Track III Actions: Transforming Protracted Political Conflicts from the Bottom-up

This book explores the role of grassroots leaders and citizens in building and strengthening a bottom-up approach to conflict transformation following protracted conflicts. It focuses on the post-conflict situation of Northern Ireland twenty years after the Belfast Good Friday Agreement and portrays scholarly and practitioners perspectives and actions in communities and organizations designed to build partnerships.

Format: Hardback
Length: 278 pages
Publication date: 24 October 2022
Publisher: De Gruyter

Since the end of the Cold War in the early 1990s, academics and practitioners have developed a multi-track approach to peacemaking to bring political and civil society leaders together from across the divide of contested societies. This approach aims to find ways out of conflicts. Much of the focus to date has been on the strategic contribution of Track II conflict analysis and problem-solving workshops.

This book aims to highlight the role that grassroots leaders and citizens can play at the Track III level in the community in building and strengthening a bottom-up approach to conflict transformation following protracted conflicts. In Part 1, the focus is on the post-conflict situation of Northern Ireland twenty years after the Belfast Good Friday Agreement. Part 2 portrays scholarly and practitioners' perspectives and actions in communities and organizations designed to build partnerships to counteract the legacies of active protracted conflict.

The book plots the role of Track III approaches within a multi-track peacemaking pyramid in the protracted conflict and post-conflict phases of conflict transformation. It provides case studies on how to engage community leaders in thinking together about how to work with deep-seated legacies of protracted conflicts. It also explores the contribution of bottom-up models to build intergroup partnerships within and between local communities.

The book focuses on the interface between research and practice, highlighting the importance of combining theoretical insights with practical experiences to achieve sustainable peacebuilding outcomes.

Weight: 599g
Dimension: 240 x 170 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783110698312