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SADC and the Conflict Mediation Role in Zimbabwe: 2007-2013
In: Journal of African Union studies: JoAUS, Band 11, Heft 3, S. 49-69
ISSN: 2050-4306
Race, Worldviews, and Conflict Mediation: Black and White Styles of Conflict Revisited
In: Peace & change: PC ; a journal of peace research, Band 33, Heft 1, S. 60-89
ISSN: 1468-0130
The article offers a wide‐ranging, critical reflection on intercultural mediation theory and practice. Rather than following the standard format of literature review and discussion, the author uses his experiences as a mediator and researcher to frame the culture question and analyze intercultural practice models. We begin with the White American author's realization that culture is important, following a mediation session in which the other participants were Black. Reading Kochman's Black and White Styles in Conflict reinforced that realization, and, combined with other works, suggested a relatively straightforward relationship between culture and mediation managed through cultural competency. However, original field research on third‐party peacemaking in West Africa complicated the issue by indicating that worldviews and associated conflict styles are highly diverse, varying both within and across social groups. The second half of the paper examines the nature of cultural perspectives or worldviews and considers proposed methods for intercultural mediation. By analyzing prominent responses to the issue of sociocultural variation, the paper explores the challenge of creating a broadly applicable mediation methodology that addresses the complexity of worldviews.
Transformative conflict mediation in multi-faith schools in South Africa
Contradictions and contestations with regard to the implementation of religion policies have become a worldwide phenomenon. Research suggest an increasing number of costly and protracted court and legislative battles between schools and parents over religion in schools. In this article, I aim to highlight some of the conflicting issues that need to transformation while implementing the National Policy on Religion and Education of 2003 in some selected South African schools. Based on mediation theory, the study used individual interviews to gather data from twelve purposively selected school principals to investigate how they implemented the religion policy in their respective schools. The findings show that despite the implementation challenges of this policy, the majority of the school principals displayed the qualities of a transformative mediator by transforming conflicting religious interests of stakeholder groupings in their schools. I therefore recommend that universities should consider training school principals in the use of transformative mediation as a strategy to transform conflicts in schools as it holds potential benefits for fields such as education.
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REFRAMING IN CONFLICT MEDIATION: EMPOWERING PARTIES OR MANIPULATING DECISION-MAKING?
This study aims to explain how to reconstruct the form of mediation through a framing analysis. The concept of framing in mediation is a form of communication that is constructively framed. The dynamics of conflict, the mediation process becomes the most decisive part of the problem-solving process. How a mediator is able to reframe this mediation concept by empowering the conflicting parties to get out of the problem without having to worsen the situation. The research method used qualitative with a framing analysis approach that explains of a mediator is not a decision-maker in the negotiation process. A mediator is able to find solutions to constructive and cooperative problems in accordance with the mediator's abilities.
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Transformative conflict mediation in multi-faith schools in South Africa
Contradictions and contestations regarding the implementation of religion policies have become a worldwide phenomenon. Research suggests an increasing number of costly and protracted court and legislative battles between schools and parents over religion in schools. In this article, I aim to highlight some of the conflicting issues that need to transform while implementing the National Policy on Religion and Education of 2003 in selected South African schools. Based on mediation theory, the study used individual interviews to gather data from twelve purposively selected school principals to investigate how they implemented the religion policy in their respective schools. The findings show that despite the implementation challenges of this policy, most of the school principals displayed the qualities of a transformative mediator by transforming conflicting religious interests of stakeholder groupings in their schools from destructive to constructive. I therefore recommend that universities should consider training school principals in the use of transformative mediation as a strategy to transform conflicts in schools as it holds potential benefits for fields such as education. ; http://journals.ufs.ac.za/index.php/pie ; am2021 ; Education Management and Policy Studies
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From social management to social governance: social conflict mediation in China
In: Journal of Public Affairs, Band 14, Heft 2
China currently faces increasingly serious social conflicts. In the past, China's approach to resolving social conflicts was 'social management'. Now, however, it is turning to the development of 'social governance'. This change reflects the inability of government acting alone to recognise and to address comprehensively the type of social problems that require co-ordination of social forces. Our research identifies three dimensions of governance and provides a comparative framework allowing us to illuminate how social governance as conceived in China differs from that in Western countries. Under China's current conditions, the strengthening and development of social governance is a holistic process. Neither market-centrism nor state-centrism is pursued, and pure social-centrism is not the favoured direction of development; the path chosen is rather a state-led social pluralism. The implications we see for the Government are that it should first transform its own functions to achieve a substantially higher quality of public service. This would put it in a position to empower (civil) society to mobilise multiple and varied social forces to participate so that social conflict can be optimally addressed. [Copyright John Wiley and Sons, Ltd.]
From social management to social governance: social conflict mediation in China
In: Journal of public affairs, Band 14, Heft 2, S. 93-104
ISSN: 1479-1854
China currently faces increasingly serious social conflicts. In the past, China's approach to resolving social conflicts was 'social management'. Now, however, it is turning to the development of 'social governance'. This change reflects the inability of government acting alone to recognise and to address comprehensively the type of social problems that require co‐ordination of social forces. Our research identifies three dimensions of governance and provides a comparative framework allowing us to illuminate how social governance as conceived in China differs from that in Western countries. Under China's current conditions, the strengthening and development of social governance is a holistic process. Neither market‐centrism nor state‐centrism is pursued, and pure social‐centrism is not the favoured direction of development; the path chosen is rather a state‐led social pluralism. The implications we see for the Government are that it should first transform its own functions to achieve a substantially higher quality of public service. This would put it in a position to empower (civil) society to mobilise multiple and varied social forces to participate so that social conflict can be optimally addressed. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Disentangling bias: national capabilities, regime type, and international conflict mediation
In: Conflict management and peace science: the official journal of the Peace Science Society (International), Band 36, Heft 2, S. 149-168
ISSN: 1549-9219
Existing literature on bias and third-party conflict management mainly focuses on the dichotomy of whether the mediator's bias as a whole can contribute to mediation onset and outcomes. I argue that we need more specific and disaggregated research on the mediator's bias because the side on which a prospective mediator's bias lies may significantly affect the likelihood of mediation onset. Why are some biased mediations initiated by third parties while others are not? By disentangling the mediator's bias and by distinguishing between different levels of bias, I find that the likelihood of mediation onset tends to increase if the potential mediator shares a closer political relationship with a conflicting state that has greater national capabilities or that is more authoritarian than the counterparty. However, the effect is largely conditional on the levels of the mediator's bias, where a more obvious level of bias is more likely to facilitate mediation initiation. This article advances our understanding of bias and international conflict mediation.
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Examining conflict mediation to prevent violence through multisector partnerships
In: Peace and conflict: journal of peace psychology ; the journal of the Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict, and Violence, Peace Psychology Division of the American Psychological Association, Band 27, Heft 2, S. 170-181
ISSN: 1532-7949
BOOK REVIEWS - Taming Intractable Conflicts: Mediation in the Hardest Cases
In: International journal on world peace, Band 22, Heft 3, S. 87-89
ISSN: 0742-3640
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Conflict mediation and the consolidation of peace: Documentation of the International Expert Meeting on Conflict Mediation and Consolidation of Peace (31.3.-4.4.1995, Bonn); experiences from Mesoamerica, Horn of Africa and Mozambique
In: Materialien zum GKKE-Dialogprogramm D 13e
Disentangling bias: national capabilities, regime type, and international conflict mediation
In: Conflict management and peace science: the official journal of the Peace Science Society (International), Band 36, Heft 2, S. 149-168
ISSN: 1549-9219