Beyond Intractability: A Free Knowledge Base on More Constructive Approaches to Destructive Conflict
Introduction:
Peace researcher Carolyn Stephenson describes different approaches to peacebuilding.
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Using Different Identities as Conflict Resolution Tools
Carolyn Stephenson
Professor of Population Studies, College of Social Sciences, University of Hawai'i
...It's looking at the different
levels of personal, neighborhood, group, national identity, ethnic identity, and
how those all fit together. It's trying to be able to use those to develop some
sort of a group community project, and often the teaching process can be useful,
because it's a very non-threatening way. That in fact can be a vehicle for
bringing people together to talk about all kinds of other things.
Using environment, using women's empowerment as a conflict resolution vehicle
is a classic technique that dozens of people have tried in dozens of conflicts.
Knowing how those things fit together across the different sectors and across
the different levels is important.
I expect to pass through this world but once, therefore any good that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now; let me not defer it or neglect it, for I shall not come this way again. -- Stephen Grellett
Featured Links Organizations Making Noteworthy Contributions to Efforts to Promote More Constructive Conflict Alliance for Peacebuilding
Other Resources from Beyond Intractability Taming Intractable Conflicts The trick for the mediator is identifying what conflicts it pays to become involved in, how to go about it, and when. Crocker et al. explore some limitations and pitfalls for mediators and go on to suggest how they may most effectively contribute at different stages of the conflict.
Nobel Peace Prize Winners
Shimon Peres Former Foreign Minister of Israel, and 1994 Nobel Peace Laureate
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