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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Intractable conflict"”.
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ENDING AN ENEMY: UNITED STATES–IRAN RELATIONS
… is often described by U.S. leaders as an intractable, zero-sum problem. In this view, the solution is to collapse the Islamic Republic by military threats and unyielding economic pressure. Since 1979, presidents of both parties have pursued this two-tool campaign with similar results. This …
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Selling the Fringe: Financializing Strategies and the Collapse of Local Horticulture at the edge of Auckland, New Zealand
… vital food bowl regions. To understand this conflict, I bring together Bourdieu’s analysis of the agents of the peri-urban housing market, Gudeman’s model of the financializing economy, and Harvey’s historical perspective on neoliberalism as the global restoration of financial power. With …
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Rivalry in International Relations: A Mimetic Approach to the Case of the Rivalry in Northern Ireland (1963-2020)
… explores how rivalry, understood as a protracted intractable conflict, emerges, and develops. It takes issue with current approaches to rivalry in International Relations (IR) and Peace and Conflict Studies (P&CS) to advance an alternative, innovative, and interdisciplinary Mimetic Rivalry …
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From the Creeks to the Community: The Reintegration of Ex-combatants in Nigeria’s Niger Delta
… protest decades of neglect of the region. These conflicts eased in 2009 when the Federal Government of Nigeria instituted an amnesty program that involved disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DD&R) of combatants. This dissertation explores the dynamics and challenges of the process of …
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A Pastoral Theology of Congregational Care and Leadership: Nurturing Emergence
… Problems in faith communities range from severe, intractable conflict to lethargy and decline, with far-ranging effects. The practice of offering pastoral care to individuals experiencing difficulties is rooted deeply in the Judeo-Christian tradition. There is, however, no explicit tradition of …
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The C-Street Conflict: Identifying Conflict Perceptions and Strategies in Multi-Party, Intractable Community Conflict
This case study examines how conflict and conflict management are perceived by stakeholders and explores best practices that emerge for intractable, multi-party community conflict. A coordinated management of meaning framework situates the study in social constructionism. Observations and in-depth …
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The Middle East Quartet of Mediators: Understanding Multiparty Mediation in the Middle East Peace Process
… does multiparty mediation fail to move conflicting parties toward a comprehensive peace agreement? The object of study is the Middle East Quartet of Mediators from its formation in 2002 to the Annapolis Conference in November, 2007.</p> <p>Although some progress was made during this …
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Intractable Intra-Ethnic Conflicts: The Case of Offa-Erinle Conflict, Kwara State, Nigeria.
<p><strong> Abstract</strong></p> <p>Intra-ethnic conflicts are often present in post-colonial West African nations, and these conflicts vary in type and severity. Land is a significant cause of violent conflicts, especially boundary disputes among major ethnic groups. These conflicts are assessed …
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The Journey from Intergroup Emnity to Peaceful Conflict Handling. Peacebuilding Experiences of local NGOs in the former Yugoslavia: Multiple Approaches for Undermining Intergroup Animosities and Dealing With Differences.
Classical approaches to conflict resolution assume that inducing conflict parties to analyse conflict constellations precipitates that the disputants recognise mutually shared needs or interests. Partially in critical reaction towards this assumption, a more recently emerging approach envisages …