Adaptive Mediation and Conflict Resolution : Peace-Making in Colombia, Mozambique, the Philippines, and Syria

This open access book introduces adaptive mediation as an alternative approach that enables mediators to go beyond liberal peace mediation, or other determined-design models of mediation, in the context of contemporary conflict resolution and peace-making initiatives. Adaptive mediation is grounded...

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Superior document:Sustainable Development Goals
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Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Series:Sustainable Development Goals
Physical Description:1 online resource (211 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Praise for Sustainable Development Goals Series
  • Contents
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Abbreviations
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Chapter 1: Adaptive Mediation and Conflict Resolution in Contemporary and Future Armed Conflicts
  • Adaptive Mediation and Conflict Resolution Amid Increasing Uncertainty
  • The Structure of the Book
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 2: Adaptive Mediation
  • Complexity
  • Systems
  • Nonlinearity
  • Self-Organization
  • Implications of Complexity for Mediation and Conflict Resolution
  • Conflict Analysis
  • Planning
  • Management and Coordination
  • Facilitating a Self-Organizing Mediation Process
  • Evaluation
  • Implications for the Ethics of Mediation and Conflict Resolution
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 3: Adaptive Mediation in Colombia: Toward Institutional Capacity Building Amid Complexity and Uncertainty
  • Introduction
  • Colombia's Complexity Within an Adapting System
  • Adaptiveness Within Colombia's Domestic Mediation Experiences
  • Toward Institutional Capacity Building (ICB) Within Complexity and Uncertainty
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 4: Peacemaking from Within: Adaptive Mediation of Direct Dialogue in Mozambique's New Peace Process (2013-2019)
  • Introduction
  • Domestic Mediation Without External Process Facilitation
  • Standard High-Level International Mediation
  • Adaptive Mediation as Process-Facilitation of Direct Dialogue
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 5: Adapting from Outsider to Insider Mediation in the Bangsamoro Peace Process, Southern Philippines
  • Introduction
  • Literature Review and Problem Statement
  • Research Design (Method and Analyses)
  • Overview of the Mindanao Context: Conflict, Violence, and the Peace Process
  • Multilayered Mediation for Bangsamoro
  • Mediation Under the MNLF Peace Track as Precondition
  • Peacebuilding Architecture Between the GPH and the MILF
  • From Third-Party to Insider Mediation
  • Third-Party Mediation
  • Peace Panel: Malaysia Facilitator
  • Peace Panel-International Contact Group
  • Insider Mediation: Insider Mediation Group (IMG)
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 6: Exploring Mediation Efforts Amid Systemic and Domestic Constraints: The Case of the Syrian Conflict
  • Introduction
  • Systemic Constraints and the Challenges of Establishing a Syrian Transitional Government
  • Domestic Constraints and the Challenges of Addressing a Changing Syrian Conflict Context
  • The Role of Civil Society in Contextualizing the Mediation Architecture
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Chapter 7: Adapting to Uncertainty: What Have We Learned from Mediation and Conflict Resolution in Colombia, Mozambique, the Philippines, and Syria
  • Introduction
  • Adaptive Mediation
  • What Have We Learned from Mediation and Conflict Resolution in Colombia, Mozambique, the Philippines, and Syria?
  • The Role of Adaptive Capacity in Coping with Uncertainty in Mediation Processes