Peacebuilding and Conflict Transformation Terminology
This glossary of peacebuilding and conflict transformation terminology was compiled primarily from the following sources:
- University of Peace (Glossary of terms and concepts for peace and conflict studies)
- Glossary of Peacebuilding Terms from Peacebuilding: A Caritas Training Manual, 2002, pp, 14 – 15, Caritas Internationalis, Vatican City.
- Beyond Intractability
- Fisher, S. et Al (200) Working with Conflict: Skills and Strategies for Action, Zed Books, London.
- A Glossary of Terms for Conflict Management and Peacebuilding. United State Institute of Peace.
- Glossary of Key Peace and Conflict Terminology. MPI Fundamentals of Peacebuilding course handouts.
- Oxford Dictionary
- One You
- American Psychological Association
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DividersFeatures of the context that cause or increase :
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Do No HarmConflict-sensitive policies, programs, and projects aim to minimize unintentional negative impacts that may drive conflict and cause further social divisions while maximizing positive impacts on the context that mitigate conflict and bridge social divides. | |
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Early Neutral EvaluationA neutral, often a subject matter expert, evaluates the merits of both sides of a factual dispute. | |
EscalationAn increase in quantity, intensity, or scope of violent exchanges among parties. Commonly referred to as a ‘downward spiral’, escalation typically occurs in cycles of attack or counterattack. | |
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FacilitationA process by which an impartial third party manages an interactive exchange between people who are meeting for a common purpose. The facilitator does not intervene in the substance of the issues at stake but manages the process. Often used as a synonym for mediation, some scholars say that facilitation is different from mediation with regard to the number of participants, the complexity of the issues, the interest of the various parties, the openness of the process and the degree of prior commitment of the parties to engage in a negotiation process. | |
Fact FindingAn investigation of a dispute by an impartial third party that examines the issues and facts in the case and may issue a report and recommended settlement (for example, the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Conflict in Georgia established by the Council of the European Union). A related term is Commission of Inquiry (for example, the International Commission of Inquiry on Darfur established by the United Nations). | |
Failed StateThe inability of a nation-state to provide its citizens basic necessities because of the effects of war or other destabilizing crises. Refer not only to a nation-state’s inability to provide services and security but also to its unwillingness to meet such responsibilities. State failure can be attributable to numerous factors, including corruption, mismanagement of institutions, weak political processes, overwhelming security or criminal threats beyond the capacities of a government, and external interventions aimed at destabilization. A failed state is different from a ‘collapsed state’, though the two are commonly confused. | |
FastingRefusing to eat as a method of self-purification to be spiritually strengthened for nonviolent action, or as a protest. | |
FeminismRefers to the emancipatory project for women and pertains to the pursuit of equity between men and women. | |