Nurturing community capacity to manage local conflict : lessons from Indonesia
Woolcock, Michael | Gibson, Chris | Barron, Patrick | Smith, Claire Q.
On the basis of detailed research in two Indonesian provinces, this report presents an integrated framework for understanding the pathways that conflicts can take, the conditions under which they follow one trajectory rather than other, and the characteristics that make for effective intervention. The study followed the evolution of more than seventy local level conflicts-some violent, some not-collecting data on conflict pathways, as well as data on the structures (demographic, political, social, economic) of the communities in which these conflicts took place. The authors argue that their frameworks are potentially applicable to other countries and other conflicts, and may help citizens, policymakers, and practitioners to craft more effective responses to conflict in developing countries. The chapter proceeds in five sections. Following the introduction, Section 2 summarizes the basic methodology employed to choose research sites and collect data. Section 3 provides a distilled model of the frameworks that were developed to understand the pathways local conflicts take and the contexts in which given conflicts are most likely to emerge, be resolved, stagnate, turn violent, and/or escalate. Section 4 presents some of the broad policy and project implications of the findings, and, particularly, the parameters along which effective interventions might be crafted to help lower the likelihood and escalation of violent conflict. Section 5 concludes.
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