Conflict Prevention and Conflict Resolution in the African Context: Peacekeeping in Liberia

1993 ◽  
Vol 21 (1/2) ◽  
pp. 70
Author(s):  
Tafsir Malick N'Diaye
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Conflict Prevention ◽  
African Context

Conflict Prevention and Conflict Resolution in the African Context: Peacekeeping in Liberia

1993 ◽  
Vol 21 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 70-73
Author(s):  
Tafsir Malick N’Diaye
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
United Nations ◽  
West African ◽  
Regional Security ◽  
Conflict Prevention ◽  
Collective Security ◽  
Economic Community ◽  
The West ◽  
African Context ◽  
Monitoring Group

The West African force known as the ECOWAS Monitoring Group (ECOMOG) was sent to Liberia by ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States). A closer look at the Force shows that it is an adaptation of the peacekeeping system used by the United Nations. What started as a system of collective security based on the regional security mechanism of ECOWAS turned into a standard peacekeeping operation as a result of “the Yamoussoukro process.”

scholarly journals Pengalaman Akulturasi dan Resolusi Konflik Warga Keturunan Tionghoa di Semarang

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 111
Author(s):  
Slamet Subekti
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Communication Patterns ◽  
Conflict Prevention ◽  
Cultural Assimilation ◽  
Chinese Descent ◽  
The Government ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Government Security

This case study seeks to reveal the acculturation experience some residents Chinese descent in Semarang. The data collection is done by conducting in-depth interviews with three informants selected, complemented by interviews with a priest in order to gain insights into conflict resolution within the framework of multiculturalism. Key to conflict resolution is the synergic cooperation between the government, security, local religious and tribal leaders. Acculturation as a method of receiving and cultural assimilation became one of alternative conflict prevention. The informant chose multiculturalism as a strategy of acculturation. Communication patterns are tolerant and philosophical values of Pancasila should be developed and cultivated to realize multiculturalism.

scholarly journals Peacemaking in Iran

2008 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-159
Author(s):  
Qamar-ul Huda
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
New Mexico ◽  
Academic Affairs ◽  
Religious Leaders ◽  
Conflict Prevention ◽  
Muslim American ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
American University ◽  
University Of New Mexico ◽  
The One

The questions of whether religion can contribute toward resolving and preventingconflict, and to what extent a modern nation can balance culture,politics, and tradition, were raised at the one-day conference on “Dialoguesof Peace in Islam” hosted by the UNESCO Chair for Human Rights, Peaceand Democracy at Tehran’s Shahid Beheshti University.The conference provided interaction with the seven-member delegationof Muslim American scholars of Islam and conflict resolution who traveledin Iran for ten days during October 2007. They met with Iranian experts tobetter understand their approaches to peacemaking, conflict prevention, dialogue,and conflict resolution. They also met with lawyers, human rightsexperts, nongovernmental organizations, academicians, university students,social scientists, senior religious leaders, and theologians.Ayse Kadayifci (professor of conflict resolution studies,American University),and Amr Abdalla (professor and vice rector for academic affairs,University for Peace in Costa Rica) presented various western and Islamicmodels of conflict assessment and areas where thesemodelsmay ormay notconverge. The Iranian academicians focused on religion’s role in defendinghuman rights, democracy, and promoting equality. Abdul Hayy Weinman(professor, University of New Mexico) spoke about the Sunni-Shi`ah dialogues,areas for reconciliation, and effective practices in dialogic ...

scholarly journals SOCIAL CONFLICT RESOLUTION THROUGH EMPOWERMENT OF LOCAL WISDOMS

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Mohammad Jamin
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Social Conflict ◽  
The Other ◽  
Conflict Prevention ◽  
Social Conflicts ◽  
Post Conflict ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Conflicts Resolution

Ethnic, religious, race, and cultural diversity, as well as a large number of populations, are a treasure and strength for the Indonesian people, but on the other hand, it can be potential social conflicts that jeopardize the national integrity. Local wisdom which lived generations by generations and owned by the various local community is a social asset that can be empowered in social conflict resolution. Local wisdom plays an important role, not only preventing social conflict but also providing breakthroughs to resolve conflicts that occurred. Law Number 7 of 2012 concerning Social Conflicts Resolution which reflects the principles of local wisdom, it should be more empower those principles into reality. This empowerment can be done by actualizing the values and institutionalize of local wisdom in social conflict resolution that is implemented at the stages of conflict prevention, termination of the conflict, and restoration of post-conflict.

