Alex Austin / Martina Fischer / Norbert Ropers (Hgg.)

Transforming Ethnopolitical Conflict

The Berghof Handbook
Herausgegeben:Austin, Alex; Fischer, Martina; Ropers, Norbert

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Preface Confronted with a wide variety of conflicts, the international community has attempted to respond through humanitarian assistance, development aid, crisis prevention and conflict resolution programmes. To date many of these activities have exacerbated conflict dynamics as much as they have enhanced the opportunities for sustainable development and peace. In an effort to understand what works, lessons learned and best practices are being collected usually in the form of evaluations of individual projects or programs. Although the number of studies undertaken has increased, few lessons have been systematised or accumulated for broader discussion in the academic field or for practitioners' use. The Berghof Research Center for Constructive Conflict Management produced this Handbook in response to the contemporary challenges which have to be faced by those who are working in and on violent conflict. The intention is to give an overview of recent developments in the field of conflict transformation from various perspectives: from academic analysts and practitioners as well as from experts representing different areas of work inside and outside of conflict zones.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-3-8100-3940-8
• 2004
• Seitenzahl: 480
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Juni 2004
• Deutsch, Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 802g
• ISBN-13: 9783810039408
• ISBN-10: 3810039403
• Artikelnr.: 12115213

Autorenporträt

Alex Austin is Associated Researcher, Dr. Martina Fischer is Acting Director and Dr. Norbert Ropers is Director at the Berghof Research Center for Constructive Conflict Management, Berlin.

Inhaltsangabe

Contens.- Concepts and Cross-Cutting Challenges.- The Civilisation of Conflict: Constructive Pacifism as a Guiding Notion for Conflict Transformation.- Assessing the State-of-the-Art in Conflict Transformation.- Conflict Transformation: A Multi-Dimensional Task.- Culture, Power Asymmetries and Gender in Conflict Transformation.- Analysing Conflict and Assessing Conflict Transformation.- Trends and Causes of Armed Conflict.- Early Warning and The Field: A Cargo Cult Science?.- Designing Transformation and Intervention Processes.- Peace and Conflict Impact Assessment Methodology.- Experiences with Impact Assessment: Can we know what Good we do?.- Enhancing the Capacity for Conflict Transformation.- Facilitation Skills for Interpersonal Transformation.- Team and Organisational Development as a Means for Conflict Prevention and Resolution.- From Resolution to Transformation: The Role of Dialogue Projects.- Structural Reforms, Institutionbuilding and Violence Control.- Conflict Transformation through State Reform.- Hawks and Doves: Peace Keeping and Conflict Resolution.- The News Media and the Transformation of Ethnopolitical Conflicts.- The Role of Development Aid in Conflict Transformation: Facilitating Empowerment Processes and Community Building.- Recovering from War: Reconstruction versus Just Peace.- Recovering from Violent Conflict: Regeneration and (Re-)Integration as Elements of Peacebuilding.- Dealing with the Consequences of Organised Violence in Trauma Work.- Supporting Justice, Co-existence and Reconciliation after Armed Conflict: Strategies for Dealing with the Past.- Towards Conflict Transformation and a Just Peace.- About the Contributors.

Rezensionen

"Was die [...] Beiträge und den Band insgesamt authentisch wirken lassen, ist der Umstand, dass hier auch Autoren aus der Praxis zu Wort kommen. Das Berghof-Handbuch schließt somit [...] wirklich eine Lücke in der Verbindung von Theorie und Praxis." WeltTrends, 55/2007

"Der Sammelband stellt damit ein thematisch umfassendes und inhaltlich anspruchsvolles Werk dar, das v. a. durch seine überzeugende Verbindung von Theorie und Praxis besticht." ZPol - Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft, 01/2005