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The relationship between religion and conflict has generated
considerable academic and political debate. Although the majority
of religions and spiritual traditions are replete with wisdom that
propagates a broader unity among human beings, these same examples
have been used to legitimize hatred and fear. While some studies
claim that religion facilitates peacebuilding, reconciliation, and
healing, others argue that religion exacerbates hostility,
instigates vengeance-seeking behaviors, and heightens conflict. But
religion does not act by itself, human beings are responsible for
acts of peace or conflict, of division or reconciliation, in the
name of religion. This book addresses these rather complex issues
from the perspective of reconciliation, or atonement, to advance
both the frontiers of knowledge and the global search for
alternative paths to peace. The contributions in the volume focus
in three areas: (1) Reconciling Religious Conflicts, (2)
Reconciling Conflict through Religion, and (3) Religious
Reconciliations. In each of these sections scholars, practitioners,
and religious leaders address specific examples that highlight the
complex intersections of religious practices with global conflict
and reconciliation efforts. This informative and provocative book
is relevant for students and faculty in peace and conflict studies,
religious studies, humanities, social sciences, and provides
insights useful to practitioners and professionals working in
peacebuilding and international development seeking to promote
effective resolution and reconciliation efforts.
We know that since the end of the Cold War, conflicts in
non-Western countries have been frequent, frequently violent,
largely intra-state, and protracted. But what do we know about
conflict management and resolution strategies in these societies?
Have the dominant Western approaches been transplantable, suitable,
effective, durable, and sustainable? Would conflicts in non-Western
societies be better handled by the adaptation and adoption of
customary, traditional, or localized mechanisms of mitigation?
These and similar questions have engaged the attention of scholars
and policy-makers. Indigenous Conflict Management Strategies:
Global Perspectives is offered as a global compendium on indigenous
conflict management strategies. It presents diverse perspectives on
the subject. Fully aware of the tendency in the literature to
over-generalize, over-romanticize, and over-criticize the localized
and customary mechanisms, the book takes a slightly different
approach. It presents a variety of traditional conflict management
approaches as well as several cases of the successful integration
of the indigenous and Western strategies in the contemporary
period. The main features, strengths, challenges, and weaknesses of
a multitude of indigenous systems are also presented.
Indigenous Conflict Management Strategies in West Africa: Beyond
Right and Wrong expands the discourse on indigenous knowledge. With
several examples and case histories, the work defines,
characterizes, and explains indigenous conflict management
strategies in West Africa, particularly in Ghana, Nigeria, and
Cameroon. The book critically evaluates indigenous conflict
management strategies with a view to determining their
effectiveness in the context of the societies' history and culture,
and the relevance and adaptability of these strategies in
contemporary contexts. This book takes a scholarly approach,
avoiding romanticizing or idealizing indigenous conflict management
strategies in West Africa. It advocates a set of mechanisms by
which the best elements of indigenous knowledge and skills in
conflict management may be deployed to settle contemporary
disputes, and made portable for adoption and adaptation by other
complex societies in the region and beyond.
We know that since the end of the Cold War, conflicts in
non-Western countries have been frequent, frequently violent,
largely intra-state, and protracted. But what do we know about
conflict management and resolution strategies in these societies?
Have the dominant Western approaches been transplantable, suitable,
effective, durable, and sustainable? Would conflicts in non-Western
societies be better handled by the adaptation and adoption of
customary, traditional, or localized mechanisms of mitigation?
These and similar questions have engaged the attention of scholars
and policy-makers. Indigenous Conflict Management Strategies:
Global Perspectives is offered as a global compendium on indigenous
conflict management strategies. It presents diverse perspectives on
the subject. Fully aware of the tendency in the literature to
over-generalize, over-romanticize, and over-criticize the localized
and customary mechanisms, the book takes a slightly different
approach. It presents a variety of traditional conflict management
approaches as well as several cases of the successful integration
of the indigenous and Western strategies in the contemporary
period. The main features, strengths, challenges, and weaknesses of
a multitude of indigenous systems are also presented.
The democratization process which bolstered a culture of periodic
elections has also fostered election-related violent conflicts. As
democratic transitions gained currency in the new millennium,
orderly transitions through the ballot boxes began replacing
military coups but deaths and destructions came in the wake of
elections in many countries. Inspired by decades-long pro-democracy
movements across Africa that culminated in the Arab Spring of
2010-2011, and motivated by the desire to find long-term solutions
to election-related violent conflicts in the continent, this book
explores the terrain of democratization, elections, and conflict
management. It raises and answers many questions, such as: What are
the root causes of election-related conflicts? How free, fair, and
credible are elections in many African countries? What
institutional mechanisms are available for ballot and voter
security and for mandate protection? What has been the role of
civil society organizations in conflict prevention and management?
What are the responsibilities of the international community,
especially regional organizations like the Economic Community of
West African States (ECOWAS) and the African Union (AU), in
conflict resolution? What indigenous mechanisms for conflict
management have been identified that may be proactively engaged?
Marginality and Crisis: Globalization and Identity in Contemporary
Africa extends the scope and understanding of the effects of
globalization and its forces on Africa. With each chapter written
by specialists who recognize that the future of Africa is entwined
with that of the rest of the world, this volume explains with fresh
vigor the new thinking on the historical specificity, value,
opportunity, and shortcomings of globalization for a continent many
regard as marginalized and in crisis. In the face of much
pessimism, several questions have engaged the attention of this
young generation of African scholars: Where is Africa in relation
to globalization? Where are the things that make Africa Africa
(such as economy, politics, culture, identity, and human relations)
headed? Are Africa's communities helpless against global forces or
empowered by new avenues of access? How do scholars and
policymakers engage the problems of globalization vis-a-vis
Africa's ethnic, linguistic, and other identities? What are the
economic and political trajectories in various countries and
localities? An invaluable source for scholars, students, and the
general reader, the essays in this book have confidently and
clearly explored and explained the crises that have engulfed the
continent in the age of globalization. Unlike other works that have
dwelt only on the continent's victimhood, this volume identifies
key areas in which Africa can become more proactive and
outward-looking in response to the forces and values that take the
globe as their reference points.
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