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Youth in War-To-Peace TransitionsApproaches of International Organizations (Report Nr. 10 )
This study deals with youth in war-to-peace transitions and the response of international organizations to them. While youth’s relevance for societal transformation is a long-acknowledged fact, their large numbers and potential roles in conflict have recently caused organizations to consider them a target group for peace and development programs. Reflecting on this process, this study thus assesses the difficulties in conceptualizing the role of youth in peace-building processes on the one hand and the concrete efforts of international organizations to integrate them into their policies and programs on the other. For this purpose, it explores four guiding questions: First, what approaches have international organizations developed regarding youth? Second, on which assumptions about youth and their role in violent conflicts are they based? Third, how do the different approaches affect program development, and, fourth, are they are compatible?
- Year2005
- Author(s)Yvonne Kemper
Preface to the 2004 print edition of the Berghof HandbookHandbook Article
Preface to the 2004 print edition of the Berghof Handbook, "Transforming Ethnopolitical Conflict".
- Year2004
- Author(s)Martina Fischer, Norbert Ropers
Culture, Power Asymmetries and Gender in Conflict TransformationHandbook Article
Highlights conflict transformation approaches as necessarily having to deal with the closely linked categories of power asymmetries, gender inequality and cultural difference. The author argues that an overarching, global culture of domination exists. The emancipation of marginalised groups stimulates, and results from, the fundamental culture shift which conflict transformation implies. (revised for 2004 print edition).
- Year2004
- Author(s)Diana Francis
Assessing the State-of-the-Art in Conflict TransformationHandbook Article
Offers a general overview and tentative interpretation of the state of the art in the field. The author introduces three distinct approaches: conflict settlement, conflict resolution and conflict transformation. She reviews the field's research agenda and research questions, and the role of theory and methodology. (revised for 2004 print edition)
- Year2004
- Author(s)Cordula Reimann
Conflict Transformation: A Multi-Dimensional TaskHandbook Article
Identifies key theorists and modes of practice. The author attempts to distinguish these from the theories and practices of conflict resolution and conflict management, arguing that conflict transformation draws heavily on these earlier traditions. (revised for 2004 print edition)
- Year2004
- Author(s)Hugh Miall
The Civilisation of Conflict: Constructive Pacifism as a Guiding Notion for Conflict TransformationHandbook Article
Discusses theoretical questions concerning the civilised management of conflicts. The author proposes that, if civil or international war is a result of anarchy, then it only can be addressed by a social order built at national, regional and international levels. The author presents a model of complex peace architecture, i.e. the "civilisational hexagon". (revised for 2004 print edition)
- Year2004
- Author(s)Dieter Senghaas
Trends and Causes of Armed ConflictHandbook Article
Gives an overview of current findings on causes of armed conflict, identifying injustice and mobilisation as key concepts. The author shares insights on where to look for signs of potential escalation, where to seek and how to utilise opportunities for preventing violent escalation. (revised for 2004 print edition)
- Year2004
- Author(s)Dan Smith
Early Warning and The Field: A Cargo Cult Science?Handbook Article
Introduces early warning activities and identifies different areas of focus, methodologies and mechanisms employed. The author discusses critically whether existing early warning systems can: a) identify the causes of conflict; b) predict the outbreak of conflict; and c) mitigate conflict. (revised for 2004 print edition)
- Year2004
- Author(s)Alex Austin
Designing Transformation and Intervention ProcessesHandbook Article
- Year2004
- Author(s)Thania Paffenholz
Peace and Conflict Impact Assessment MethodologyHandbook Article
Reviews the state of the art in evaluation, focusing on peace and conflict impact assessment (PCIA) methodology from three perspectives: traditional donor evaluations; assessment methodologies in development work; evaluations of conflict resolution and peacebuilding NGOs. (revised for 2004 print edition)
- Year2004
- Author(s)Mark Hoffman