scholarly journals Conflict resolution: Understanding concepts and issues in conflict prevention, management and transformation

2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 431-439 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adeola Adams ◽  
Chux Gervase Iwu
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Conflict Management ◽  
General Framework ◽  
Social Systems ◽  
Conflict Transformation ◽  
Human Existence ◽  
Conflict Prevention ◽  
Social Reconstruction ◽  
Per Se

Conflicts are inevitable. They can be prevented on some occasions, managed on others, but resolved only if the term conflict is taken to mean the satisfaction of apparent demands rather than the total eradication of underlying sentiments. Within the context of South Africa and Nigeria, two nations characterised by a mix of reputations, the understanding of the concepts of conflict prevention, conflict management and conflict transformation is pertinent to courting peace and harmony among the different groups of people. For one, conflict resolution opportunities restore our humanness and avowed commitment to the larger society. This is premised against the backdrop that conflict is both an intrinsic and inevitable part of human existence involving the pursuit of incompatible interests and goals by parties. This paper attempts the development of a general framework for understanding the different concepts of conflict. The paper concludes by admitting that conflict resolution has less to do with removing conflict per se, but evolving an appropriate option for nipping it in the bud before it degenerates into a crisis. Conflict resolution therefore becomes the harbinger of our social reconstruction and the criterion for measuring the sanity and conformity of social systems

A CRY IN THE WILDERNESS: WOMEN IN ARMED AFRICAN CONFLICTS

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 36-54
Author(s):  
Matthew Nyaanga ◽  
Zwelibanzi Mpehle
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
South African ◽  
Armed Conflict ◽  
Armed Conflicts ◽  
Social Changes ◽  
Women Officers ◽  
African Context ◽  
Context Data ◽  
Resolution Processes

The growing number of armed conflicts in Africa has impacted adversely on women who fall victims to violence, sexual abuse and harassment. Women play a minimal role as combatants during the armed conflicts and as peace negotiators after the armed conflicts. This article looks at the role women play in the pre-armed and post-armed conflict phases in an African context. Data for this article were gathered through questionnaires distributed to twenty women officers who participated in the Joint Senior Command and Staff Programme (JSCSP) at the South African National War College. The findings make it evident that women often participate unwillingly as combatants in an armed conflict; they face social changes in the post-armed conflict phase that make their roles change in both their families and communities, and often neglected in the postarmed conflict negotiations and conflict resolution processes.

scholarly journals Tratamiento del conflicto en las Comunidades de Aprendizaje a través de la educación física (Conflict resolution in schools as Learning Communities through physical education)

Retos ◽  
2015 ◽  
pp. 156-161
Author(s):  
Francesc Buscà Donet ◽  
Laura Ruiz Eugenio ◽  
Itziar Rekalde Rodríguez
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Learning Communities ◽  
Life Stories ◽  
Basque Country ◽  
Conflict Prevention ◽  
Community Model ◽  
Palabras Clave ◽  
Education Community ◽  
Sports Activities

La finalidad de este artículo es presentar los resultados extraídos de los 276 cuestionarios y los relatos de vida implementados en seis Comunidades de Aprendizaje del País Vasco y de Cataluña. Los cuestionarios se administraron a profesorado, familias, voluntariado y alumnado. Los relatos comunicativos de vida cotidiana se centraron en la figura del alumnado. Los resultados muestran la percepción de los diferentes tipos de conflicto desde los diferentes colectivos participantes; el modo cómo se están resolviendo y previniendo desde estos centros educativos y su impacto en las clases de educación física y en otros espacios donde se llevan a cabo actividades deportivas. Por otra parte también ponen de manifiesto aquellas actuaciones que responden al modelo comunitario de prevención y resolución de conflictos. Como conclusiones cabe destacar que las escuelas que se transforman en comunidades de aprendizaje tienden a desarrollar un modelo comunitario de prevención de conflictos. Este modelo supera las limitaciones del modelo mediador y del modelo disciplinar. El modelo comunitario está teniendo un impacto positivo en las actividades físicas y deportivas que se desarrollan en estas escuelas. Actitudes causantes de conflicto en estas actividades se están superando al incluir al profesorado, al alumnado, las familias y el voluntariado en los procesos de decisión sobre las normas de convivencia. Palabras clave: prevención de conflictos, resolución de conflictos, comunidades de aprendizaje, educación física, modelo comunitario.Abstract: The aim of this article is to present the results extracted from the 276 questionnaires and the life stories collected in six schools as learningcommunities from the Basque Country and Catalonia. The questionnaires were completed by teachers, families, volunteers and students. The communicative daily life stories focused on the figure of students. The results show the perception of the groups involved on the different types of conflict, how they are solving and preventing them in these schools and their impact on physical education classes and other spaces where they carry out sports activities. Moreover, the questionnaires also show those actions that respond to a community model of conflict prevention and resolution. In conclusion it should be noted that schools which become learning communities tend to develop a community model for conflict prevention.This model overcomes the limitations of the facilitator and thedisciplinary models. The community model is having a positive impactin the physical and sports activities carried out in these schools.Attitudes causing conflicts in these activities are being overcome byincluding the teachers, the students, the family and the volunteers inprocesses of dialogue and decision about the coexistence norms. Key words: conflict prevention, conflict resolution, schools as learning communities, physical education, community model.

