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Mechanisms of ’Climate Conflict’ : The Relevance of Local Contexts for Understanding the Relationship Between Climate Change and Communal Conflict in Chad
Titre : Mechanisms of ’Climate Conflict’ : The Relevance of Local Contexts for Understanding the Relationship Between Climate Change and Communal Conflict in Chad
Auteur : Scholte, Daniël
Université de soutenance : Universiteit Leiden
Grade : Master thesis | Crisis and Security Management (MSc) 2018
Descriptif
This research is presented in five chapters. In Chapter 2, main concepts are defined and relevant
environmental security literature is reviewed. The chapter first discusses academic debates on
climate-conflict links. It then provides a few hypotheses with regard to mediating mechanisms,
followed by a summary of empirical studies. Next, I introduce first the Sahel and then Chad as
a way of setting the scene. In Chapter 3, variables are conceptualized and operationalized and
the chosen research design is explained, a combination of quantitative and qualitative analysis.
Results are presented in Chapter 4 in two separate sections. First, the results of the quantitative
analysis are presented. Subsequently, I summarize several communal conflicts, which are the
focus of the qualitative analysis, and describe mediating mechanisms. Finally, in Chapter 5, I
discuss main findings and limitations, and suggest possible avenues for future research.
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