Business actors and transfer processes: Understanding the impact of private sector engagement in Colombian peace negotiations
(2025) FKVK02 20251Department of Political Science
- Abstract
- The relationship between peace and business actors is by no means a simple one, and a substantial body of research has been devoted to analysing the many ways in which businesses fuel conflicts around the world. Yet, recent years have seen an increased interest in the notion of business actors as potential peacemakers. Simultaneously, the interest in inclusive peace processes, and particularly civil society inclusion, has continued to grow. By combining research on the topic of business and peace together with that of transfer, this thesis proposes a new framework for understanding the impact of national business actors on the potential of successful transfer, and, by extension, the ability of businesses to shape the conditions of civil... (More)
- The relationship between peace and business actors is by no means a simple one, and a substantial body of research has been devoted to analysing the many ways in which businesses fuel conflicts around the world. Yet, recent years have seen an increased interest in the notion of business actors as potential peacemakers. Simultaneously, the interest in inclusive peace processes, and particularly civil society inclusion, has continued to grow. By combining research on the topic of business and peace together with that of transfer, this thesis proposes a new framework for understanding the impact of national business actors on the potential of successful transfer, and, by extension, the ability of businesses to shape the conditions of civil society participation in peace processes. It does so by analysing two Colombian peace processes between the year of 1997 and 2016 and mapping the ways in which national business actors shaped transfer processes, using the notion of direct versus indirect impact. (Less)
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- author
- Hägglund, Margit LU
- supervisor
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- Sarai Ikenze LU
- organization
- course
- FKVK02 20251
- year
- 2025
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- business and peace, transfer processes, inclusive peace processes, business impact on transfer, lobbying in peace negotiations
- language
- English
- id
- 9210334
- date added to LUP
- 2025-09-10 15:44:43
- date last changed
- 2025-09-10 15:44:43
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abstract = {{The relationship between peace and business actors is by no means a simple one, and a substantial body of research has been devoted to analysing the many ways in which businesses fuel conflicts around the world. Yet, recent years have seen an increased interest in the notion of business actors as potential peacemakers. Simultaneously, the interest in inclusive peace processes, and particularly civil society inclusion, has continued to grow. By combining research on the topic of business and peace together with that of transfer, this thesis proposes a new framework for understanding the impact of national business actors on the potential of successful transfer, and, by extension, the ability of businesses to shape the conditions of civil society participation in peace processes. It does so by analysing two Colombian peace processes between the year of 1997 and 2016 and mapping the ways in which national business actors shaped transfer processes, using the notion of direct versus indirect impact.}},
author = {{Hägglund, Margit}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Business actors and transfer processes: Understanding the impact of private sector engagement in Colombian peace negotiations}},
year = {{2025}},
}