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This book offers a unique approach to reconciliation as a matter
for negotiation, bringing together two bodies of theory in order to
offer insights into resolving conflicts and achieving lasting
peace. It argues that reconciliation should not be simply accepted
as an 'agreed-upon norm' within peacemaking processes, but should
receive serious attention from belligerents and peace-brokers
seeking to end violent conflicts through negotiation. The book
explores different meanings the term 'reconciliation' might hold
for parties in conflict - the end of overt hostilities, a
transformation in the quality of relations between warring groups,
a vehicle of accountability and punishment of human rights abusers
or the means through which they might somehow acquire amnesty, and
as a means of atonement and to material reparation. It considers
what gives energy to the idea of reconciliation in a conflict
situation-why do belligerents become interested in settling their
differences and changing their attitudes to one another? Using a
range of case studies and thematic discussion, chapters in this
book seek to tackle these tough questions from a multidisciplinary
perspective. Contributions to the book reveal some of the
complexities of national and international reconciliation projects,
but particularly diverse understandings of reconciliation and how
to achieve it. All conflicts reflect unique dynamics, aspirations
and power realities. It is precisely because parties in conflict
differ in expectations of reconciliation outcomes that its
processes should be negotiated. This book is a valuable resource
for both scholars and practitioners engaged in resolving conflicts
and transforming fragmented relations in conflict and post-conflict
situations.
Negotiation lies at the core of preventive diplomacy. This study is
unusual in approaching preventive diplomacy by issue areas: it
looks at the way in which preventive negotiation has been
practiced, notes its characteristics, and then suggests how lessons
can be transferred from one area to another, but only when
particular conditions warrant such a transfer. The distinguished
contributing authors treat eleven issues: boundary problems,
territorial claims, ethnic conflict, divided states, state
disintegration, cooperative disputes, trade wars, transboundary
environmental disputes, global natural disasters, global security
conflicts, and labor disputes. The editor's conclusion draws out
general themes about the nature of preventive diplomacy.
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