Mobilizing for Peace Conflict Resolution in Northern Ireland, Israel/Palestine, and South Africa

by Gidron, Benjamin; Katz, Stanley N.; Hasenfeld, Yeheskel

• ISBN13: 9780195125924
• ISBN10: 0195125924
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-06-28
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Mobilizing for Peace brings together the work of international experts to provide an in-depth study of thirty-three peace/conflict organizations in Northern Ireland, South Africa, and Israel/Palestine. The contributors show how the sociopolitical and cultural context of the conflict in each region has shaped the type of resolution organizations that have emerged and their conception of the conflict and its resolution. By promoting more humane images of the contestants and by offering alternative peaceful approaches to resolve the conflict, the organizations have successfully galvanized previously weak or non-existent pro-peace political forces to become important players in the political struggle for peace.

Table of Contents

Contributors	xiii
Part I Introduction, Theoretical Approach, and Methodology
Introduction	3	(11)
Theory and Methodology	14	(25)
Part II Histories of the Three Conflicts
Contextualizing Peace and Conflict-Resolution Organizations in South Africa, Northern Ireland, and Israel/Palestine	39	(30)
Part III Peace and Conflict-Resolution Organizations in the Four Locales Studied
South Africa: The Role of Peace and Conflict-Resolution Organizations in the Struggle against Apartheid	69	(25)
Rupert Taylor
The Sour Taste of Success: The Israeli Peace Movement, 1967-1998	94	(36)
Tamar Hermann
NGOs in the Context of National Struggle	130	(21)
Manuel Hassassian
Peace and Conflict-Resolution Organizations in Northern Ireland	151	(24)
Feargal Cochrane
Seamus Dunn
Part IV Comparative Analysis of P/CROs
A Comparative View: Peace and Conflict-Resolution Organizations in Three Protracted Conflicts	175	(27)
Megan Meyer
The Efficacy of the Peace and Conflict-Resolution Organizations: A Comparative Perspective	202	(23)
Conclusion	225	(12)
Appendix A. Preliminary Questionnaire	237	(8)
Appendix B. Comprehensive Questionnaire	245	(10)
Appendix C. Efficacy Protocol	255	(4)
Appendix D. Organizations Studied	259	(8)
Appendix E. Teams and Assistants	267	(2)
Selected References	269	(4)
Index	273