Development Instruments as Tools for Conflict Transformations

Peace and Conflict Studies, 1996

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transferred in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, or stored in any retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright owner. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We give all glory and praise to the Almighty God from whom all blessings flow and from whom we derived the direction to bring out this work. Special appreciation goes to all our contributors to this work, we acknowledge your resourcefulness and display of academic prowess in your various works as submitted and published in this book. Your efforts are highly commended. Special appreciation also goes to the Dean of the Faculty of social sciences in the person of Professor Karmal Bello whose ceaseless support and encouragement to the Department of Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution saw to the birth of this book. The love and support of all members of staff of the Department of Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution, National Open University is hereby appreciated, may the Almighty God continue to strengthen and promote you all. v FOREWORD Conflict is inevitable in any society. Thus, there is need for strategic methods for its resolution to ensure sustained peace. Emerging Trends in Conflict Resolution, Peace and Strategic Studies: is an attempt by the authors to analyze and furnish students, and others with the emerging trends in conflict resolution, peace and strategic studies. The book gives clear insights on practical strategies in conflict resolution. It addresses linguistic strategies, the effective role of women, religion and third party, the role of youths, national security, terrorism, the role of technology among several other strategies for conflict resolution and peace, particularly in Nigeria. A major strength of this advance book on Emerging Trends in Conflict Resolution, Peace and Strategic Studies is that it has succeeded in assembling and analyzing practical strategies in conflict resolution and peace building that can be widely applied. The Book is well edited and organized into different chapters. Ultimately, the Book provides clear insight to readers, and serve as working tool for government and other security agencies on practical methods in conflict resolution and peace building. I wish to commend the contributors of the various chapters, and particularly the editors, for embarking on this very noble assignment and recommend the book to all students, scholars, government(s) and security agencies.

reconciliation conflict transformation and peace studies , 2024

Pecebuilding • Conflict tranformation • Peace • Conflict resolution • Digital humanities The Academic Alliance for Reconciliation, Conflict Transformation and Peace Studies "is a promising approach to transforming violent conflict and spurring educational, social, cultural, and economic change in transforming the higher education institutions into agents of Peace in the MENA, Global South, Africa, East Asia regions. Conflict areas in turmoil" aligning with the discourse of the United Nations Charter-Chapter VI. Reconciliation, conflict transformation, and Peace studies "Scholarly description, interpretation and evaluation of processes to develop "normal" and if possible, "good relationships" between states, groups, organizations, and individuals reacting against past, present or preventing future grave incidents such as Wars, Civil Wars, Genocides, Atrocities, Forced Displacement, Enslavement, Dictatorship, Oppression, Colonialism, Apartheid, and other Human Rights Violations and injustices, and creating a scientific discourse of developing a common future to enable the transformation of conflict towards the path of Peace" (Aldajani and Leiner 2022). Conflicts and social-cultural change or transformation processes are national and supranational. Likewise, Reconciliation, conflict transformation, and Peace processes are national and, at the same time, supranational. Quoting Frank Buchman,

The paper mainly looks at the two-edged saw nature of peace building measures that are usually introduced and implemented in post-conflict societies. It makes the point that if the implementation of such measures are not than with the most care, they can produce unintended negative results as much as they present a good opportunity for sustainable peace in post-conflict areas. It ends with some recommendations.

2020

A misunderstanding or a disagreement, an incompatible situation or a competition between opponents that can generate into violence, conflict is a constant feature of human society. It can lead, depending on the context, to development or, on the contrary, to the dissolution of the organization or society. From the international relations’ point of view, a conflict is a dynamic process based on the clashing of interests of the international system’s participants. After the end of the Cold War, the change of conditions and determinations at the international level imprinted a specific evolution of the international conflict by transforming it in accordance with the conversion recorded by the global power architecture. In the same logic can be explained the reverse of the conditioning relationship, respectively of transforming the structure of the international system depending on the stake and the magnitude of the international conflict.

2021

Originally emerging from the amalgamation of varied disciplines, the field of Peace and Conflict Studies has evolved and transformed throughout the years. In its current configuration, it boasts a plethora of analytical tools, theories, and formal as well as informal processes for achieving lasting peace. The following paper details the different historical phases making up the field. It also explores international war, deconstructs conflict, examines theories of Peace and Conflict Studies, and distinguishes between conflict management, resolution, and transformation. It additionally elaborates on informal methods for conflict resolution while making the case for multileveled and collective efforts to transform societal structures, cultures, and mindsets, and to instill transformative peace

Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, 2019

With the end of the Cold War, a dramatic increase in the number of conflicts that have erupted for various reasons has prompted both statesmen and academics to develop methods and approaches to prevent, control and eventually transform such conflicts into a lasting peace. These quests have helped to create a wider knowledge about the causes, dynamics and phases of the conflicts, as well as paved way for an understanding that appropriate methods must be applied for each phase of a conflict according to its dynamics. The development of effective conflict management and analysis mechanisms requires a deep understanding of the causes and characteristic of a conflict and the application of appropriate methods to those causes. Otherwise, misreading the conflict and linking it to the wrong causes can have a great influence on the transition of the conflict from a level of non-conformity to a level of violence. Therefore, the aim of this thesis is to elaborate the various approaches to conflict transformation and examine that to what extent and in which conditions these methods are effective in transforming the conflicts.

This 3-day conference aimed at exploring and analyzing: a) various ethnic/national/state conflict situations from a comparative perspective, b) alternative modes of understanding/learning from the conflicts and dealing with the violent past, so as to achieve resolution of the conflict and reconciliation in society, c) ways of bridging the gap between disciplines and specializations through which conflict is studied separately from reconciliation. Political scientists, sociologists, anthropologists, psychologists and lawyers typically study different aspects of conflicts and reconciliation processes, However, in order to provide effective answers to complex problems, these dimensions ought to be integrated into a broad interdisciplinary perspective, d) theoretical and policy-relevant perspectives towards developing a holistic approach to reconciliation,