EAN: 9783838210575

CONFLICT RESOLUTION BEYOND THE INTERNATIONAL RE...

Conflict Resolution holds the promise of freeing approaches and policies with regard to
politics of identity from the fatalistic grip of realism. While the conceptual literature on
identity and conflicts has moved in this alternative direction  conflict resolution practice
continues to rely on realist frames and acts as an unwanted auxiliary to traditional
International Relations (IR). Perpetuation of conflict discourses  marginalization  and
exclusion of affected populations are widespread. They are caused by the over-reliance of
conflict resolution practice on the binary frames of classic IR paradigms and also by the
competitive and hierarchical relationships within the field itself. Philip Gamaghelyan relies
on participatory action research (PAR) and collective auto-ethnography to expose patterns of
exclusion and marginalization as well as the paradoxical reproduction of conflict-promoting
frames in current conflict-resolution practice applied to the Nagorno-Karabakh and Syrian
crises. He builds on the work of post-modernist scholars  on reflective practice  and on
discourse analysis to explore alternative and inclusive strategies with a transformative
potential through reflections and actions customary for PAR. The IR discipline  that has
dominated policy-making  is only one possible lens  and often a deficient one  for defining 
preventing  or resolving contemporary conflicts wrapped in identity politics. Other conceptual
frameworks can help to rethink our understanding of identity and conflicts and reconstruct them
as performative and not static phenomena. These transformative frameworks are increasingly
influential in the conflict resolution field and can be applied to policy-making.

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