Conflict Resolution as a Field of Inquiry: Practice Informing Theory

Babbitt, Eileen F.; Hampson, Fen Osler

doi:10.1111/j.1468-2486.2010.00997.x

Cited by 21 publications

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“…Nevertheless, the violent conflict dominated the early stage of the conflict. This resulted in the British government and republican movement to believe that they would reach their political goal through an armed struggle which is in line with Babbitt and Hampson's (2011) argument.…”

Section: Interchangeability Between Armed and Political Strugglementioning

confidence: 66%

The Making of ‘Hesitant Peace’ in Northern Ireland

Kadıoğlu¹

2020

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This article examines the early stage of the Northern Ireland conflict from the beginning of the ethno-nationalist conflict called the Troubles of 1969 to the beginning of the 'peace process' through the Downing Street Declaration of 1993 by focusing on a process of political, non-violent resolution efforts of political agents, which affected the route of the conflict. It utilises conflict resolution approaches to determine the variables with regards to the perceptions, positions, and decisions of conflicting parties, which provide an understanding of their role in peacemaking during the highintensity conflict. Particularly, it offers three major aspects for analysis: inter-party collaboration, popular support, and interchangeability between armed and political struggle. It uses rich data from archival documents to analyse the influence of early peace efforts to de-escalate the conflict and establish foundations for peace prior to official negotiations. It argues that peace efforts do not consist of official negotiations in the 1990s. The article finds that they had been initiated long before multilateral negotiations through political conferences, direct and indirect dialogues between major political parties in Northern Ireland, and the British and Irish governments. However, the reluctance of political agents towards peace prevented making progress towards peace.

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Section: Interchangeability Between Armed and Political Strugglementioning

confidence: 66%

The Making of ‘Hesitant Peace’ in Northern Ireland

Kadıoğlu¹

2020

siyasal

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“…Others aim to bring together civil society leaders to develop means to affect changes in the structures of power as a prelude to a transformation of the underlying conditions that the organizers feel have brought about the conflict. There are many different kinds of Track Two in between (Miall 2004;Babbitt & Hampson 2011).3 Assessing whether "Track Two" is appropriate for opening up talks with al Qaeda has much to do with determining about what kind of Track Two one is talking and what objectives it is meant to achieve.…”

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Talking with al Qaeda: Is There a Role for Track Two?

Jones

2015

Int Negot

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Despite saying that they will never "talk to terrorists," many countries have done so. Often these dialogues have included a component of so-called "Track Two Diplomacy." This article examines whether such a dialogue could be held with at Qaeda and other such groups. Research demonstrates that dialogues have been useful in ending terror campaigns in certain circumstances, but that they were never the decisive element. Where they have been useful, dialogues have helped to distinguish those members of terror organizations who are willing to talk from the hardliners, in helping to develop 'acceptable' players on the other side, and in allowing the two sides to better under stand each other. The article finds that a dialogue with the hard core of at Qaeda is likely impossible, but that some elements may be willing to talk. Such dialogues will be localized and will be about specific concerns and, like in other cases, will be about seeing if there are elements of the movement that can be detached from the hard-core base. Track Two may have a role to play in these dialogues, but expectations should be kept modest.

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“…This IPA literature resembles the cooperation‐under‐anarchy literature in that it rarely employs the term “SEA”; at least some contributions (for example, Fortna 2003) focus more on agreements’ robustness than on self‐enforcement 6 . Following Fearon (1995), parts of the IPA literature also address the importance of the underlying bargaining game (for example, Werner and Yuen 2005; Mattes 2008; Babbitt and Osler Hampson 2011) and address challenges ensuing from changing conditions in power and other factors.…”

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Self-Enforcing Peace and Environmental Agreements: Toward Scholarly Cross-Fertilization?¹

Grundig

Hovi

Underdal

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International Studies Review

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Grundig, Frank, Jon Hovi, Arild Underdal, and Stine Aakre. (2012) Self‐Enforcing Peace and Environmental Agreements: Toward Scholarly Cross‐Fertilization? International Studies Review, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/misr.12003 Enforcement of agreements can be a major challenge in international politics. However, the interest in mechanisms of self‐enforcement seems significantly lower among scholars studying international peace agreements (IPAs) than among scholars studying international environmental agreements (IEAs). Moreover, practically no exchange of ideas and findings about enforcement can be found between these two fields of research. We argue that a combination of similarities and differences between the two issue‐areas provides fertile ground for mutual learning. To facilitate communication we develop a unifying but differentiated definition of self‐enforcing agreements (SEAs). We then use this conceptual framework to explore lessons about IEA design that might be learned by studying IPAs and lessons about IPA design that might be learned by studying IEAs. We submit that this kind of compare‐and‐contrast analysis may provide important input for the development of a more refined and general theory of SEAs.

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Conflict Resolution as a Field of Inquiry: Practice Informing Theory

Cited by 21 publications

References 26 publications

The Making of ‘Hesitant Peace’ in Northern Ireland

The Making of ‘Hesitant Peace’ in Northern Ireland

Talking with al Qaeda: Is There a Role for Track Two?

Self-Enforcing Peace and Environmental Agreements: Toward Scholarly Cross-Fertilization?¹

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Conflict Resolution as a Field of Inquiry: Practice Informing Theory

Cited by 21 publications

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The Making of ‘Hesitant Peace’ in Northern Ireland

Talking with al Qaeda: Is There a Role for Track Two?

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