Conflict and Peacemaking in Israel-Palestine : Theory and Application

ISBN-13: 9780415492157 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 160 str.

Sapir Handelman

Opis

This book provides new analysis and theoretical approaches to peacemaking and more particularly to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It deals with the art of peacekeeping and the issue of intractable conflict, and takes an in-depth look into specific models for peacekeeping and applying them to the situation in Israel/Palestine. Exploring the phenomenon of intractable conflict and offering a multifaceted approach to peacemaking, the argument centres around the idea that a multifaceted approach to peacemaking has the greatest potential to transform an intractable conflict into a mutually beneficial social order. The book encompasses theoretical background, comparative studies of conflict resolution processes in similar circumstances around the world and policy recommendations, looking at wider issues in the context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This book adds a fresh perspective to the study of destructive social conflicts and should provoke critical discussion among those who are deeply engaged in, and those simply interested in, the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.

Spis treści

Introduction  Part 1: General Background  1. Intractable Conflict as a Complex Phenomenon  2. The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict  3. Between Conflict-Resolution and Conflict-Management  Part 2: Interactive Models of Peacemaking  4. The Strong-Leader Model  5. The Social-Reformer Model  6. The Political-Elite Model  7. The Public-Assembly Model.  Summary and Conclusion

O autorze

Sapir Handelman is a visiting professor at the Center for Peace and Conflict Studies at Wayne State University, an associate at Harvard University and the Lentz Fellow in Peace and Conflict Resolution Research. His research focuses on the study of destructive social conflicts and their resolution, political theory, and applied ethics. He also leads the "Minds of Peace Experiment" at various Centers for Peace Studies around the U.S. and the Middle East, a project which offers simulations of a potential Palestinian-Israeli public-assembly, a public negotiating congress, and is the recipient of the 2010 Peter Becker Award for Peace and Conflict Studies.