Conflict resolution beyond the international relations paradigm
Subtitle: evolving designs as a transformative practice in Nagorno-Karabakh and Syria
By: Philip Gamaghelyan ; with a foreword by Susan Allen
Series: Soviet and post-soviet politics and society -- vol. 171; Soviet and post-Soviet politics and society -- 171.
Publisher: Ibidem-Verlag
Published: 2017
Place of publication: Stuttgart
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
ISBN-13: 9783838210575
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Conflict management; International relations
Description: "Philip Gamaghelyan relies on participatory action research and collective autoethnography to expose patterns of exclusion and marginalization as well as the paradoxical reproduction of conflict-promoting frames in current conflict-resolution practice applied to the Nagorno-Karabakh and Syrian crises. He builds on the work of postmodernist scholars, on reflective practice, and on discourse analysis to explore alternative and inclusive strategies with a transformative potential." -- from publisher website.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-278) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Critical review of conflict resolution theories; title: 2. Methodology; title: 3. Auto-ethnographic sketch; title: 4. On ethical and methodological challenges of leading a Syrian dialogue program in the middle of a civil war: from exclusion to inclusion; title: 5. On methodological challenges of leading a analytic initiative in the context of the long-lasting Nagorno-Karabakh conflict: from inclusion to exclustion; title: 6. Influence of macro-frames on conflict resolution practice. Addressing exclusion perpetuated by binary conflict discourses of international relations; title: 7. Marginalization specific to conflict resolution initiatives. Addressing the formation of dominant factions; title: 8. Addressing marginalization patterns within the conflict resolution community; title: 9. Lessons learned.