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Assessing the State-of-the-Art in Conflict Transformation

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Transforming Ethnopolitical Conflict

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The following analysis aims to provide some direction through the jungle of conceptual and definitional imprecision that is prevalent in the overall field of conflict management and conflict transformation. At best, the following description suggests one possible, and hence tentative, interpretation of what may be regarded as the state-of-the-art. In any case, the author’s comments remain more indicative than comprehensive.

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Reimann, C. (2004). Assessing the State-of-the-Art in Conflict Transformation. In: Austin, A., Fischer, M., Ropers, N. (eds) Transforming Ethnopolitical Conflict. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-663-05642-3_3

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