Mediation in the Asia-Pacific Region: Transforming Conflicts and Building Peace

Dale Bagshaw (Curatore)

Elisabeth Porter (Curatore)

Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2009

This book examines mediation in connection with peacebuilding in the Asia-Pacific region, providing practical examples which either highlight the weaknesses within certain mediation approaches or demonstrate best-practice. The authors explore the extent to which current ideas and practices of mediation in the Asia-Pacific region are dominated by Western understandings and critically challenge the appropriateness of such thinking. Featuring a range of case studies on Fiji, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, Malaysia, Vietnam, China, Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand, this book has three main aims: To challenge dominant Western practices and ways of thinking on mediation that currently are being imposed in the Asia-Pacific region; To develop culturally-fluent and socially just mediation alternatives that build upon local, traditional or religious approaches; To situate mediation within ideas and practices on peacebuilding. Making a unique contribution to peace and conflict studies literature by explicitly linking mediation and peacebuilding practices, this book is a vital text for students and scholars in these fields.

• Curatore: Dale Bagshaw, Elisabeth Porter
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Collana: Routledge Advances in International Relations and Global Politics
• Anno: 2009
• Rilegatura: Hardback
• Pagine: 240 p.
• Dimensioni: 234 x 156 mm
• Peso: 498 gr.
• EAN: 9780415489676

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