Overview
- Examines recent changes in the field of peacemaking, specifically the role of private peacemaking organisations
- Connects developments in the field and in strategic thinking to theoretical debate, considering the conceptual basis of practitioners’ thinking
- Combats the lack of research that combines empirical material and theoretical literature on the role and approach of private peacemakers
Part of the book series: Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies (RCS)
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The field of peacemaking is in turbulent change. There are more peacemaking actors than before but fewer success stories, and an increasing number of violent conflicts tend to resist negotiated agreements. Tools and practices created for traditional inter- and intra-state conflicts have become ineffective and revision of old mediation practices is called for. This book examines how the private peacemaking organisations have faced this challenge. In the 21st century, private peacemakers have become a central part of peace diplomacy and have appeared as flexible actors whose innovative thinking paves the way for reconsidering and reinventing old practices of mediation. Instead of emphasizing the act of resolution, a new emphasis is given to the transformation of violence into a peace system, the complexity of conflict and the inadequateness of rational management. Furthermore, this shift has brought civic society actors from the field of reconciliation to the field of peace mediation.This new pragmatic approach under development can be called dialogic mediation.
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Keywords
- Peacemaking
- Mediation
- dialogic approach
- nongovernmental conciliation
- management
- antagonism
- Liberal Peace Critic
- dialogic transformation
- private peacemaking
- smart actors
- complexity
- multitrack peace diplomacy
- cooperation
- interaction
- local
- inclusivity
- national dialogues
- transformative dialogues
- post-management
Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Peace Mediation Beyond Mediation
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The Crowded Field of Private Peacemaking
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Back Matter
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Marko Lehti is University Researcher (Senior Research Fellow) at Tampere Peace Research Institute and the Academic Director of the MA Programme Peace, Mediation and Conflict Research, both at the University of Tampere, Finland. Dr. Lehti’s research in the field of peace and conflict research particularly focuses on peace mediation and dialogues, crises of liberal peace, transformation of identities and the idea of Nordic peace.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Era of Private Peacemakers
Book Subtitle: A New Dialogic Approach to Mediation
Authors: Marko Lehti
Series Title: Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91201-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-91200-4Published: 18 July 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-08197-3Published: 24 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-91201-1Published: 07 July 2018
Series ISSN: 1759-3735
Series E-ISSN: 2752-857X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 263
Topics: Peace Studies, Conflict Studies, International Organization, Diplomacy, Foreign Policy