Fredsstudier og konfliktløsning

En bog, som tager fat i roden af alle konflikter: hvordan vi ser hinanden. De fleste konflikter opstår, fordi vi ikke har tilstrækkelig fornemmelse for den person, vi står over for, eller fordi vi selv i forvejen er præget af forventninger og krav.Forretningsmanden Lou er, hårdt presset af sine kone, taget til Arizona for at deltage i et forældrekursus på et behandlingssted for belastede unge. Lou håber på, at behandlingen vil fikse hans søn, men filosofien på stedet er, at forældrene også skal forandre sig, hvis de unges forandring skal vare ved.Lou er kritisk og negativ, men gennem kurset får han mulighed for at se på sit liv med nye øjne og opdager, at han selv bærer en stor del af ansvaret for konflikterne i sit liv. Og derfor også har nøglen til at gå i gang med at løse dem.Gennem fortællingen om Lou peger Konfliktens anatomi på det helt grundlæggende problem, at vi ikke kan se, at det er os selv, der har et problem – og ikke kun alle de andre. Når vi opdager det, behøver vi ikke længere at opfatte os selv som ofre for det, vi ser som andres inkompetence og urimeligheder, men kan finde bedre og overraskende enkle løsninger på vores problemer.

Læs hvordan du kan håndtere både din egen og andres vrede konstruktivt, ved at skifte fokus fra skyld til behov.Hvad fortæller din vrede dig?Du kan mærke, når den rammer dig. Dit ansigt blusser op, og dit synsfelt indsnævres. Din puls øges i takt med at dømmende tanker skyller gennem dit sind. Din vrede er blevet udløst, og du er på vej til at sige eller gøre noget, som sandsynligvis vil gøre det værre.• Vreden er en alarmklokke, der fortæller, at behov ikke er opfyldt.• Du kan bruge vreden til at nå dine mål og få opfyldt dine behov uden at råbe og skrige og fægte med armene.• Ved at blive klar over dine og andres behov, kan du finde løsninger, der er tilfredsstillende for alle parter.• Strategier, der har til formål at opfylde dine behov, kan transformere vrede til positive handlinger.Processerne, der beskrives i denne bog, kan bruges i forbindelse med:• uddannelse• erhvervslivet• socialt arbejde• politik• familie• personlige forhold"Tal i vrede, og du holder den bedste tale, du nogensinde har fortrudt." Winston Churchill»Vrede er et tragisk udtryk for uopfyldte behov.«- Marshall B. Rosenberg.

»God konfliktløsning handler både om at tage ansvar for at opnå den og om faglig viden om metoder – det giver bogen en supergod og klog hjælp til. Derfor er det klart en bog, der kan anbefales til alle, der lever i en familie og arbejder på at gøre den bedre«. Per Schultz Jørgensen, professor emeritus, dr.phil.Nogle familier er gode til at sætte sig sammen og få talt konflikter igennem, andre familier ønsker ’fred for enhver pris’, og i atter andre råber og skriger man ad hinanden. Det, man lærer i sit barndomshjem, vil man for det meste bringe videre med sig ud i livet. Selvom man har lyst til at prøve noget andet, end det man lærte i barndommen, er det svært at finde ud af, hvilken vej man så skal gå.LÆR AT LØSE KONFLIKTER – I FAMILIEN giver råd og vejledning til, hvad man kan gøre, når der opstår konflikter i en familie, og den giver indblik i, hvordan konflikter opstår og udvikler sig. Bogens grundtanke er, at man ikke skal forsøge at ændre modparten. Men man kan påvirke den anden og situationen ved selv at gøre noget klogt.Bogens råd giver svar på spørgsmål som: Hvad stiller jeg op med min vrede og frustration? Hvorfor skal jeg blive på min egen banehalvdel? Hvad gør man, når man helt har mistet tilliden til den anden? Hvilke strategier er hensigtsmæssige?Marion Thorning er selvstændig konsulent og master i Konfliktmægling (KU). Hun har arbejdet med konflikthåndtering og -mægling i over 20 år og har erfaring med mægling på arbejdspladser, i organisationer og familier. Hun er forfatter til flere artikler, kronikker og bøger om arbejdsliv, familie, vejledning og konflikthåndtering.

