The era of private peacemakers : a new dialogic approach to mediation / Marko Lehti.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lehti, Marko, author.

Series:

Rethinking peace and conflict studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reconciliation.

Peace.

Mediation, International.

Physical Description:

xv, 263 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2019]

Summary:

The field of peacemaking is in turbulent change. There are more peacemaking actors than before but fewer success stories, and an increasing number of violent conflicts tend to resist negotiated agreements. Tools and practices created for traditional inter-and intra-state conflicts have become ineffective and revision of old mediation practices is called for. This book examines how the private peacemaking organisations have faced this challenge. In the 21st century, private peacemakers have become a central part of peace diplomacy and have appeared as flexible actors whose innovative thinking paves the way for reconsidering and reinventing old practices of mediation. Instead of emphasizing the act of resolution, a new emphasis is given to the transformation of violence into a peace system, the complexity of conflict and the inadequateness of rational management. Furthermore, this shift has brought civic society actors from the field of reconciliation to the field of peace mediation. This new pragmatic approach under development can be called dialogic mediation--back cover.

Contents:

1. Introduction

Part I. Peace Mediation Beyond Mediation : 2. Resilient (Peace) Mediation Practice

3. Private Peacemaking

4. Cold War Experiences of Nongovernmental Conciliation

5. Mediation Success in the Frame of Liberal Peace Critique

6. From Management of Incompatibles to the Transformation of Antagonism

7. Dialogic Transformation

Part II. The Crowded Field of Private Peacemaking : 8. Professionalization of the Private Peacemaking Sector

9. Smart Actors Within the Complexity of Multitrack Peace Diplomacy

10. The Finnish Way: Cooperative Interaction Between Official and Private Actors

11. Towards a Locally Owned Inclusive Peace Process

12. Inclusivity in Track One Mediation and National Dialogues

13. 'Hitting Moving Targets': Transformative Dialogues

14. Towards Post-management: Dialogic Practice

15. The Dialogic Mediation: The Pragmatic Approach

Appendix: Private Peacemaking Organizations (Name, Founding year, Home)

List of References

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-258) and index.

Other Format:

Electronic version: Lehti, Marko. Era of private peacemakers.

ISBN:

3319912003

9783319912004

OCLC:

1049310588