus state-owned resource extraction effects the severity of violence

Hitchcock, Stacey Maree (Thesis, Master of Arts, 2016)

The relationship between natural resources and conflict has been extensively scrutinised in the field of peace and conflict studies. However, the effect of the ownership structure of resource extraction on violence requires ...
Access to Justice in the Wake of War, Rule of Law Programming and Customary Justice in Post-conflict Bougainville

Johnstone, Naomi (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2016)

Following civil war, (re)establishing operational, legitimate and accessible justice systems for resolving disputes is touted as critical for sustainable peace. Rule of law programmes carried out by actors such as United ...
“Instruments of Peace?” Franciscans as Peacemakers in Sri Lanka During and After the Civil War

Masters, Christopher John (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2016)

People of religious belief are uniquely placed to become engaged in active forms of peacemaking as religious peacebuilders. There is, however, little research into how particular religious groups have been able to draw on ...
Learning from the past: an investigation of organisational learning in non-governmental organisations in Sri Lanka

Marie, Nissanka (Thesis, Master of Arts, 2016)

Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have played a key role in peacebuilding efforts in Sri Lanka during the civil war and in its aftermath. This research aims at examining the extent of the various types of organisational ...
Security for Whom? Gender, Security and Development: A case study of the New Zealand Community Policing Programme in West Papua

Donovan, Celeste Marie (Thesis, Master of Arts, 2015)

The importance of linking development and security has become a policy mantra in recent years. Within the growing nexus between security and development, projects such as police capacity development have become commonplace ...
Human Spirituality and Coming Together in Peace, Looking Through Two Lenses (Māori and Sahaj Marg Raja Yoga).

Joyce, Janine Maree (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2015)

This project explored the experiences of ordinary men and women involved in spiritual practices in order to understand the phenomenon of spiritual heart and any implications for outer peace. The primary question asked of ...
El camino se hace caminando: Using Participatory Action Research to evaluate and develop Peace Education practice in a Secondary School in Northern Nicaragua

Kertyzia, Heather (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2015)

Peace education (PE) is included in the cross-curricular themes of the Nicaraguan curriculum, yet in the Secondary School in Northern Nicaragua (SSINN) where this research was conducted there was varied implementation by ...
Working with the Impasse in Couple Relationship while working towards World Peace

Batson, Arthur James (Thesis, Master of Arts, 2015)

An `impasse’ is a common human experience. The usual and accompanying feeling of being stuck is experienced by people in a variety of contexts. This thesis comprises personal reflections and is a professional person’s ...
Discourse Transformation in Peace Processes: Revisiting Sudan’s 2005 Comprehensive Agreement

Mbugua, Patrick Karanja (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2015)

An interesting theme in peace studies is how peace processes involving societies transiting from protracted civil wars engender conflict transformation. This thesis contributes to exploration of the theme by investigating ...
Mediator’s Culture and the Ability to be Effective in the Process of International Mediation

Mnyanyi, Angelina Mukono (Thesis, Master of Arts, 2015)

One of the more effective approaches to resolving conflict is mediation, whereby a third party intervenes to assist the disputing parties in reaching mutually-acceptable resolutions. This thesis examines the mediator’s ...
The Post-War Reconciliation Process Of New Zealand Vietnam War Veterans

Dorsey, Maria (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2014)

Contact is an essential component in addressing prejudice, resolving conflict and improving intergroup attitudes and relations. War encourages prejudice, stereotyping and dehumanization between military combatants. In order ...
Nonviolent Revolutions and Democratisation: the Effect of State Seizure and Campaign Size on Post-Revolution Democracy

Llewellyn, Joseph (Thesis, Master of Arts, 2014)

Recent research into the nature of nonviolent movements has largely focused on the differences between violent and nonviolent movements. It concludes that nonviolent movements have more favourable democratic outcomes more ...
Third-Party Coordination in Conflict Resolution: Views from Third-Party Practitioners in the Maoist Armed Conflict of Nepal and the Moro Conflict of the Philippines

Bhattarai, Prakash (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2014)

A growing field within mediation research explores issues of multiparty intervention and third-party coordination. The existing literature highlights third-party coordination as a problematic but extremely important conflict ...
How is the concept of hybridity useful in thinking about third party humanitarian interventions? Case Studies: Bougainville and Solomon Islands

Quinger, Leilana (Thesis, Master of Arts, 2014)

How one should carry out state-building humanitarian interventions responsibly and with positive outcomes has been called one of the primary problems of international relations today (Fry and Kabutaulaka 2008, 2-3). In the ...
Tracing the Discursive Origins of the War on Terror: President Clinton and the Construction of New Terrorism in the Post-Cold War Era

Tsui, Chin-Kuei (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2014)

Since September 11th, 2001, there has been considerable growth in the literature on the American-led war on terror, and work continues to focus on President George W. Bush’s ‘war on terror’ discourse. However, while there ...