The Interplay Between Formal and Informal in Conflict Prevention, Mediation and Community Security Provision in Kyrgyzstan

Sheranova, Arzuu

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“…The broader mediation literature is primarily focused on the role and effectiveness of mediation in conflict termination (e.g., Bercovitch and DeRouen, 2005;Clayton and Dorussen, 2022), with fewer studies concerned with conflict prevention (e.g., Eisenkopf and Bächtiger, 2013;Sheranova, 2020;Wolff, 2020). The key findings across these studies, echoed also in the literature on OSCE mediation (e.g., Guliyev and Gawrich, 2021;Hill, 2010;Lanz, 2016;Remler, 2016;2021), are that mediation is more likely to succeed when local parties are committed to a settlement and have the capacity and resources to agree and implement onefactors that can be substantially shaped by third-party support.…”

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The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities: A Changemaker on the Ground

Wolff

2023

JEMIE

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Established in 1992, the High Commissioner on National Minorities of the Organization for Co-operation and Security in Europe has made significant contributions to conflict prevention and management in multi-ethnic societies. In this article, I trace how, over the three decades of its existence, the institution has adopted the notion of “integration with respect for diversity” as the guiding principle of its work. I demonstrate that successive High Commissioners have relied on three main tools in their efforts – mediation and facilitation, advising on legislation and policy making, and capacity building – and illustrate this approach with examples from across the OSCE area before providing two detailed case studies of how the institution has supported Kyrgyzstan and Moldova in the development of their respective national integration strategies. I conclude that the sustainability of positive change that follows from the engagement of the High Commissioner depends significantly on the institution’s ability to build local capacity to manage the process of integration with respect for diversity in the long term and with a wide range of national and international governmental and non-governmental stakeholders.

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The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities: A Changemaker on the Ground

Wolff

2023

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“…Aksakals courts were formalized in 1993, and previously, they existed as a pre-Soviet mechanism of a customary law, i.e. adat (Sheranova, 2020).…”

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Dissecting Political Landscape of Post-Revolution Kyrgyzstan

Terzyan

2023

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This paper explores the dynamic of post-revolution state building in Kyrgyzstan, with a focus on its political landscape following the 2020 revolution. While pledging to regain the status of the Central Asian “island of democracy”, Japarov’s government’s efforts have run into significant resistance. In effect, Kyrgyzstan remains plagued with a series of authoritarian malpractices, including but not limited to corruption and human rights violations.

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“…Необходимость согласования взаимодействия формальных и неформальных институтов отмечается и в ряде других исследований (Khan & Mehmood, 2016;Giovannetti. et al, 2009;Sheranova, 2020). Таким образом, ключевыми в данной сфере исследований становятся вопросы о характере, механизмах и возможных результатах формального и неформального регулирования, осуществляемого одновременно.…”

Section: взаимодействие институтов различных типов в контексте политической институционализации конфликтовunclassified

Political Institutionalization of Conflicts: Basic Approaches and Research Problems

Kolba¹,

Chadayeva²

2021

Bulletin of Perm University. Political Science

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The paper presents the results of a research of ideas about the political institutionalization that have developed within the framework of the conflict theory and the neo-institutional theory. This article aims to determine the correlation between theoretical approaches in the study of the problems of political institutionalization of conflicts, in particular, in the interaction of institutions of various types. The research method is a comparative analysis of the main provisions of these two approaches. It was revealed that the problem of conflict regulation is most often solved in a normative way. The main methodological differences are associated with the choice of the research objects. In the theory of conflict, researchers focus on the possibilities giving the conflict a regulated and constructive character. The nature of the regulatory impact is not critical. From the neoinstitutionalists' point of view, the nature of political institutions and the possibility of combining different types of institutionalization are of decisive importance. Conflicts are considered along with other processes that need to be regulated. The possibility of overcoming them within the framework of political institutions is included. Simultaneously, a conflict can be stimulated by a clash of norms, and the process of institutionalization itself has a potential for conflict.

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The Interplay Between Formal and Informal in Conflict Prevention, Mediation and Community Security Provision in Kyrgyzstan

Cited by 4 publications

References 19 publications

The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities: A Changemaker on the Ground

The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities: A Changemaker on the Ground

Dissecting Political Landscape of Post-Revolution Kyrgyzstan

Political Institutionalization of Conflicts: Basic Approaches and Research Problems

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