Negotiating buck naked : Doukhobors, public policy, and conflict resolution / Gregory J. Cran.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cran, Gregory.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sons of Freedom Doukhobors--British Columbia.

Sons of Freedom Doukhobors.

Dukhobors--Government policy--British Columbia.

Dukhobors.

Dukhobors--Civil rights--British Columbia.

Conflict management--British Columbia--Case studies.

Conflict management.

Dukhobors--Canada--History.

Dukhobors--Canada--Government relations.

History.

Civil rights.

Government policy.

Canada.

British Columbia.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

x, 180 pages : map ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : UBC Press, [2006]

Summary:

Soon after the arrival of Doukhobors to British Columbia, new immigrants clashed with the state over issues such as land ownership, the registration of births and deaths, and school attendance. As positions hardened, the conflict, often violent, intensified and continued unabated for the better part of a century, until an accord was finally negotiated in the mid-1980s.

Negotiating Buck Naked examines this accord closely. Why did the violence end? How was the accord reached? What factors enabled it to succeed when numerous other interventions had failed? How did it change the patterns of conflict between the factions? To answer these questions, Cran develops a theoretical framework for understanding the process of dispute resolution, emphasizing that competing discourses are juxtaposed and that it is these different but equally valid narratives that must be negotiated. Using this approach, Cran extracts from the Doukhobor conflict valuable lessons for understanding the nature of both terrorism and hegemonic practices, and traces how we view conflict and intervention from a Western perspective.

Negotiating Buck Naked offers new ways of dealing with conflicts considered to be intractable. It will be useful to conflict resolution practitioners, policy makers, peace makers, and peace keepers.

Contents:

2 Deconstructing the Discourse of Conflict and Culture 19

3 Auto-Narrative 37

4 Competing Narratives 47

5 Negotiating a New Narrative 75

6 Rendering the Past into Meaning 91

7 Turning Points of Reason 107

8 Conflict and Terrorism: Lessons for the Practitioner 119

A Survey of Bombings and Burnings 141

B Doukhobor Groups and Their Representatives 153

C Non-Doukhobor EKCIR Representatives 155

D Rules of Procedure for the EKCIR 157.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references: pages [169]-171.

ISBN:

0774812583

OCLC:

62895112

Publisher Number:

9780774812580