scholarly journals Learning by Doing: The EU’s Transformative Power and Conflicts in the Western Balkans

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (79) ◽  
pp. 103-125
Author(s):  
Julija Brsakoska Bazerkoska ◽  
Mišo Dokmanović
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
European Community ◽  
Security Policy ◽  
Dispute Settlement ◽  
Learning By Doing ◽  
Conflict Prevention ◽  
Western Balkans ◽  
The Balkans ◽  
Foreign And Security Policy

Abstract The paper analyzes the European Community/ European Union experience in the Western Balkans in the period from 1990 onwards in different context in order to assess different mechanisms which the European Union has gained with building the Common Foreign and Security Policy and within the Enlargement Policy in the process of conflict prevention and conflict resolution. Additionally, the paper makes an assessment of the EU’s involvement in the conflict prevention and conflict resolution in the Balkans after the Stabilization and Association Process was launched in 1999. The authors argue that in the case of the military conflicts in the former Yugoslavia, when the European Community was confronted with serious and hard security issues at the very beginning of creating its Common Foreign and Security Policy and in a period of time when the region was not part of the enlargement process, the Community and the Union afterwards proved to be extremely ineffective. In the second part, through three case studies, the paper demonstrate that with the combined use of CFSP mechanisms and SAP, positive examples of the EU acting as a provider of peaceful dispute settlement in the Western Balkans have been established.

scholarly journals The Process of Conflict Resolution in Public Project Disputes: Analysis by Settlement Methods

2009 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-170
Author(s):  
Kim Hun Min
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Conflict Prevention ◽  
Public Project ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Government Regulations ◽  
Public Projects ◽  
Selection For

This study examines thirteen recent public dispute cases in Korea with the objective of analyzing the process of conflict resolution and thereby assessing the role of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) in public disputes. The focus is on dispute cases related to development of, or site selection for, public projects. Based on detailed accounts of events, the nature of the conflict, parties involved, pattern of actions taken, and final outcomes are analyzed. Only five cases were settled by ADR methods, indicating that ADR is rather ineffective in public conflicts. ADR seems to work better in locally confined, structured conflicts where participatory processes are used. An identifiable pattern in attempts at ADR is that ad-hoc committees are formed but often fail to reach agreement or are seen as lacking legitimacy, authority, and impartiality. Policy implications drawn from this study are that a higher priority should be given to developing community-based conflict resolution programs, that ADR should be incorporated into local government regulations to acquire greater legitimacy, and that conflict prevention procedures are a prerequisite for the success of conflict resolution programs.

Religio-Cultural Contributions to Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding

2020 ◽  
pp. 284-301
Author(s):  
Gerald E. Umoren
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Peace Building ◽  
Peace Studies ◽  
Conflict Prevention ◽  
Cultural Perspective ◽  
Christian Culture ◽  
Analytical Point ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Impact

In the face of incessant conflict in today's society, coupled with the recurrent difficulty at attaining the needed peace building, this chapter seeks to examine the impact of a Judeo-Christian culture in conflict resolution. Building on the interpretation of Exodus 23:5, this chapter proposes not only to project the findings of its exegesis as a cultural perspective, but also to weigh how much this religio-cultural perspective has already impacted on, or could currently and hitherto contribute to peace building and conflict resolution. Employing the historical critical method from an analytical point of view, this chapter progresses from a simple exegetical analysis of the text to an evaluation that leaves useful recommendations for the future. The conclusions of the chapter would hold a lot of relevant implications for conflict resolution and peace studies today and beyond.

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