Udsatte i æresrelaterede konflikter sætter ofte egen sikkerhed og alle relationer over styr, når de beder om hjælp. Derfor skal man som fagperson give den mest kompetente hjælp overhovedet mulig. Når ære er på spil giver metoder og redskaber.Æresrelaterede konflikter kan ramme både mænd og kvinder, og de kan ske inden for alle religioner og etniciteter. Bogen fortæller, hvordan man som fagperson kan hjælpe i sager om social kontrol, vold og udskamning.Bogen bidrager til at nuancere et komplekst felt, som ofte bliver forenklet af politikere og i medierne. Det handler om at sætte sig ind i tanke­sættet bag konflikten uden at ende i fordømmelse og stigmatisering. For hvis man tvinger et vestligt tankesæt ned over en æresrelation, kan man skade mere end gavne, og den udsattes liv kan ende i fare.Når ære er på spil sætter fokus på kulturelle aspekter af æresrelaterede konflikter, de ty­piske tankesæt hos unge, forældre og familier i konflikterne samt definitioner og begreber. Bogen gennemgår også metodiske greb som samtaleteknik, risikovurderinger, anbringelser, supervision, tolkesamarbejde og lovstof.Den er skrevet til studerende og fagpersoner inden for det socialfaglige og pædagogiske om­råde og undervisning, i sundhedssystemet, politibetjente og til alle andre, der beskæftiger sig med æres­relaterede konflikter.Susanne Willaume Fabricius er uddannet ved Den Sociale Højskole og arbejder i Etnisk Ung. Hun har i mere end 20 år arbejdet med og hjulpet personer fanget i æresrelaterede konflikter.

This study investigates how the ideological interpretations of the principle of neutrality affect the practices of humanitarian aid organizations in conflict situations. I study the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and Médicins Sans Frontières (Doctors without Borders/MSF). I seek examples from the current conflict in Darfur, Sudan to illustrate my findings. The purpose of this study is to determine how the organizations deal with delivering aid in a highly politicized environment while maintaining neutrality. I conclude that neutrality impacts practice, depending in part on the organization¿s goals, by enhancing the level of organizational responsibility for aid¿s impact, minimizing its coordination with other aid agencies, states or international organizations, and either eliminating the freedom to denounce abusive practices or causing dilemmas within organizations over whether or not to publicly denounce the parties to a conflict. Neutrality is more often a pragmatic means to an end rather than a theoretical ideal. Additionally, the neutrality of an organization depends not only on its intention but also on how it is perceived by the parties to the conflict.

Offers a comparative study based on original readings of the peace agreements and of first-hand and academic accounts of the peacebuilding processes and post-conflict politics, up to the present period.

This book examines the geostrategic alliances in the Eastern Mediterranean and MENA regions. It analyzes how these alliances transcend stereotyped political and cultural prototypes throughout western Eurasia as the outcome of shifting regional power balances. The authors explain how this development has its foundation mostly in the United States' ¿Pivot to Asiä policy, resulting in a lower priority ranking of the Middle East for Washington, but also in the emergence of Chinäs economic incursion on the wider region.The book looks into and presents different reasons for this paradigm shift: First and foremost, the historical ambitions and conflicting assertions of sovereignty in the region. Then, competition over control of hydrocarbons reserves and pipeline politics, civil wars, and political chaos in certain littoral states. US retrenchment and Russiäs naval base expansion in Syria, as well as Turkish expansion in Libya, NATO allies divisions and, not to reckon with, waves of migration and refugees. Yet some internal and external factors could lead to some changes in these trends, including the need to engage in energy transitions due to climate change consequences in the region.Therefore, this book is a must-read for scholars, students, policy-makers, and practitioners interested in a better understanding of the political development in the Eastern Mediterranean and MENA regions, as well as of International Relations in general.

Let Our Effort To Discover Our Own Essential Nature, That Indwelling Universal Power, Be A Characteristic Feature Of The New Millennium We Are About To Enter. Let This Be Recognized As One Of The Important Goals Of The Next Century. An Address At The Interfaith Celebration In Honor Of The 50th Anniversary Of The United Nations, New York, October 21, 1995. Published By The Disciples Of Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, Affectionately Known As Mother, Or Amma The Hugging Saint.

