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This chapter summarizes the cultural contexts encountered in these mediation innovation projects such as societal transitions and reforms, cultural shifts, and norm diffusion, as well as specific approaches used in training and collaboration. The authors also identify common emergent cultural themes, hybrid practices, and aspirational models of mediation developing in each context. The chapter concludes with challenges, values and ethics, and critical lessons in localization and the promotion of increased learning and empowerment.
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The notion of zero-sum and non-zero-sum solutions originally comes from game theory (von Neumann & Morgenstern, 1944). In a zero-sum game, each outcome sums to zero; thus, any gain of one party stems from the loss of another. Solutions create winners and losers. In non-zero-sum situations, parties do not gain at another’s expense but rather benefit from different interests and preference orderings, and can ‘expand the pie’ (‘win-win’).
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d’Estrée, T.P., Parsons, R.J. (2018). Patterns of Encounter and Integration: Navigating Culture in Conflict Resolution Capacity-Building. In: d'Estrée, T., Parsons, R. (eds) Cultural Encounters and Emergent Practices in Conflict Resolution Capacity-Building. Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71102-7_12
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