Indigenous Conflict Management Strategies

Edited by Akanmu G. Adebayo; Jesse J. Benjamin and Brandon D. Lundy - Contributions by Joseph Kingsley Adjei; H...

This book presents a variety of traditional conflict management approaches as well as several cases of successful and unsuccessful integrations of indigenous and Western strategies. As it explores these methods, the book also analyzes the central characteristics, strengths, and weaknesses of a multitude of indigenous systems from around the globe.

1.Introduction: Indigeneity and Modernity, From Conceptual Category to Strategic Juridical Identity in the Context of ConflictJesse Benjamin and Brandon D. LundyThe Americas2.Weaving Indigenous and Western Methods of Conflict Resolution in the AndesFabiola Córdova3.Traditional Decision-Making in Contemporary Child Welfare: Relying on Dane-zaa Laws to Care for and Protect Children and FamiliesTara Ney, Vanessa Currie, Maureen Maloney, Crystal Reeves, Jillian Ridington, Robin Ridington, and Judith Zwickel4.Addressing Disputes between First Nations: An Exploration of the Indigenous Legal LodgeJessica DicksonAfrica5.Globalization and Indigenous Conflict Management: Experiences from AfricaAfua Bonsu Sarpong-Anane6.Indigenous Conflict Resolution Strategies in Monarchical Systems: Comparison of the Nature, Effectiveness and Limitations of the Yoruba and Akan ModelsJoseph Kingsley Adjei and Akanmu G. Adebayo7.Land Ownership In Nigeria: Land Use Act Versus Traditional Land Tenure SystemOlusegun O. Onakoya8.The ¿Intra-Tutsi Schism¿ and Its Effect on Truth, Justice, and Reconciliation in the Rwandan Gacaca CourtsBirthe C. Reimers9.Successful Integration of Western and Indigenous Conflict Management: Swaziland Case StudyMallory Primm10.Monitoring Conflicts of Interest: Social Conflict in Guinea-Bissaüs FisheriesBrandon D. Lundy11.The Changing Roles of Traditional Institutions in Conflict Management: A Historical Perspective from the Bamenda Grassfields, CameroonWalter Gam NkwiAsia12.Jirga an Indigenous institution for peace building in the Pukhtoon belt of PakistanAli Gohar13.FATA: Finding Common Ground in Uncommon PlacesPaul Paterson14.Mesopotamiäs Indigenous Revival: Political Discourse, Imagined Sovereignty, and Contemporary Kurdish Representations of IdentityHaluk Baran Bingol and Jesse Benjamin15.Socio-political Change and the Evolution of Irrigation Disputes in Rural China: the Jianghan Plain, 1870s-2011Jiayan ZhangConclusion16.Conclusion: Culture and Conflict Management: The Need for a Paradigm ShiftDebarati Sen, Ferdinand Kwaku Danso, and Natalia MenesesBibliography