The book is a response to the dominant discourse of South Africa as unwelcoming to African immigrants. Acknowledging the reality of xenophobia against African migrants in South Africa, it explores the positive spaces of interactions between South Africans and African migrants that do not necessarily result in tension. Hence, the book is about conviviality, cohabitation, interdependency and the production of a multicultural rainbow nation. South Africa, its constitution and representation as a multicultural society is the perfect context to experiment with the ideas in the book. Part of the objectives is therefore to demonstrate, as contained in the title, the ambivalence of this relationship which the popular discourse of xenophobia has silenced.

This book explores the delicate interconnections between law and economics, especially as regards island entitlements under international maritime law. This is an area in the literature generally overlooked because maritime law has been the domain of legal experts. Maritime boundary disputes are over resources, a vitally important economic subject. Yet, the economics of maritime law has been ignored. Lawyers and legal experts have dominated the field, to the alarming degree of causing needless international conflicts. Our monograph addresses this serious neglect. The methodology would be rational behavior model, one specifically formulated to make the case that dialog and negotiation between these countries is the rational choice leading to win-win outcome in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean territorial waters. Public and private sector actors identified as key decision-makers in all phases of hydrocarbon development and monetization, within an overall win-win framework.

This book examines the recent changes in strategic stability, caused by the collapse of the international security architecture. Against the background of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, international experts discuss topics and critical issues such as the revanchist strategy of Russia and the readiness of the United States (US) and Europe to give an adequate response; the influence of new technologies in the future of nuclear deterrence; and the crumbling of the arms control and nonproliferation system under the new challenges. The book explains how the combination of these factors lead to a crucial change of strategic stability and the international security landscape, the first such change since the end of the Cold War.Divided into three parts, the book presents timely analyses on (1) US, Russia: New Challenges and Strategic Stability in Europe; (2) Extended Deterrence and Arms Control in Europe; and (3) Regional Dimensions of Strategic Stability in Europe. It further offers perspectives from and case studies on different countries, such as Ukraine, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the USA, Turkey, Poland, and Romania.This book is a must-read for scholars for international relations, as well as policy-makers interested in a better understanding of the changing international security architecture, Russia's strategy, arms control, nonproliferation, and the future of nuclear deterrence.   

This book explores how international sanctions on Iran reshaped the contours of East Asia's interactions with the Middle Eastern state. Almost all East Asian political entities, from the industrialized and developed nations of Japan and South Korea, to the communist and developing countries of China and North Korea, have become major international partners of Iran over the past several decades. In addition, East Asian states were, by and large, thought to be among leading foreign beneficiaries of Iran sanctions, and the overall impacts of sanctions in transforming both the scope and size of their rather multifaceted connections to the Middle Eastern country have been consequential. Despite its significance, academic studies about this topic have remained sparse and scattered. This book aims to partially fill that research lacuna by surveying all relevant information and data available in the archives of several languages, including Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean, and Persian. While the book strives to cover the entire sanctions period, most of the analysis focuses on the past one and a half decades, when Iran came under the severest sets of international sanctions. It was during this particular time period that international quandary over the Iranian nuclear program led to a slew of far-reaching penalties and stringent restrictions levied against Iranians by the United Nations and the United States. These recent waves of international sanctions and limitations transformed many quintessential characteristics of East Asia's interactions with Iran. Such sanctions-induced critical developments and changes, moreover, are bound to play an instrumental role in the direction and volume of exchanges between East Asian states and Iran in the coming years and decades.

This book provides an up--to--date discussion of the effect of crises on European identities in the post--Soviet states. In doing so, the book presents an original study on dynamics of European identities during four crises in Georgia and Ukraine. More specifically, it considers the comparative impact of two colour revolutions and wars involving Russia on European identity constructions in Georgian and Ukrainian public identity discourses, studied through national mass media. It compares outcomes of change and continuity during such "e;big bang"e; events in identity discourses and establishes scope conditions that allow or inhibit change. The major finding of the study is that the selected events can indeed instigate sudden shifts in European identity discourses but only when the elite power structure also changes in such hybrid regimes, as Ukraine and Georgia. These changes include shifts in elite groups and in the relative power they hold in the overall power structure.

Merchants of death was an epithet used in the USA in the 1930s to attack industries and banks that supplied and funded the First World War (then called the Great War). Originally published in 1934, this book uses the term to expose the international arms industry at the time.