Stakeholders in conflict
- How can the private sector contribute to the peace process?
- The private sector has, at times, been accused of focusing on increasing profits and protecting its interests rather than advancing the cause of peace (see 'DRC'). However can ‘business’, in fact, be an important contributing factor in reaching a peaceful solution to conflict? This paper considers the diverse role the private sector can play in peace processes and argues that they are, in fact, ideally placed to contribute.
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- Family and community-based mediation for dispute resolution in Kabul
- ( R. Gang / Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit , 2011)
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Traditional dispute resolution in Afghanistan is focused on ensuring local stability through the provision of a careful balance between locally rooted understandings of justice and peace. This pape...
- Community tolerance of political violence
- ( A. LeBas / Afrobarometer , 2010)
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Do citizens in newly democratic regimes adjust their expectations of politicians' behaviour depending on contextual cues? This paper addresses the role that ethnicity plays in shaping individuals&r...
- Reassessing political transition in Nepal
- ( International Crisis Group , 2010)
- Nepal’s transition from war to peace seems to be chaotic and many have warned of impending anarchy entailing collapse of the social order and the fragmentation of the nation. This, however, is n...
- Tackling non-conflict armed violence requires new strategies
- ( J. Collodi;F. M'Cormack / Eldis Gateway to Development and Environment Information , 2010)
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Significant unrest that falls outside the scope of civil conflict or rebel insurgency is becoming more common. Predictive research directs us to rethink the scale and impact of what are currently c...
- Indigenous people and resolving conflicts: disarmament, demobilisation, and reintegration
- ( R.K. Hitchcock;M. Myrvoll;T. Bleie / Forum for Development Cooperation with Indigenous Peoples - University of Tromsø , 2009)
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This is the report for the 10th annual Forum for Development Cooperation with Indigenous Peoples in Norway, which addressed the human consequences of violent conflicts through the lens of Indigenou...
- The contribution of foreign direct investment to the “honourable cycle” of peace-building and investments
- ( J.V.D. Zwan (ed);C. Gündüz (ed);J. Bray / International Alert , 2010)
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This practice note explains why and how the operations of foreign investors are relevant for economic development planners in conflict-affected contexts. The paper states that the impact of individ...
Considering religious and ethnic identities in conflict
- ( F. Stewart (ed) / Microcon , 2009)
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The root causes of most violent conflicts lie in economic and political factors and inequalities of various types but usually, people are mobilised by ethnic or religious identities. This paper exp...
How should the international community respond to the Somali conflict?
- ( S.A. Dersso / Institute for Security Studies, South Africa , 2009)
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This paper analyses how the root causes, changing dynamics and nature of the Somali conflict impact upon ongoing efforts of the international community for peacemaking and peacekeeping. It identifi...
- Post-Gaza: What is the fate of Israel's relations with the international community?
- ( P. Rogers / Oxford Research Group, UK , 2009)
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This paper discusses the events that unfolded in the aftermath of the Gaza War and what it meant to Israel’s relationship with the international community.In particular, the paper says that I...
How can religion contribute to peacemaking?
- ( United States Institute of Peace , 2008)
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Eight Muslim scholar-leaders, six Jewish scholar-leaders, and eight Christian scholar-leaders met in June 2007 at a conference sponsored by the United States Institute of Peace and the Churches&rsq...
