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Managing Conflict in Divided Societies: Lessons from Tajikistan
Author(s) -
Slim Randa M.,
Saunders Harold H.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
negotiation journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.238
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1571-9979
pISSN - 0748-4526
DOI - 10.1111/j.1571-9979.1996.tb00077.x
Subject(s) - civil society , political science , process (computing) , sociology , public relations , law , computer science , politics , operating system
This article presents a new approach to managing conflict in divided societies and describes how it is being implemented in Tajikistan. This approach involves two interrelated strategies: (1) a five‐stage unofficial dialogue process aimed at probing the dynamics of the conflictual relationships among the parties and designing a sequence of interactive steps to changing the relationships; and (2) a civil society strategy aimed at building institutions of civil society that transcend the traditional divisions in the society.