Pushing the boundaries: new frontiers in conflict resolution and collaboration

Cover Page......Page 1
RESEARCH IN SOCIAL MOVEMENTS, CONFLICTS AND CHANGE......Page 2
Tite Page......Page 3
Copyright Page......Page 4
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS......Page 5
Preface......Page 7
Introduction......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 14
References......Page 15
Renegotiation of social relations through public apologies to Canadian Aboriginal peoples......Page 16
Basic definition of apology......Page 17
Public apology as a renegotiation of social relations......Page 21
Church apologies to Canadian Aboriginal peoples......Page 22
Truth-Telling as the Creation of a New Social Narrative......Page 27
Public Remorse as the Affirmation of Moral Norms......Page 28
Public Accountability and Liability......Page 29
Reparation as Amends and Renewal of Relationship......Page 30
Conclusion......Page 31
Notes......Page 32
References......Page 33
Teaching through talk? The impact of intergroup dialogue on conceptualizations of racism......Page 35
Community Wide Dialogue’s High School Exchange Program: an overview......Page 39
Participants and Data......Page 41
Conceptualizing and Coding Racism: Institutional Racism and White Privilege......Page 42
Defining Racism......Page 45
Institutional Racism......Page 48
White Privilege......Page 50
Does the Dialogue Build Understanding of the Concepts?......Page 51
White Privilege and Personalization......Page 54
Institutional Racism and Structural Thinking......Page 57
Conclusion......Page 59
Notes......Page 61
Acknowledgments......Page 62
References......Page 63
Bridging the macro with the micro in conflict analysis: Structural simplification as a heuristic device......Page 68
A brief history of the 1992-1995 war in Bosnia3......Page 71
The Grand Picture and Its Dominant Colors......Page 72
Structural simplification of ethnonationalist exclusivism: Bringa’s case of Dolina in central Bosnia......Page 75
Ethnification, focalization, and transvaluation: Relevance of political anthropology to analyses of the war in Bosnia......Page 77
Concluding thoughts......Page 79
Notes......Page 80
References......Page 81
The democratization of peacebuilding: democratic exposure and externally democratic ideology of peacebuilding NGOs in Northern Ireland and Bosnia......Page 83
Theory......Page 86
Cases and method......Page 91
The Effect of Societal Democracy on Externally Democratic Ideology......Page 96
The Effect of Societal Democracy on Democratic Exposure Variables......Page 98
The Effect of Internal Democracy on Externally Democratic Ideology......Page 99
The Effect of Outsider Relations on Externally Democratic Ideology......Page 102
The Effect of Outsider Relations on Internal Democracy......Page 104
The Effect of Societal Democracy at the Organization’s Founding on Internal Democracy......Page 105
Conclusion......Page 109
Notes......Page 112
References......Page 115
Externally Democratic Ideology......Page 118
Societal Democracy......Page 119
Internal Democracy......Page 120
Outsider Relations......Page 121
Blessing war and blessing peace: Religious discourses in the US during major conflict periods, 1990-2005......Page 124
Theoretical framework: Responding to hegemony......Page 127
US civil religion......Page 129
The riches of religious discourses......Page 131
Methods......Page 132
Bush’s religiosity......Page 135
Bush’s binaries......Page 136
From binaries to enemies......Page 138
The peace movement’s religious discourses......Page 139
Debunking the demonizing......Page 141
Harnessing a religious president’s discourse......Page 143
Remedial education on Islam......Page 146
Religious identities and tactical repertoires......Page 148
Conclusion......Page 152
Notes......Page 154
Acknowledgments......Page 155
References......Page 156
Appendix. organizational profiles......Page 158
Statements by Peace Movement Organizations Quoted in the Text......Page 160
Reconsidering leadership theory and practice for collaborative governance: examining the U.S. Coast Guard......Page 162
Revisiting traditional leadership thought......Page 164
Cutting-edge theory: collaborative leadership......Page 167
Data and methods......Page 168
Admiral Thad Allen and Hurricane Katrina......Page 169
Admiral James Loy and the Establishment of TSA......Page 170
Executive Core Qualifications......Page 171
Loy Model of Leadership......Page 172
Allen Model of Leadership......Page 173
Testing the models......Page 174
Continual Learning......Page 177
Interpersonal Skills......Page 178
Collaborative leadership and the U.S. Coast Guard......Page 179
Reconsidering leadership theory and practice......Page 180
Conclusion......Page 181
References......Page 182
Reversing the destructive discourses of dehumanization: A model for reframing narratives in protracted social conflict through identity affirmation......Page 185
Introduction: The dynamics of dehumanization......Page 186
The beginnings: The bones of contention......Page 187
The dynamics of rehumanization: The epistemic encounter......Page 189
Dueling social constructions and identity affirmation......Page 195
Conflict transformation......Page 196
Conflict reduction through identity affirmation: The dynamics of self-definition......Page 198
The elements of identity affirmation: A model......Page 200
Initiatives: Reaching Out to Others: Track I Diplomacy......Page 201
Track II or Multitrack Leadership: Nonofficial Initiatives......Page 202
Recognition: The Basic Building Block......Page 203
Validation by Word and Deed: The Foundation Stone of Identity Affirmation......Page 205
Transparency of Future Time: Transforming the Framing Dynamics of Self-Identity......Page 207
Conclusion......Page 211
References......Page 212
Catalysts of change: applying new forms of practice to the context of Nigeria’s democratic development......Page 216
The roots of conflict in Nigeria......Page 218
Signposts of change......Page 220
The peace and good governance link......Page 222
Discursive winds of change......Page 223
Conflict resolution and democratic experience......Page 227
Nigeria’s moral imagination......Page 230
Conclusion......Page 234
References......Page 237
Common values of conflict resolution methods and democratic political culture......Page 239
Constructing a baseline understanding of developmental trends in graduate conflict resolution programs in the United States......Page 241
Rationale for the study......Page 243
History of the field......Page 244
Wave One......Page 245
Wave Two......Page 247
Wave Three......Page 248
Wave four: Research on the current state of the field......Page 250
Research tools, protocol, and subjects......Page 251
Program selection......Page 252
Data Analysis......Page 253
Program Evolution......Page 258
Program Curriculum Content......Page 259
Specialization Courses......Page 260
Certificates......Page 263
Doctorates......Page 264
Fieldwide Comparison of Program Faculty......Page 265
Program Resources......Page 266
What does the future hold?......Page 267
Projecting into the future......Page 268
Conclusion......Page 270
Notes......Page 271
References......Page 272
Contexts......Page 274
Implications......Page 279
Conclusions......Page 283
References......Page 285
Research and practice in peace and conflict studies: Directions for the next decade......Page 287
Nonstate Actors......Page 289
Structural Inequalities......Page 291
Multilateral Action......Page 292
Improved Evaluation......Page 293
Contextualizing Technical Skills......Page 294
Engaging Stakeholders......Page 295
Conclusion......Page 296
References......Page 297
About the authors......Page 300