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We know that since the end of the Cold War, conflicts in non-Western countries have been frequent, frequently violent, largely intra-state, and protracted. But what do we know about conflict management and resolution strategies in these societies? Have the dominant Western approaches been transplantable, suitable, effective, durable, and sustainable? Would conflicts in non-Western societies be better handled by the adaptation and adoption of customary, traditional, or localized mechanisms of mitigation? These and similar questions have engaged the attention of scholars and policy-makers. Indigenous Conflict Management Strategies: Global Perspectives is offered as a global compendium on indigenous conflict management strategies. It presents diverse perspectives on the subject. Fully aware of the tendency in the literature to over-generalize, over-romanticize, and over-criticize the localized and customary mechanisms, the book takes a slightly different approach. It presents a variety of traditional conflict management approaches as well as several cases of the successful integration of the indigenous and Western strategies in the contemporary period. The main features, strengths, challenges, and weaknesses of a multitude of indigenous systems are also presented.
We know that since the end of the Cold War, conflicts in non-Western countries have been frequent, frequently violent, largely intra-state, and protracted. But what do we know about conflict management and resolution strategies in these societies? Have the dominant Western approaches been transplantable, suitable, effective, durable, and sustainable? Would conflicts in non-Western societies be better handled by the adaptation and adoption of customary, traditional, or localized mechanisms of mitigation? These and similar questions have engaged the attention of scholars and policy-makers. Indigenous Conflict Management Strategies: Global Perspectives is offered as a global compendium on indigenous conflict management strategies. It presents diverse perspectives on the subject. Fully aware of the tendency in the literature to over-generalize, over-romanticize, and over-criticize the localized and customary mechanisms, the book takes a slightly different approach. It presents a variety of traditional conflict management approaches as well as several cases of the successful integration of the indigenous and Western strategies in the contemporary period. The main features, strengths, challenges, and weaknesses of a multitude of indigenous systems are also presented.
1.Introduction: Indigeneity and Modernity, From Conceptual Category
to Strategic Juridical Identity in the Context of Conflict
Jesse Benjamin and Brandon D. Lundy
The Americas
2.Weaving Indigenous and Western Methods of Conflict Resolution in
the Andes
Fabiola Córdova
3.Traditional Decision-Making in Contemporary Child Welfare:
Relying on Dane-zaa Laws to Care for and Protect Children and
Families
Tara Ney, Vanessa Currie, Maureen Maloney, Crystal Reeves, Jillian
Ridington, Robin Ridington, and Judith Zwickel
4.Addressing Disputes between First Nations: An Exploration of the
Indigenous Legal Lodge
Jessica Dickson
Africa
5.Globalization and Indigenous Conflict Management: Experiences
from Africa
Afua Bonsu Sarpong-Anane
6.Indigenous Conflict Resolution Strategies in Monarchical Systems:
Comparison of the Nature, Effectiveness and Limitations of the
Yoruba and Akan Models
Joseph Kingsley Adjei and Akanmu G. Adebayo
7.Land Ownership In Nigeria: Land Use Act Versus Traditional Land
Tenure System
Olusegun O. Onakoya
8.The “Intra-Tutsi Schism” and Its Effect on Truth, Justice, and
Reconciliation in the Rwandan Gacaca Courts
Birthe C. Reimers
9.Successful Integration of Western and Indigenous Conflict
Management: Swaziland Case Study
Mallory Primm
10.Monitoring Conflicts of Interest: Social Conflict in
Guinea-Bissau’s Fisheries
Brandon D. Lundy
11.The Changing Roles of Traditional Institutions in Conflict
Management: A Historical Perspective from the Bamenda Grassfields,
Cameroon
Walter Gam Nkwi
Asia
12.Jirga an Indigenous institution for peace building in the
Pukhtoon belt of Pakistan
Ali Gohar
13.FATA: Finding Common Ground in Uncommon Places
Paul Paterson
14.Mesopotamia’s Indigenous Revival: Political Discourse, Imagined
Sovereignty, and Contemporary Kurdish Representations of
Identity
Haluk Baran Bingol and Jesse Benjamin
15.Socio-political Change and the Evolution of Irrigation Disputes
in Rural China: the Jianghan Plain, 1870s-2011
Jiayan Zhang
Conclusion
16.Conclusion: Culture and Conflict Management: The Need for a
Paradigm Shift
Debarati Sen, Ferdinand Kwaku Danso, and Natalia Meneses
Bibliography
Akanmu G. Adebayo is professor of history and director of the
Center for Conflict Management at Kennesaw State University.
Jesse J. Benjamin is professor in the Department of Sociology and
Criminal Justice and the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies at
Kennesaw State University.
Brandon D. Lundy is assistant professor of anthropology and interim
associate director of the PhD Program in International Conflict
Management at Kennesaw State University.
This book convincingly stimulates a wider and deeper engagement
with indigenous conflict management strategies in a world that has
blinded many to the potency of non-Western traditions of conflict
resolution, reconciliation, and peacebuilding. It is a welcome and
essential resource for scholars and students of politics, culture,
and conflict transformation who appreciate the relevance of culture
and tradition as essential ingredients of peace, amity, friendship,
and global understanding.
*Olutayo C. Adesina, University of Ibadan*
This compendium successfully integrates indigenous and Western
strategies of conflict management and peace building...a topic of
great urgency to our generation as we rebuild that elusive bridge
to the future we desire. The book's global examples should read as
freshly and remain as relevant to our grand children as it does to
us.
*Chapurukha M. Kusimba, American University*
Indigenous processes of peacemaking, dismissed as irrelevant and
backward tribal rituals for the last five centuries by the state
based legal system, and neglected by the newly emerging field of
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), at long last have begun to
gain the attention of a few scholars. The publication of this book
elevates the currently fledging scholarship on this critical
subject to a much higher level. This book is the first
comprehensive volume on the subject of indigenous processes of
peacemaking. As such, it will serve as a pioneering piece of
scholarly work for years to come. Its scope is comprehensive, its
analytical approaches are deep, and it employs interdisciplinary
perspectives. It is a must read for those who are interested in
this important subject.
*Hamdesa Tuso, University of Manitoba*
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