Indigenous Conflict Management Strategies

Global Perspectives

Akanmu G. Adebayo, Jesse J. Benjamin, Brandon D. Lundy

• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Year: 2014
• eBook ISBN: 9780739188057
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: International Relations
• Index: Politics & International Relations

We know that since the end of the Cold War, conflicts in non-Western countries have been frequent, frequently violent, largely intra-state, and protracted. But what do we know about conflict management and resolution strategies in these societies? Have the dominant Western approaches been transplantable, suitable, effective, durable, and sustainable? Would conflicts in non-Western societies be better handled by the adaptation and adoption of customary, traditional, or localized mechanisms of mitigation? These and similar questions have engaged the attention of scholars and policy-makers. Indigenous Conflict Management Strategies: Global Perspectives is offered as a global compendium on indigenous conflict management strategies. It presents diverse perspectives on the subject. Fully aware of the tendency in the literature to over-generalize, over-romanticize, and over-criticize the localized and customary mechanisms, the book takes a slightly different approach. It presents a variety of traditional conflict management approaches as well as several cases of the successful integration of the indigenous and Western strategies in the contemporary period. The main features, strengths, challenges, and weaknesses of a multitude of indigenous systems are also presented.

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Preface and Acknowledgment
• Introduction
• The Americas
• Weaving Indigenous and Western Methods of Conflict Resolution in the Andes
• Traditional Decision-Making in Contemporary Child Welfare
• Addressing Disputes Between First Nations
• Africa
• Globalization and Indigenous Conflict Management
• Indigenous Conflict Resolution Strategies in Monarchical Systems
• Land Ownership in Nigeria
• The “Intra-Tutsi Schism” and Its Effect on Truth, Justice, and Reconciliation in the Rwandan Gacaca Courts
• Successful Integration of Western and Indigenous Conflict Management
• Monitoring Conflicts of Interest
• The Changing Roles of Traditional Institutions in Conflict Management
• Asia
• Jirga
• FATA
• Mesopotamia’s Indigenous Revival
• Socio-Political Change and the Evolution of Irrigation Disputes in Rural China
• Conclusion: Culture and Conflict Management
• References
• Index
• About the Contributors