Theory and Practice in Ethnic Conflict Management

Throughout the world there are efforts both large and small to address ethnic conflicts-identity based disputes between groups who are unable to live side-by-side in the same state. This book brings together a collection of case studies on interventions in ethnic conflicts throughout the world in which the nature of the state is a core concern (Turkey, Russia, Macedonia, Guatemala, Israel, Cyprus, Northern Ireland, South Africa, US) and asks how the projects themselves understand success and failure in ethnic conflict resolution. It emphasises the complexity and importance of better understanding ways in which small-scale interventions can sometimes have a large impact on large-scale ethnic conflict, and how the goals of the intervenors shift as the participants redefine the identities and interest at stake.

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MIEK BOLTJES Conflict Manager Group, Cambridge, Massachusetts JACO CILLIERS Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University TAMRA PEARSON D'ESTREE Department of Psychology, University of Arizona JOSEPH FOLGER Department of Sociology, Temple University DAVID GORMAN JANIE LEATHERMAN University of Illinois at Normal KARIN LUCKE independent researcher, Geneva CHRIS MITCHELL Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University MELTEM MUFTULER Department of Political Science, Bilkent University ROBERT MULVIHILL Department of Political Science, Rosemont College

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Notes on the Contributors Theory and Practice in Ethnic Conflict Management: Conceptualizing Objectives; M.H.Ross & J.Rothman Reflections on Theory and Practice in a Thirty Year Old Problem-Solving Workshop; C.Mitchell From Changing Governments to Building Networks: The Evolution of Goals in the Conflict Management Group's Project in the Former Soviet Union; M.Boltjes Organizing Conflict Resolution Interventions in Situations of Rapid Change: The South African Transition; J.Cilliers Catholic Relief Services' Peacebuilding Role in the Republic of Macedonia: Using Humanitarian Assistance to Promote Democratic Awareness and Civic Participation; J.Leatherman Addressing Kurdish Separatism in Turkey; M.Muftuler The Hopi-Navajo Land Dispute: Official and Unofficial Interventions; T.P.d'Estree Understanding the Pluralistic Objectives of Conflict Resolution Interventions in Northern Ireland; R.Mulvihill & M.H.Ross Moving Toward Peace in Jerusalem; D.Gorman Goal Setting and Conflict Resolution in the Cyprus Consortium's Initiative; J.Rothman Building a Sustainable Peace in Guatemala; K.Lucke Evaluating Evaluation in Ethnic Conflict Resolution; J.Folger Conclusion: Integrating Evaluation into the Intervention Process; M.Howard Index