Leadership development in divided cities: The Homecomer, Middleman, and Pathfinder

Brenner, Noam; Shenhav, Shaul R.; Miodownik, Dan

doi:10.1080/07352166.2021.2016427

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“…In this article, we curiously followed and examined explanations in our conversations with local leaders in Jerusalem about why Palestinians abstain from voting in municipal elections. These explanations from the field, which presented the multiplicity of community leaders as a reflection of Palestinians’ urban political engagement, were in line with previous studies on Jerusalem (Avni et al, 2022; Brenner et al, 2022). However, while these accounts highlighted the contribution of these leaders to urban politics, we have taken the explanations about the plurality and multiplicity of the leaders a step further and examined their impact on national politics.…”

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Leadership repertoire and political engagement in a divided city: The case of East Jerusalem

2023

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Do the leaders of minority communities in divided cities influence group members’ expressed willingness to engage politically with rival groups? Studies typically link group members’ willingness to engage with rival groups to direct contact between individuals from opposing groups. However, such contact is problematic in divided cities, wherein opportunities to interact are scarce and frowned upon. Focusing on the contested urban space of Jerusalem, we find indications that the diverse nature of community leadership in East Jerusalem can influence Palestinian residents’ attitudes towards political engagement with Israeli authorities via municipal elections. The ‘middlemen’ role can explain community leaders’ influence in divided cities. They facilitate indirect contact between their constituents and the other group’s members or institutions. Our analysis employs original data from a public opinion survey conducted among Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem immediately prior to the Jerusalem 2018 municipal elections. It has ramifications regarding urban governance for other divided cities.

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“…In 2018, before the municipal election, we interviewed several Palestinian local leaders (Avni et al, 2022; Brenner et al, 2022). As they spoke spontaneously about the elections and the Palestinians’ attitudes towards them, they explained the role of community leaders in these processes.…”

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Leadership repertoire and political engagement in a divided city: The case of East Jerusalem

2023

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“…Björkdahl (2013, p. 207) has defined it “…as a prism through which to view and understand peacebuilding processes localized in the city space and describe whereby the urban conditions the construction, maintenance, or resistance to peace.” In that sense, Urban peacebuilding is fundamentally different from national peace processes. The city is the scene of social processes that offer an opportunity to implement practical local collaborations, coexistence, and tolerance—not just solutions entailing territorial division or establishing sovereignty (Avni et al, 2021; Brenner et al, 2022; Shtern & Yacobi, 2019). Simultaneously, the city, which generates frequent meetings between groups and includes sacred spaces for rival groups, is also a scene for frequent outbursts of conflict, inequality problems, and national or international external interventions (Rokem et al, 2018).…”

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Challenging the Linear Model of Peacebuilding Planning: The Case of Jerusalem

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2023

Journal of Peacebuilding & Development

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The complexity of planning and implementing peacebuilding processes has been discussed using various approaches, for example, adaptive peacebuilding, and the “local turn” in peacebuilding. These theories argue that peacebuilding is a nonlinear and contextual process, contrary to the linear, static conception of the liberal peace paradigm. This paper contributes to this field and seeks to learn how peacebuilding processes can be planned better, by integrating the concepts of adaptive and urban peacebuilding. Using action research and organizational ethnographic analysis of an EU-funded peacebuilding process between Palestinians and Israelis in Jerusalem, this article lays out four general steps to improve planning for future peacebuilding initiatives: (1) integrate flexibility; (2) balance inherent asymmetries; (3) “localize” planning; and (4) plan for indirect alternatives. In conclusion, we discuss the implications for peacebuilding processes in other contested and settler-colonial cities.

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Liminal logic: Peacebuilding and photovoice in Jerusalem

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2024

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Leadership development in divided cities: The Homecomer, Middleman, and Pathfinder

Cited by 5 publications

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Leadership repertoire and political engagement in a divided city: The case of East Jerusalem

Leadership repertoire and political engagement in a divided city: The case of East Jerusalem

Challenging the Linear Model of Peacebuilding Planning: The Case of Jerusalem

Liminal logic: Peacebuilding and photovoice in Jerusalem

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