NGOs Mediating Peace : : Promoting Inclusion in Myanmar's Nationwide Ceasefire Negotiations.

• Superior document: Twenty-First Century Perspectives on War, Peace, and Human Conflict Series.
• Author: Federer, Julia Palmiano.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2024.; ©2024.
• Year of Publication: 2024
• Edition: First edition.
• Language: English
• Series: Twenty-first century perspectives on war, peace, and human conflict.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (231 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Praise for NGOs Mediating Peace -- Contents -- About the Author -- List of Abbreviations -- List of Figures -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Unsettled Reflections From Golden Valley, Myanmar -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Are Mediators Norm Entrepreneurs? -- 1.3 Why NGO Mediators in Myanmar? -- 1.4 My Argument -- 1.5 How I Did the Research for This Book -- 1.6 Overview of This Book -- References -- Chapter 2: Promoting Peace or Pushing Norms? Normative Agency and Mediators as Norm Entrepreneurs -- 2.1 The Normative Turn of International Peace Mediation -- 2.2 From Peace Broker to Peacebuilder: The Role of Mediators in Conflict Resolution -- Mediators as Peace Brokers -- Mediators as Peacebuilders? -- 2.3 Norm Diffusion and Norm Entrepreneurship in International Relations -- 2.4 A Theory of Normative Agency -- Norm Entrepreneurship and Normative Agency -- 2.5 Concluding Thoughts: Promoting Peace or Pushing Norms? -- References -- Chapter 3: New Kids on the Block: The Rise of NGO Mediators in Peace Mediation -- 3.1 The Rise of NGO Mediators in Contemporary Peacemaking -- 3.2 The Alternative Legitimacy of NGOs as Mediators -- 3.3 Three Types of NGO Mediators -- 3.4 Concluding Thoughts -- References -- Chapter 4: The Promised Land of Inclusive Peace: NGO Mediators as Norm Entrepreneurs of Inclusion -- 4.1 Introduction: The Promised Land of Inclusive Peace -- 4.2 Applying the Analytical Framework: Assessing NGO Mediators' Normative Agency -- NGO Mediators and Framing Inclusivity -- NGO Mediators and Social Practices Promoting Inclusivity -- NGO Mediators' Power: Legitimacy and the Limits of Normative Agency -- 4.3 Concluding Thoughts -- References -- Chapter 5: What's in a Norm? What Normative Frameworks in Myanmar Reveal About Inclusivity -- 5.1 A Moral Touchstone? The Concept of "Unity" Among Myanmar's Conflict Parties.

5.2 Unified National Identity Through Ethnonationalism -- The Forging of Ethnic Identity in Pre-colonial and Colonial Burma (-1886-1941) -- The Panglong Conferences and the Promise of Inclusion (1945-1947) -- EAGs, Ethnic Alliances and the Limits of Ethnic Unity in Armed Ethnonationalist Movements (1948 to Present) -- 5.3 Unified National Identity Through Militarized State Formation -- The Formation of the Tatmadaw (1941-1960) -- The BSPP Military Government (1962-1988) -- SLORC and SPDC (1990s-2010s) -- 5.4 Unity and Inclusivity in Myanmar: Congruent or Clashing Normative Frameworks? -- 5.5 Concluding Thoughts -- References -- Chapter 6: Chronicles of a Norm for Sale: Norm Entrepreneurship in the Myanmar NCA Negotiations -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 The "Homegrown" NCA Process in Myanmar: A Niche for NGO Mediators and Private Diplomacy -- 6.3 NGO Mediators Frame Inclusivity to the Negotiating Parties? (2012-2013) -- Framing Inclusivity to the EAGs -- Framing Inclusivity to the Government -- Framing Inclusivity to Actors Outside the Negotiation Table -- 6.4 Agency of Local Agents: How Do Negotiating Parties Treat the Inclusivity Norm? (2013-2015) -- EAGs' Acceptance of the Inclusivity Norm -- The Government's Acceptance of the Inclusivity Norm -- 6.5 Concluding Thoughts -- References -- Chapter 7: "The Trouble With Inclusivity:" How Promoting Inclusive Peace Led to an Exclusive Outcome -- 7.1 The Outcome of the Norm Diffusion Process in Myanmar (2013-2015) -- Inclusivity of Non-armed Actors -- 7.2 The Role of NGO Mediators in the Outcome of Norm Diffusion in Myanmar (2015) -- The Limits to Normative Agency of NGO Mediators -- 7.3 Effects of Norm Localization on the Myanmar Peace Process -- 7.4 Chapter Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 8: Conclusion: Should NGO Mediators Promote Norms? -- 8.1 Return to Peaceland?.

8.2 NGO Mediators as Peacelanders: Where Do We Go From Here? -- 8.3 The Limits of Inclusive Peace in Myanmar -- 8.4 Future Research Agendas -- 8.5 Concluding Thoughts -- References -- Appendix: Interview List -- Index.