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2 produkter
2 produkter
Inbunden, Engelska, 2012
1 573 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
Prefiguring Peace: Israeli-Palestinian Peacebuilding Partnerships, a longitudinal study of more than ten years (1993–2008), focuses on the major peacebuilding initiatives with an educational encounter-based approach in Israel and Palestine. It examines how non-governmental peacebuilding initiatives adapt to radically changing environments, the challenges they face, and why some are able to adapt and survive while others do not. Michelle I. Gawerc explores two aspects of adaptation—the ability to maintain resources and legitimacy with critical constituencies outside the organization, and the ability to continue to function effectively as an organization.Her study shows that when the environment became more tumultuous and hostile, the effectiveness and even survival of these organizations depended to a significant degree on their ability to manage the power asymmetry between the two sides and work as equally as possible. Indeed, it became critical for building and maintaining trust and respect in the partnership; for preserving legitimacy with one’s partner; for maintaining staff and active participant commitment; for managing internal conflict; and even for managing resources. Organizations that failed to deal effectively with matters of equality, and the needs and desires of both sides, ended up struggling to maintain commitment or were doused in conflict that could have been tempered if they strived for more equality.Encompassing various fields, this research contributes to the broad fields of peace and conflict resolution, social movements, and organizational studies. It offers critical insight into how organizations adapt to sudden and drastic changes: what is problematic, what is possible, and what allows some groups to survive while others do not. In addition, it has great import for building sustainable coalitions across inequality, asymmetry, and difference.
Del 50 - Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change
Coalition-Building and Solidarity Across Difference
Inbunden, Engelska, 2026
1 295 kr
Kommande
Coalitions across divides are among the most important tactical tools available for social movements, as they enable the sharing of networks, resources, expertise, and information, while simultaneously projecting an image of power through unity and numbers. Yet diverse alliances face tremendous challenges not limited to building a unifying collective identity and forging a common agenda across lines of inequality. Delving into these challenges in the context of social movements, this edited collection focuses on coalition-building, working across difference and inequality, intersectionality practices, and solidarity building across divides.Seeking to advance the body of literature assessing how alliances form and sustain themselves across difference and inequality, chapters discuss coalitions both between formal organizations, such as social movement organizations, as well as coalition-building within groups and organizations. With a particular interest in studies of diversity and inclusion in social movements, authors address the process and facilitation of coalition work, alongside the subsequent analysis of obstacles, outcomes, and lessons learned.Communicating the enduring power of diverse coalitions as they hold the potential for drawing in new audiences and building a broader movement, Gawerc and Einwohner expertly collate chapters that make powerful statements around bridging societal divides while also fostering innovation and creativity. Demonstrating that collective liberation is possible when we work across lines of difference, this volume provides a vital roadmap for this essential work. This is compelling reading for scholars of social movements, collective action, and intersectionality.