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..effectively fills a long-standing void and will no doubt be hailed as a much-needed new addition to the literature.. This text very much exemplifies the strength of Ho-Won Jeong as a theorist and one of the more prolific writers in the larger peace and conflict studies field.. the final three chapters on 'De-escalation Dynamics' (which includes a brief section on third party intervention), on 'Conciliation Strategies,' and especially the one on 'Ending Conflict,' which provides a range of outcomes beyond the usual focus on third party intervention (read mediation) epitomizes the value of thi

. Effectively fills a long-standing void and will no doubt be hailed as a much-needed new addition to the literature. This text very much exemplifies the strength of Ho-Won Jeong as a theorist and one of the more prolific writers in the larger peace and conflict studies field. the final three chapters on 'De-escalation Dynamics' (which includes a brief section on third party intervention), on 'Conciliation Strategies, ' and especially the one on 'Ending Conflict, ' which provides a range of outcomes beyond the usual focus on third party intervention (read mediation) epitomizes the value of thi.

Like other types of diaspora groups, conflict-generated diasporas display a strong attachment to their countries of origin, and structure their identities and ideologies around discourses referring to their homeland. However, their inner cleavages, born out of the conflicts raging in their home countries, can run very deep. The maintenance of their ethnic, religious, linguistic or political divisions even generations after the migration process has taken place sometimes leads to conflict transportation processes, whereby the conflicts raging in their home countries are reproduced and maintained in countries of settlement. Incidents opposing rival diaspora groups are thus often interpreted as a prolongation or reproduction of core conflicts raging in their regions of origin. Against this assumption, this article argues that if transported conflicts often formally take the shape of core conflicts, and emulate them by using the same language, symbols and ethnic/religious/linguistic categories, they are also deeply transformed by the migration process itself. In this perspective, this article explores the transformation and reinvention of conflict-generated diasporas' politics, and proposes to look at the autonomisation processes they display vis-à-vis the core conflicts, in terms of content but also of objectives, ultimately generating a drift at the political and organisational levels.

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Acronyms -- Introduction: The Resolution of African Conflicts -- 1: The Role of Sub-Regional Integration Schemes in Conflict Prevention & Management in Africa -- 2: Conflict Resolution in Africa -- 3: The Continental Early Warning System of the African Union -- 4: The International Criminal Court & the Lord's Resistance Army Insurgency in Northern Uganda -- 5: How to Make Democracy Work? -- 6: Local Government & the Management of Conflict in Fragmented Societies -- 7: Managing the Process of Conflict Resolutionin the Sudan -- 8: Elections & Conflict in Southern Africa -- 9: The Somali Peace Processfrom Arta to Eldoret to Mbagathi -- 10: Peace & War in Post-Conflict Mozambique -- 11: Post-1990 Constitutional Reforms in Africa -- Index.

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Arenas of conflict; 1 Intrapersonal conflict; 2 Sex differences in mind; 3 Why apes and humans kill; 4 The roots of warfare; 5 Conflict in the Middle East; 6 Observing conflict; 7 Conflict and labour; 8 Life in a violent universe; Notes on the contributors; Index.

Like other types of diaspora groups, conflict-generated diasporas display a strong attachment to their countries of origin, and structure their identities and ideologies around discourses referring to their homeland. However, their inner cleavages, born out of the conflicts raging in their home countries, can run very deep. The maintenance of their ethnic, religious, linguistic or political divisions even generations after the migration process has taken place sometimes leads to conflict transportation processes, whereby the conflicts raging in their home countries are reproduced and maintained in countries of settlement. Incidents opposing rival diaspora groups are thus often interpreted as a prolongation or reproduction of core conflicts raging in their regions of origin. Against this assumption, this article argues that if transported conflicts often formally take the shape of core conflicts, and emulate them by using the same language, symbols and ethnic/religious/linguistic categories, they are also deeply transformed by the migration process itself. In this perspective, this article explores the transformation and reinvention of conflict-generated diasporas' politics, and proposes to look at the autonomisation processes they display vis-à-vis the core conflicts, in terms of content but also of objectives, ultimately generating a drift at the political and organisational levels.

AbstractThis article makes the case for bringing theory of consciousness to the understanding of individual transformation in conflict resolution practice. It does so by highlighting consciousness engaged explicitly and implicitly in many conflict resolution practices and consciousness dynamics considered in the emerging literature by conflict resolution practitioners. In particular, increasing awareness, consciousness structures, shifts in consciousness, transitional space, and embodied engagement are useful frameworks for understanding individual transformation within conflict resolution processes. The article concludes that the study of conflict resolution is incomplete without consideration of consciousness in conflict and conflict resolution. Furthermore, formally engaging consciousness dynamics as part of the study of conflict resolution holds promise for improving conflict resolution practice.