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Mediation as Intervention of Choice – A Critical Analysis of Mediation in Identity Conflicts

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Mediation as the intervention of choice to resolve identity conflicts assumes that human societies have found their own ways and means to avert and/or to resolve conflicts. The existing body of literature claims that the cause of conflicts and the mechanisms for resolution are deeply rooted in the culture and history of every society. Conflict management is not a phenomenon exclusive to the West. The Panchayat in India (see Baxi & Galanter 1979; Hayden 1984; Moore 1985), the mediation committees in China (Clark 1989; see Li 1978), the Jirga in Afghanistan (see Carter & Connor 1989; Elphinstone 1992) and the Katarungang Pambarangay community mediation in the Philippines (see Pe & Tadiar 1988; Penetrante 2010) are traditional forms of conflict resolution that are embedded in modern institutions.

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Hernandez, A. (2014). Mediation as Intervention of Choice – A Critical Analysis of Mediation in Identity Conflicts. In: Nation-building and Identity Conflicts. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-05215-7_6

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