Overview

Local non-governmental organisations in conflict-torn countries find themselves in rapidly changing circumstances. This calls for flexibility and the capacity to learn. Locally appropriate ways to deal with conflict are needed but difficult to find. Peacebuilders (the dove) face various constraints as they develop and share their knowledge (the owl). Based on research carried out mainly in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Cambodia, and the Philippines, The Owl and the Dove maps these elements in order to find out how peace workers can become more effective learners. It pays attention to exchanges with donor organisations, knowledge institutions and networks.The book makes concrete recommendations for capacity building, organisational learning, research, and networking, so that these activities may help overcome structural inequalities and constraints, strengthen the learning capacity of peacebuilders, and improve the global knowledge base for better peace policy and practice.

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Author:   Willemijn Verkoren
Publisher:   Vossiuspers UvA
Imprint:   Vossiuspers UvA
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.760kg
ISBN:  

9789056295066

ISBN 10:   9056295063
Pages:   500
Publication Date:   25 February 2008
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Adult education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Further / Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Table of contents - 6[-]List of abbreviations - 14[-]List of tables, figures and text boxes - 16[-]Acknowledgements - 18[-]Introduction - 20[-]PART I. CIVIL SOCIETY, KNOWLEDGE AND PEACEBUILDING - 32[-] Chapter 1. Pieces of peace - 36[-] Chapter 2. Recipes for peace? - 77[-] Chapter 3. Processes, actors, relationships - 108[-]PART II. STRUCTURE AND AGENCY IN THE KNOWLEDGE STRATEGIES OF SOUTHERN PEACE NGOS - 172[-] Chapter 4. One way street? - 175[-] Chapter 5. Practice to knowledge and knowledge to practice - 224[-] Chapter 6. Hubs and links - 302[-]PART III. FACILITATING THE KNOWLEDGE STRATEGIES OF SOUTHERN PEACE NGOS: TWO CASE STUDIES - 356[-] Chapter 7. Running a global network - 358[-] Chapter 8. Action learning for peace - 396[-]CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS - 434[-] Chapter 9. Conclusions and recommendations - 436[-]Dutch summary - 464[-]Sources - 468[-]Annex 1. GPPAC survey statistics per region - 490[-]Annex 2. Excerpts from GPPAC global survey reports - 492

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Willemijn Verkoren is a historian and political scientist. She did her PhD research at the Amsterdam institute for Metropolitan and International Development Studies (AMIDSt).Currently she works as assistant professor at the Centre for International Conflict Analysis and Management (CICAM) of the Radboud University Nijmegen.

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