The other side of resistance: Challenges to inclusivity within civil society and the limits of international peace mediation

IF 1.9 2区社会学 Q2 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Cooperation and Conflict Pub Date : 2022-12-04 DOI:10.1177/00108367221137183

J. Pring

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Abstract

Research on resistance to the inclusion of civil society in peace mediation focuses on armed parties and elites as sites of resistance. Such focus grounds policies that prescribe various strategies and process designs that mediators could employ. The mediation of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development in South Sudan from 2012 to 2015 featured such strategies and attempts at various formats, including strong leverage from South Sudan’s neighbors and top development partners. However, civil society’s inclusion did not fully materialize, and armed clashes continued. Examining this mediation process, this article examines two structural challenges to civil society inclusion under-examined in mediation research. First, divisions within civil society can perpetuate divisions among warring parties and hinder the expected benefits of civil society inclusion. Second, the norms of consent and protecting lives considered definitional in peace mediation prioritize armed parties over civil society, limiting mediators’ ability to promote the latter’s inclusion and potentially encouraging further violence.

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抵制的另一面:对民间社会包容性的挑战和国际和平调解的局限性

对将公民社会纳入和平调解的抵制研究侧重于作为抵制场所的武装政党和精英。这种重点是制定政策的基础，规定了调解员可以采用的各种策略和流程设计。2012年至2015年，南苏丹政府间发展管理局在南苏丹的调解中采取了各种形式的战略和尝试，其中包括南苏丹邻国和主要发展伙伴的强大影响力。然而，民间社会的融入并没有完全实现，武装冲突仍在继续。在审视这一调解过程时，本文审视了调解研究中未被审视的民间社会包容的两个结构性挑战。首先，民间社会内部的分裂可能使交战各方之间的分裂永久化，并阻碍民间社会融入的预期利益。其次，在和平调解中，同意和保护生命的规范将武装各方置于民间社会之上，限制了调解员促进民间社会融入的能力，并可能鼓励进一步的暴力行为。

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