Mediation and Governance in Fragile Contexts : Small Steps to Peace / Dekha Ibrahim Abdi and Simon J. A. Mason.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Abdi, Dekha Ibrahim, author.

Mason, Simon J. A., author.{del}.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conflict management.

Peace-building.

Mediation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colorado : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2019.

Summary:

Introduces an innovative, practical approach to resolving an enduring issue: How can conflicts be resolved in polarized societies and fragile states?

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Tables and Figures

Foreword

Acknowledgments

1 Mediation and Governance in Fragile Contexts

PART 1 The Framework

2 The SMALL Framework in a Nutshell

3 Short-Term Responses: Contextualized Mediation and Process Design

4 Medium-Term Responses: Developing Interim Peace Structures

5 Long-Term Responses: Toward a Peaceful State for All

6 Linking Inner and Outer Peace: Effective and Authentic Peace Practitioners

PART 2 Cases in the Kenyan-Somali Context

7 The Kenyan-Somali Context

8 The Wajir Peace Process

9 Mediating the Pokot-Samburu Conflict

10 Mandera: Supporting a Mediation Process

11 Mediation in the Kenyan Election Crisis

PART 3 Conclusion

12 Key Messages and Their Transfer to Other Contexts

Bibliography

Index

About the Book and Authors

Notes:

Description based on: online resource; title from PDF information screen (De Gruyter, viewed November 29, 2022).

Includes bibliography and index.

ISBN:

1-68585-106-1

OCLC:

1312725718