Author: Ross M.H.

Source: Ethnic and Racial Studies, Volume 23, Number 6, 1 November 2000 , pp. 1002-1034(33)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

Abstract:

Establishing the conditions for effective intergroup peacemaking is a formidable task in severe ethnic conflicts. Conflict resolution practitioners argue that a critical first step is developing preconditions which convince competing groups that there are opponents to whom it is worth talking, that it is possible to create structural changes conducive to a stable peace, and that an agreement is possible which can meet each side's basic concerns and needs. This article compares six theories of practice of ethnic conflict resolution: community relations, principled negotiation; human needs; psychoanalytically rooted identity; intercultural miscommunications and conflict transformation, examining how each understands ethnic conflict; the goals it articulates; the effects of good practice on participants in interventions; the mechanisms by which the project achieves its impact; and the dynamics of transfer affecting the course of a wider conflict. It is argued that clearer articulation of these assumptions will improve both theory and practice in the search for settlements to severe ethnic conflict.

Keywords: ETHNIC; CONFLICT; CONFLICT; RESOLUTION; ETHNIC; IDENTITY; THEORY; AND; PRACTICE

Language: English

Document Type: Research article

Publication date: 2000-11-01

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