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"Friedensforschung ist facettenreich. Als interdisziplinäre Forschung verfügt sie über ein breites Themenspektrum, und mit Blick auf aktuelle gesellschaftliche und weltpolitische Entwicklungen scheinen die Herausforderungen zu wachsen. Aber welche Motivationen und Prinzipien liegen dieser Disziplin zu Grunde? Welche Themen prägen Friedensforschung? Was leistet Friedensforschung, beziehungsweise was kann oder soll sie leisten? Wie verhält sich Friedensforschung zur Friedensbewegung bzw. zum Pazifismus? In den folgenden Beiträgen nähern sich vier Friedensforschende aus unterschiedlichen wissenschaftlichen Kontexten diesen Fragen und erläutern aus ihrer persönlichen Perspektive, was sie in ihrer Forschung heute motiviert und beschäftigt und was und wen Friedensforschung erreichen soll." (Autorenreferat)

"The past two decades have seen a marked increase in conflict prevention and peacebuilding activity on all levels, involving, among others, local activists, international civil society organizations and diplomats. Training in conflict resolution or management skills has become an important part of such conflict prevention and peacebuilding activity (Kriesberg 2009, 26 / 27), as a growing number of people who are interested or involved in conflict transformation are looking for opportunities to expand and refine their skills. They are faced with a variety of offers - and there is still little guidance for choosing from the wide and diverse array of organizers and formats. The mainstreaming of conflict resolution into other fields (development, environment, etc.) has only further diversified the field (Zelizer / Rubinstein 2009, 1). No unified methodology and approach has thus far emerged; and despite some calls for standardization or harmonization (ITS 2008; Arajärvi 2007), a great number of different formats continues to be tailored to the great variety of audiences and practitioner-learners. This chapter introduces different training approaches and agencies and provides an extensive resource section as a first step in organizing this wide variety. It does so by taking a step back and surveying the field through the eyes of a prospective 'trainee'. Trainees usually come from one of three groups (the boundaries admittedly blur): People who engage in constructive, nonviolent conflict transformation, and who come from or work in regions where conflict is, or has been, fought out violently. When considering training opportunities, this group of (local or international) 'activists' generally looks for capacity-building that will prove useful in achieving a tangible transformation of violent conflict. People who aim to become trainers (or multipliers of another kind) for conflict transformation themselves (either working locally or internationally). This group of 'potential trainers' usually looks for both content-based and educational skills-training and 'training on / for the job'. 3. People who - in a more indirect, yet connected sense - work in the environment of violent conflict. They include stall of national and international agencies, donors, decision-makers, etc. This broad and heterogeneous group of 'interested third parties' often takes to conflict transformation training in order to become more informed about, or sensitized to, conflict transformation work. Their expectations center on conflict analysis and basic skills, which may or may not be implemented in their day-to-day jobs. While all these trainee groups are bound to have somewhat different expectations and needs, there are questions that arise for all of them: who is offering training for which audience? Which designs, contents and methods of training are commonly applied? Are there criteria that can help assess training for conflict transformation? What challenges remain, and what recommendations can be made for improving training offers? These are the organizing questions of the following sections. Section 2 reviews different training agencies and takes a closer look at training design, contents and methods. Section 3 presents lessons and challenges. Section 4 focuses on the most important next steps in improving training for conflict transformation. Section 5, finally, provides an extensive resource section on tools, methods, organizations arid programs." (excerpt)

"Auf die Frage, ob in Bürgerkriegen oder Nachkriegsgesellschaften Friede oder Gerechtigkeit Vorrang habe, gibt es keine einfachen Antworten. Einerseits scheint es unaufschiebbar, Gewalt zu beenden - manchmal um jeden Preis. Andererseits sollen weder Gewalttäter ungeschoren davon kommen noch ungerechte Zustände auf lange Sicht eingefroren werden. Den Einen kann nur ein gerechter Friede ein dauerhafter Friede sein (Lederach, 1999). Andere argumentieren, dass die Eindämmung von Gewalt manchmal auch auf absolut gerechte Lösungen verzichten muss, z.B. auf Strafverfolgung durch Erlass von Amnestie (Anonymous, 1996). Gibt es also Frieden nur auf Kosten von Gerechtigkeit, oder ist Frieden ohne Gerechtigkeit nicht denkbar?" (Autorenreferat)

What are the main drivers of political transition and regime change? And to what extent do these apparently seismic political changes result in real change? These questions are the focus of this comparative study written by a mix of scholars and practitioners. This state-of-the-art volume identifies patterns in political transitions, but is largely unconvinced that these transitions bring about real change to the underlying structures of society. Patriarchy, land tenure, and economic systems often remain immune to change, despite the headlines.