Palestine

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 227-245 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emile Badarin
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Peace Process ◽  
Al Jazeera ◽  
Peace Negotiations ◽  
Embedded Security ◽  
Liberal Thought

This article explores the theoretical bases of the Israel-Palestine peace process to see how that impacts peacebuilding and everyday life in Palestine. It begins by examining the lens through which classical and contemporary realist and liberal thought approaches peace, nonpeace, war, and peacebuilding. Second, it examines how knowledge production on peacebuilding has been applied in the Israel-Palestine peace process based on selected confidential documents from the negotiations’ record that was made available in the so-called Palestine Papers published by the Al Jazeera Transparency Unit in 2011. My analysis of this source reveals how an embedded security and market metaphor regulated the Israel-Palestine peace negotiations. I argue that in an ambiguous context of decades-long negotiations, the results are in effect a “buyout” in which security is understood in exclusionary terms by the powerful side.

scholarly journals Skolan som antirasistiskt rum?

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
René León Rosales ◽  
Rickard Jonsson
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Worst Case ◽  
Exclusionary Practices ◽  
School Settings ◽  
Key Topics ◽  
Colour Blindness ◽  
Ethnicity And Race

Education and knowledge production have often been portrayed as the worst enemies of racism and xenophobia. However, such claims can be misused to create a narrative of modern educational institutions being “free” from racism and, in worst case scenarios, contribute to hiding the ongoing discriminatory practices in schools. This paper provides a review of Swedish research on migration, ethnicity and racism in schools and introduces the key topics in this special issue of Educare. We explore examples of colour blindness in Swedish classrooms and experiences of meeting racism in school. Further, we investigate how racism and discrimination can be expressed in a school's everyday life without anyone necessarily having malicious intentions. With this, we contribute to understanding that various exclusionary practices based on ethnicity and race can occur even in school settings that promote diversity and anti-racism.

scholarly journals Complexities and Context: Women's Peace-Building in Conflict and Post-Conflict Bougainville

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Dylan Page
Keyword(s):  
Peace Process ◽  
United Nations Security Council ◽  
Peace Building ◽  
Peace Negotiations ◽  
Peace Processes ◽  
Post Conflict ◽  
Peace And Conflict Studies ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Context Specific

<p>The potential role of women in conflict and post-conflict environments has been the subject of much debate in the field of peace and conflict studies. In 2000 the United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 1325, which called for a greater involvement of women and acknowledgement of gender issues in conflict and post-conflict environments, and this has led to further discussion about what this might mean and how it might be implemented. Despite this women are continually under-represented in nearly all peace processes and there is no universally agreed upon way to ensure this situation does not come about. The barriers women face range from cultural to logistical and economic, and surmounting them can be hard to achieve.  One case where women have been involved at all levels in the peace process with substantial success is the Pacific island of Bougainville, where a conflict over mining issues and secession from Papua New Guinea was waged from 1988-1997. Women were active in attempts to bring all parties to negotiations during the conflict and have also been heavily involved in the continuing reconciliation and healing processes. For cultural reasons Bougainvillean women were well placed to perform the role of peace-builders but that is not to say that they did not face challenges and barriers to their involvement. This thesis examines the involvement of women in both the immediate peace negotiations and the longer-term aspects of the peace process in Bougainville in order explain how and why they enjoyed these successes and what lessons can be learnt from this case in regards to the potential roles of women in other post-conflict environments. Four factors will be identified as key to women's involvement in the peace process: the history of Bougainville up to and including the conflict; the grassroots mobilisation and organisation of women; the traditional cultural roles of women in Bougainville; and the identification of women with motherhood and its associated traits.  These factors indicate that the involvement of women in peace processes is highly context-specific and although there are policies which can be pursued to encourage their participation the potential barriers to this are imposing.</p>

scholarly journals Journalism matters: reporting peace in Cyprus

2020 ◽  
Vol 42 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 1360-1376
Author(s):  
Sanem Şahin ◽  
Christiana Karayianni
Keyword(s):  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Sense Of Belonging ◽  
Peace Process ◽  
Ethnic Identities ◽  
Professional Values ◽  
Peaceful Resolution ◽  
Peace Negotiations ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Greek Cypriots

The article investigates journalism in societies that are working towards a peaceful resolution. Focusing on the ongoing peace process in Cyprus, it studies the influences and difficulties journalists experience when they report on the negotiations. The peace process in Cyprus, which has been divided since 1974 following a conflict between Turkish Cypriots and Greek Cypriots, is continuing. Thematic analysis of the interviews conducted with 67 journalists identifies the key issues that affect journalists in Cyprus when they report on the conflict and peace negotiations. The results show that journalists experience tension between professional values and a sense of belonging and move between professional and national/ethnic identities to cope with it. The results also indicate that despite political and ideological pressures, journalists exercise agency, making attempts to challenge and alter them.

