Title of the examination work: Understanding Conflict Approaches
Course: Peace and Conflict Studies, Autumn 2013
Table of contents
1. Introduction…………………………………………………………………………………3
2. Method…………………………………………………………………..………………….3
3. Conflict management and conflict transformation approach……………………………….4
3.1 Conflict management approach…..…………………………………………………………..4
3.2 Conflict transformation approach………………..…………………………………………..5
4. Conflict management approach vs. conflict transformation approach – main theoretical differences……………………………………………………………………………………..5
5. Galtung’s notions of violence and peace……………………………………………………6
5.1 Violence…………………………………………………………………………………7
5.2 Peace……………………………………………………………………………………...8
6. Presentation of case study – The conflict in Sri Lanka and Norway’s role in it……………8
7. The Sri Lankan conflict – conflict management or conflict transformation approach?.......10
8. The Sri Lankan conflict – What kind of violence and what kind of peace?........................10
8.1 violence in Sri Lanka…………………………………………………………………..10
8.2 Peace in Sri Lanka………………………………………………………………….…11
9. Discussion…………………………………………………………………………………12
10. Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………….…13
11. Literature…………………………………………………...………………………....….14
Peace and Conflict studies Part 3 – Individual Exam
Understanding conflict approaches
By Candidate no. 239
1. Introduction
Since the cold war ended, studies about conflicts have risen to the top of the international agenda. Questions about how to resolve different kinds of conflicts and how to prevent them are widely examined within the academic sphere (Ramsbotham, Woodhouse and Miall 2011). These questions are also some of the questions that will be examined in this assignment. How can conflicts be resolved and prevented with the use of different conflict approaches? As well, I will discuss what kind of peace is achieved when approaching conflicts with different conflict approaches. The research question that I have chosen and that will lead me to answer the questions above is the following:
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