Second Track/Citizen's Diplomacy

by Davies, John; Kaufman, Edward; Azar, Edward (CON); Borris, Eileen R. (CON)

• ISBN13: 9780847695515
• ISBN10: 0847695514
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-10-01
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc

Summary

In this volume, prominent contributors explain the development, theory, and current practice of second track diplomacy. They examine the dynamics of modern complex conflicts, such as those in Sri Lanka, Israel/Palestine, Cyprus, and the Caucasus. Exploring innovative problem-solving methodologies, the book provides a detailed program for guiding partners in conflict in the search for common ground and analyzes core issues that arise in the practice and evaluation of second track diplomacy. This book will be valuable to both academics and professionals involved in first or second track diplomacy, or interested in integrative methods of dispute resolution or conflict prevention, as well as to those working in development, peacebuilding or humanitarian programs at any phase of the conflict cycle.

Author Biography

Eileen R. Borris is founding President of Peace Initiatives. She is a trainer for the Institute for Multi-Track Diplomacy in Washington, D.C., and is on the Board of Directors of the Peace Psychology Division of the American Psychological Association John Davies is Co-Director of the Partners in Conflict Project and Senior Research Associate at the Center for International Development and Conflict Management, University of Maryland. He is a recent Board Member of the Forum on Early Warning and Early Response and consultant to the U.S. government's State Failure Task Force Ronald J. Fisher is a Professor of International Peace and Conflict Resolution in the School of International Service at American University, Washington, D.C. Previously he was Professor of Psychology and Founding Coordinator of the Applied Social Psychology Graduate Program at the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada Victor J. Friedman is Senior Lecturer in Organizational Behavior at the Ruppin Institute, Israel, and Senior Researcher with the Action Evaluation Research Institute Yellow Springs, Ohio Ted Robert Gurr is Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland, College Park, and directs the Minorities at Risk Project, which tracks the status and activities of over 300 communal groups world-wide, providing analytical data on the causes and management of ethnopolitical conflict. From 1994 to 2000 he was senior consultant to the U.S. government's State Failure Task Force Edward (Edy) Kaufman is the Executive Director of the Harry S. Truman Institute for the Advancement of Peace, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Senior Research Associate (and former Director) of the Center for International Development and Conflict Management, University of Maryland and Visiting Associate Professor of Government and Politics, University of Maryland Herbert C. Kelman is the Richard Clarke Cabot Research Professor of Social Ethics at Harvard University and Director of the Program on International Conflict Analysis and Resolution at Harvard's Weatherhead Center for International Affairs John W. McDonald, a U.S. diplomat for 40 years, wrote the first book on track two diplomacy in 1985, co-authored the first book on multi-track diplomacy with Louise Diamond in 1991, and co-founded the Institute for Multi-Track Diplomacy in 1992. The Institute takes a systems approach to peace and has its focus on international ethnic conflict Christopher Moore is a Partner at CDR Associates, an international consulting firm in Boulder, Colorado, that provides professional decision-making, organizational consulting, public participation, and conflict management assistance to public, private, and non-governmental sectors Jay Rothman is President of the ARIA Group, Inc. a conflict resolution training and consulting company. He is also founder and Research Director of the Action Evaluation Research Institute, which provides research, training, and technical assistance in action research, and Scholar-in-Residence at the McGregor School of Antioch University Andrea Strimling is Commissioner for International and Dispute Resolution Services with the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, an independent agency of the U.S. government based in Washington, D.C. Peter Woodrow is the Program Director for CDR Associates, an international consulting firm in Boulder, Colorado, that provides professional decisionmaking, organizational consulting, public participation, and conflict management assistance to public, private, and non-governmental sectors

Table of Contents

Dedication	v
Acknowledgments	ix
Second Track / Citizens' Diplomacy: An Overview	1	(14)
John Davies
Edy Kaufman
I. Conflict Dynamics and the Evolution of Second Track Diplomacy
Protracted Social Conflicts and Second Track Diplomacy	15	(16)
Edward Azar
Dynamics and Management of Ethnopolitical Conflicts	31	(18)
Ted Robert Gurr
John Davies
The Need for Multi-Track Diplomacy	49	(12)
John W. McDonald
Historical Mapping of the Field of Interactive Conflict Resolution	61	(20)
Ronald J. Fisher
II. Strategies for Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding
Interactive Problem Solving as a Tool for Second Track Diplomacy	81	(26)
Herbert C. Kelman
Power, Rights, Interests, and Identity: Conflict Management Strategies for Building a Democratic Peace	107	(42)
John Davies
Mapping Cultures: Strategies for Effective Intercultural Conflict Resolution	149	(12)
Christopher Moore
Peter Woodrow
Reconciliation in Postconflict Peacebuilding: Lessons Learned from South Africa	161	(22)
Eileen R. Borris
III. The Innovative Problem-Solving Workshop
Sharing the Experience of Citizens' Diplomacy with Partners in Conflict	183	(40)
Edy Kaufman
Toward Innovative Solutions	223	(42)
Edy Kaufman
IV. Capacity Building and Action Evaluation
Building Capacity for JustPeace: Design, Implementation and Evaluation of Training Programs	265	(20)
Andrea L. Strimling
Action Evaluation for Conflict Management Organizations and Projects	285	(14)
Jay Rothman
Victor J. Friedman
References	299	(14)
Index	313	(4)
About the Contributors	317