The Ripe Moment for Civil Society

2008 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diana Aljets ◽  
Betsie Chacko ◽  
Maria Jessop
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Sierra Leone ◽  
Peace Process ◽  
Peace Agreement ◽  
Peace Negotiations

AbstractThis article explores whether and how civil society engagement in a peace process can 'ripen' the conditions and facilitate the success of a peace process. The activities and methods of the Inter-religious Council of Sierra Leone are examined for their impact on each stage of the peace process with a view to shedding light on how civil society can help create the ripe conditions for formal peace negotiations, be an effective participant in negotiations, as well as improve the sustainability of a peace agreement.

Legal Analysis of the Security Arrangements between Israel and the PLO

1994 ◽  
Vol 28 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 236-267 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karin Calvo Goller
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Arms Control ◽  
Peace Process ◽  
Peace Treaty ◽  
Legal Analysis ◽  
Bilateral Agreements ◽  
Multilateral Negotiations ◽  
Peace Negotiations ◽  
Long Run

Seen in the context of the Middle East peace process, the security aspects of the Israel/PLO Agreements constitute a small, but important step within this process. Formally, the security arrangements in the bilateral agreements have to be distinguished from the issue of security in terms of strategic needs and arms control dealt with in the multilateral negotiations. However, bilateral security arrangements will in the long run, influence and be influenced by the content of the multilateral negotiations in the field of security. It appears to have become customary in Middle East peace negotiations, that only once an agreement has been reached on a larger issue, do teams of experts deal with the details of security arrangements. This was the case in the negotiations of the Peace Treaty between Israel and Egypt, and of the Israel/PLO Agreements. The approach adopted by Israel in relation to Syria concerning the Golan Heights, is also similar in character.

scholarly journals Sri Lanka’s Failed Peace Process and the Continuing Challenge of Ethno-Territorial Cleavages

2019 ◽  
pp. 255-274
Author(s):  
Asanga Welikala
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Peace Process ◽  
Party Politics ◽  
Conflict Transformation ◽  
Historical Background ◽  
Sri Lankan ◽  
Constitutional Politics ◽  
Regional Autonomy ◽  
Peace Negotiations ◽  
Competitive Nature

This chapter examines why the peace process in Sri Lanka failed to find a constitutional settlement for the country’s ethno-territorial cleavage, and even enthroned a government hostile to Tamil aspirations for regional autonomy. It first provides a historical background on the ethnic division between Sinhalese and Tamils before turning to the period of constitutional engagement in Sri Lanka, focusing in particular on the Norwegian-facilitated peace process between the Sri Lankan government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and highlighting its various weaknesses as a model of conflict transformation and constitutional transition. The chapter also analyzes the outcomes of the peace process and the lessons that can be drawn from it. Two features of Sri Lanka’s political culture that became evident in the failure of the peace negotiations are identified: the hyper-competitive nature of party politics and the elitism of constitutional politics.

scholarly journals Plans, Changes, Improvisations

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 18-26
Author(s):  
Inês Faria
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Medical Anthropology ◽  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Research Challenges ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Production History ◽  
Phd Thesis

This article addresses the challenges and reflections of a junior anthropologist while developing research on the delicate topic of reproductive health and infertility in Maputo, Mozambique. Based on participant observation notes, entries in fieldwork diaries, and interviews, and assuming the character of a reflexive ethnographic account, the article concerns personal and research challenges and opportunities experienced during the preparation and development of a research project and a PhD thesis. While reflecting more broadly on processes of knowledge production, history and colonial relations, and on the writing of a scientific account, it provides insights into the pragmatics of research in medical anthropology by detailing the everyday life of doing ethnography, including networking, bureaucratic processes, boredom, the exploration of new fieldwork landscapes, and positionality dilemmas.

Surveillance, Spying and Disciplining the University: Deployment of State Security Agents on Campus in Zimbabwe

2019 ◽  
Vol 54 (5) ◽  
pp. 763-779 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simbarashe Gukurume
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Specific Form ◽  
University Campus ◽  
Political Space ◽  
State Security ◽  
Political Struggles ◽  
The University

This article examines the deployment of government spies and state security agents on a university campus in Zimbabwe and the implications this has on knowledge production at the university. The campus is presented as a socio-political space in which everyday political struggles are fought. I argue that surveillance is an intractable part of the rhythms of everyday life on campus, and a very specific form of ‘bio-power’, ‘biopolitics’ and violence meant to discipline students and lecturers, as well as the ways in which knowledge is produced and sedimented. Habitualisation of surveillance and fear of surveillance generate Foucauldian ‘panopticon’: producing ‘self-censorship’ on campus.

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