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.