Context and pretext in conflict resolution : culture, identity, power, and practice

Author(s)

• Avruch, Kevin

Bibliographic Information

Context and pretext in conflict resolution : culture, identity, power, and practice

Kevin Avruch

Paradigm Publishers, c2013

• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-218) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Written by a distinguished scholar, this book explores themes of culture, identity, and power as they relate to conceptions of practice in conflict resolution and peacebuilding. Among the topics covered are ethnic and identity conflicts; culture, relativism and human rights; post-conflict trauma and reconciliation; and modeling varieties of conflict resolution practice. Context and Pretext in Conflict Resolution is the winner of the 2014 Conflict Research Society Book of the Year Prize.

Table of Contents

• Part 1 Culture and Conflict Resolution
• Chapter 1 Introduction
• Chapter 2 Context and Pretext in Conflict Resolution
• Chapter 3 Culture, Relativism, and Human Rights
• Chapter 4 Constructing Identity
• Chapter 5 Type I and Type II Errors in Culturally Sensitive Conflict Resolution Practice
• Part 2 Culture and Identity, Dilemmas of Power
• Chapter 6 Culture Theory, Culture Clash, and the Practice of Conflict Resolution
• Chapter 7 Negotiating Beyond Interests
• Chapter 8 After Violence
• Chapter 9 Conflict Resolution and the Dilemma of Power
• Chapter 10 Afterword

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Details

• NCID: BB15026734
• ISBN:
  • 9781612050607
• LCCN: 2011042235
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Boulder, Colo.
• Pages/Volumes: xiv, 229 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HM1121
  • DC23 : 303.6
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Culture conflict
  • LCSH : Social conflict
  • LCSH : Conflict management