Overview
- Explores alternative and less violent approaches to conflict resolution than traditional military-focused approach
- Combines the knowledge and insights of experts from academia and NGOs, civil society and politics alike
- Discusses four innovative fields of development: negotiation, gender and religion, reconciliation and forgiveness, and the arts
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies (RCS)
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Alternative Approaches—Negotiation
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Alternative Approaches—Gender and Religion
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Alternative Approaches—Reconciliation and Forgiveness
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Alternative Approaches—The Arts
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About this book
This edited volume brings together alternative and innovative approaches in conflict resolution. With traditional military intervention repeatedly leading to the transformation of entire regions into zones of instability and violence (Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria), the study of alternative and less violent approaches to conflict resolution has become imperative. Four approaches are presented here: negotiation, religion and gender, reconciliation and forgiveness, and the arts. This volume contains the insights and experiences of fourteen internationally renowned scholars and practitioners from different contexts. Can forgiveness help heal relationships in post-apartheid South Africa? How can art assist dealing with ‘unrememberable’ events such as the genocide in Rwanda? What transformational resources do women offer in contexts of massive human rights violations? The aim here is twofold: to provide and encourage critical reflection of the approaches presented here and to explore concrete improvements in conflict resolution strategies. In its interdisciplinary and international outlook, this work combines the tried-and-tested approaches from conflict resolution experts in academia, NGOs and civil society, making it an invaluable tool for academics and practitioners alike.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Christine Schliesser is Academic Associate at the Institute for Social Ethics at Zurich University, Switzerland, and Junior Research Fellow at the Center for Religion, Economics and Politics at Basel University, Switzerland.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Alternative Approaches in Conflict Resolution
Editors: Martin Leiner, Christine Schliesser
Series Title: Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58359-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-58358-7Published: 24 October 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-86387-0Published: 23 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-58359-4Published: 13 October 2017
Series ISSN: 1759-3735
Series E-ISSN: 2752-857X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 191
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations
Topics: Conflict Studies, Politics and Religion, Peace Studies