04053nam 2200769 a 450 991077805690332120200520144314.01-134-00998-41-282-25643-297866122564310-203-87669-5(CKB)1000000000773545(EBL)446687(OCoLC)458299966(SSID)ssj0000200406(PQKBManifestationID)12024095(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000200406(PQKBWorkID)10220280(PQKB)11719071(MiAaPQ)EBC446687(Au-PeEL)EBL446687(CaPaEBR)ebr10326736(CaONFJC)MIL225643(PPN)198462700(EXLCZ)99100000000077354520081121d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMediation in the Asia-Pacific region[electronic resource] transforming conflicts and building peace /edited by Dale Bagshaw and Elisabeth PorterLondon ;New York Routledge20091 online resource (241 p.)Routledge advances in international relations and global politics ;75Description based upon print version of record.0-415-84951-9 0-415-48967-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Abbreviations; Transforming conflicts and building peace through mediation; Part I Reconsidering mediation, peacebuilding and culture; 1 Challenging Western constructs of mediation; 2 Peacebuilding: Women peaceworkers; 3 Speaking across difference: Native title mediation and peacebuilding in Australia; Part II Building peace in the Asia-Pacific region: Pacific Islands; 4 Mediation of public policy disputes in the Fiji Islands; 5 'A few more arrows': Strengthening mediative capacity in Vanuatu6 Creative peacebuilding: Experiences from BougainvillePart III Building peace in the Asia-Pacific region: Asia; 7 Mediation of marital disputes in Muslim families in Malaysia; 8 Transforming conflict and building peace in Cambodia; 9 Transforming conflict in international projects in Vietnam; 10 Listening with the ear, eye and heart: Conflict transformation in China; 11 Mediating contemporary, severe multicultural and religious conflicts in Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand; IndexThis book examines mediation in connection with peacebuilding in the Asia-Pacific region, providing practical examples which either highlight the weaknesses within certain mediation approaches or demonstrate best-practice.The authors explore the extent to which current ideas and practices of mediation in the Asia-Pacific region are dominated by Western understandings and critically challenge the appropriateness of such thinking. Featuring a range of case studies on Fiji, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, Malaysia, Vietnam, China, Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand, this bookRoutledge advances in international relations and global politics ;75.Peace-buildingAsiaConflict managementAsiaMediationAsiaPeace-buildingPacific AreaConflict managementPacific AreaMediationPacific AreaAsiaPolitics and government1945-Pacific AreaPolitics and governmentPeace-buildingConflict managementMediationPeace-buildingConflict managementMediation327.1/72095Bagshaw Dale1503619Porter Elisabeth J1503620MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778056903321Mediation in the Asia-Pacific region3732144UNINA