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[Абстрактный машинный перевод] Авторы, занимающиеся изучением конфликтов, часто используют ключевые термины в произвольной и противоречивой форме, отражая реальность того, что концепции не были четко определены. Чтобы способствовать последовательному использованию этих терминов, для целей Руководства Бергхофа по трансформации конфликтов были приняты следующие определения. Тем не менее отдельные авторы иногда использовали некоторые термины особым образом по отношению к конкретному аргументу в своей главе. В этих обстоятельствах специальное использование термина ясно объяснено, в противном случае следующие определения являются общими в Справочнике.
- Year 2007
Trilingual Glossary of Terms for Conflict Transformation in Sri Lankaලංකාවේ ගැටුම් විපරිවර්තනය ත්රෛභාෂා පාරිභාෂික ශබ්ද කෝෂය / இலங்கையில் மோதுகை மாற்றுநிலையாக்கத்திற்கான அருஞ்சொற்பதங்கள்
Trilingual Glossary of terms for Conflict Transformation in Sri Lanka
ලංකාවේ ගැටුම් විපරිවර්තනය ත්රෛභාෂා පාරිභාෂික ශබ්ද කෝෂය
இலங்கையில் மோதுகை மாற்றுநிலையாக்கத்திற்கான அருஞ்சொற்பதங்கள்
- Year 2006
Peace Infrastructures: Assessing Concept and PracticeHandbook Dialogue Series No. 10 - complete
- Year 2013
Infrastructures for Peace: A Grass-roots Way To Do State-Building?Berghof Handbook Dialogue Series No. 10
Can infrastructures for peace – inadvertently or by design – be used to further state-building fashioned after the liberal peacebuilding agenda? This is the question Vincent Verzat is exploring in his reader’s comment to Berghof Handbook Dialogue No. 10. His article Infrastructure for Peace: A Grass-roots Way To Do State-building? takes a close look at the discourse and rhetoric used by international organisations and questions one of I4P’s role-models, the Ghanaian peace architecture
- Year 2014
- Author(s) Vincent Verzat
Human Rights and Conflict Transformation: The Challenges of Just PeaceHandbook Dialogue Series No. 9 - complete
- Year 2010
Building Peace in the Absence of States: Challenging the Discourse on State FailureHandbook Dialogue Series No. 8 - complete
The exchange between the lead authors and the discussants in this dialogue vividly illustrates the need to shift from a state-centric view, yet without entirely rejecting the notion of state. At the same time it shows the difficulties of integrating concepts of political order that do not correspond with the western-style Weberian/Westphalian state. Instead of advocating ideal-type, off-the-shelf models and blue-prints, the contributors to this dialogue argue that historically well-informed analysis, which leads to a deeper contextualized understanding of the local and regional situation on the ground, has to be the bedrock of any attempts for external assistance aimed at peace and development. They discuss evidence and counter-examples from Somaliland, Afghanistan, Liberia through to the Balkans and East Timor.
- Year 2009
Peacebuilding at a Crossroads? Dilemmas and Paths for Another GenerationHandbook Dialogue Series No. 7 - complete
In this Dialogue, practitioners and researchers reflect on the conditions of success or failure in peacebuilding and conflict transformation. The lead article expresses a lingering worry that complex economic and environmental crises, international factors of violence and war, and an underlying 'murkiness' of values may overwhelm the best efforts for social change and create a feeling that we are “just wasting our time”. The comments emphasize that values and approaches - as well as the international context, power politics and injustice - should be the objects of critical analysis. Investment in learning, honest self-reflection and critical peace research appear to be a must for effective practice. Others stress a need for more effective public mobilization for the effective prevention of violence. Many additional questions are raised and present food for thought for an ongoing debate.
- Year 2009
A Systemic Approach to Conflict Transformation: Exploring Strengths and LimitationsHandbook Dialogue Series No. 6 - complete
It has taken a few feedback loops, and now we proudly present this Dialogue. Norbert Ropers’ lead article lays out a rich array of systemic ideas originating from both research and practice, applied in the context of Sri Lanka. The respondents reflect, among other things, on additional tools and techniques, comparative experiences in Nepal and Kenya and the added value and utility of systemic conflict transformation.
- Year 2008
Systemic Conflict Transformation: Reflections on the Conflict and Peace Process in Sri LankaHandbook Dialogue Series 6 - lead
Systemic thinking encompasses a broad spectrum of theories, principles, methods and techniques which are all rooted in the simple observation that the whole is more than the sum of its parts. In the present article, “Systemic Conflict Transformation (SCT)” refers to the application of systemic thinking to basic challenges in conflict transformation, and a reflection of field practice from a systemic perspective. The goal is to explore, based on concrete practical experiences, how systemic thinking can help to make the transformation of internal conflicts more effective.
- Year 2008
- Author(s) Norbert Ropers
Transformación sistémica de conflictos: reflexiones acerca del conflicto y del processo de paz en Sri LankaHandbook Dialogue Series 6 - lead
El pensamiento sistémico engloba un amplio espectro de teorías, principios, métodos y técnicas, todos basados en la sencilla observación de que el todo es mucho más que la suma de sus partes. En el presente artículo, “Transformación Sistémica de Conflictos (TSC)” se refiere a la aplicación del pensamiento sistémico a los desafíos básicos presentes en la transformación de conflictos y a la reflexión que se obtiene de una práctica sobre el terreno desde una perspectiva sistémica. El objetivo es valorar, basándose en experiencias prácticas concretas, cómo el pensamiento sistémico puede ayudar a que la transformación de conflictos internos sea más eficiente.
- Year 2008
- Author(s) Norbert Ropers