Negotiation Alchemy: Global Skills Inspiring and Transforming Diverging Worlds

• Acknowledgments Introduction and Rationale Course Overview and PedagogyChapter GuideSection I: "Ordinary" People Are Building Peace with Conflict Tools Part 1: Introducing Second Track DiplomacyPart 2: Introducing Skillful NegotiationOptimally Distributive and IntegrativeProven Research and TheoriesPart 3: Introducing Mediation and Its Relationship to Building DemocracyContemporary Conflict Mediation Bridges Traditional Distinctions between Roles and Responsibilities of States and CitizensLinkages between Conflict Mediation and GovernanceConclusionComments and QuestionsBibliography and Recommended ReadingSection II: Conflict Resolution Can Decrease Violence and Bullying Part 1: The Power of Negotiated "Ground Rules" When Negotiated with Violent Youth and Monitored by Observant Concerned AdultsWho Listen, Validate, and Problem-SolvePart 2: The Power of Appreciative Mentoring Gang members and violent youth are as unique and distinct from each other as any other young person and likely require individualized responseChildren without protection will seek protection and sometimes unknowingly endanger themselves moreAll youth need at least one concerned wise mentor who partners in daily troubleshooting and validates and encourages nonviolent behavior. This mentor does not need to be an educator or adult. Research, however, shows that a positive adult in a child's life improves the child's resiliency in the face of riskNotes and QuestionsBibliography and Recommended ReadingSection III: Facilitative Mediation Sparks Innovation through Skill Part 1: Diversity Fuels InnovationDiversity's Potential for InnovationChallenges Inherent in Diverse Communities and Creative Problem-SolvingIntentional Perspective Taking Facilitates Innovative ProcessInnovation's Requisite and Disparate FunctionsPart 2: Skill Mastery Is NonnegotiableSafety, Understanding, and Acceptance Are Likely Precursors to the Emergence of Untested IdeasOptimal Multicultural Process Is Inclusive with Equal Participation Built on Common GroundSkilled Listening "Mines for Gold"Skilled Teams Are the Proven Innovation LeadersConclusionNotes and QuestionsReferences and Recommended ReadingSection IV: Skillful Conflict Process Shows Promise in the Face of Violent Ethnic Conflict Citizen Diplomacy Facilitates Inclusive PeacebuildingLauded Cross-Cultural Process: Top PracticesSurvey Design and Implementation (Methodology)Facilitative ADR Deserves Broader Credit and ConsiderationPart 1: Facilitation Is PraisedAdvancing Inclusive Dispute ResolutionTop Recommendations for Cross-Cultural Conflict ProcessNotes and QuestionsPart 2: Balancing Deep Understanding with Assertive LeadershipInspire Utmost Respect for Self and OthersWorst Cross-Cultural Leaders: Reported WeaknessesThe Worst Cross-Cultural Process: Top IndicatorsMost Esteemed Cross-Cultural FacilitatorsFind Gold in Every DifferenceTop Benefits Reported from Participation in the Cross-Cultural Conflict ProcessEmpowering Party CapacityCross-Cultural Experience and PotentialNotes and QuestionsSection V: African Leaders Look to Conflict Resolution for Progress Part 1: A Call for Widespread Collaborative Conflict Resolution Training to Rebirth PeaceNigerian Legal Perspective on Contemporary Conflict in AfricaFace-to-Face Communication Has Been Fruitful in the Worst of ScenariosWidespread Empowerment of Citizenry Is CriticalPart 2: A Real-World Case Study of Empowered Conflict Resolution and Democratic PeacebuildingCivil Society Provides Requisite Strategic Oversight through Reflective PracticeCase-by-Case Success in Resolving Conflict Builds Necessary Community ConfidenceSustainable Conflict Resolution Depends on Equal Empowerment of All Parties and Eventually Bringing Them Together with an Inclusive ProcessExchange Visits Reestablished Relationships and Began Rebuilding TrustDirect Mediation with Chiefs Has Been Necessary to Move from Positions to InterestsCommunity Consensus Has Prioritized the Importance of Establishing Communal Projects for Socio-Economic Empowerment—Going Further Will Require State CollaborationParts 1 and 2 Notes and QuestionsPart 3: Victim Offender Mediation Can Immediately Help with Intratribal and Intertribal Conflict in KenyaKenya's ConflictA Vision for Truth and Reconciliation Beginning with Intratribal TensionsRepair of Harm Must Prioritize Community DevelopmentLearning from and Building on Past Truth and ReconciliationCivil and Faith-Based Communities Must Hold Government Accountable for Transformation of RelationshipsPart 4: Reintegrating Child Soldiers through Engaging Communities in Victim-Offender Mediation That Embraces Indigenous African TraditionVictim-Offender Mediation Embraces Long-Standing African Conflict PracticePart 5: Negotiating and Mediating Africa's Debt CrisisMediating a Bankruptcy-Like ApproachNegotiating Help in Effectively Tracing Funds Stolen by Corrupt African LeadersMediating and Negotiating Options to the Debt Crisis That Truly WorkConclusionParts 3–5: Notes and QuestionsSection VI: Mediation at Its Best Builds Democratic Capacity Defining Good GovernanceMediation's Relationship with Good GovernancePart 1: Build Efficient Consensus between Diverse Interests for SustainabilityThe Efficiency IllusionStart with Sufficient RelationshipsDesign Mediation for Maximum EfficiencyPart 1: Notes and QuestionsPart 2: Including AllFacilitate Inclusive ProcessGlobal Mediation's InclusivenessEquipped to Address CritiqueMediation Bridges DifferencePart 3: Balance Power and Facilitate Equal Inclusive Decision-MakingMediation, At Its Best, Builds Democratic CapacityInclusive Power-Sharing Is KeyA Popular Alternative to Untrustworthy Legal SystemsImpartiality Is Pivotal to Good GovernanceCreate Optimal ConditionsParts 2 and 3 Notes and QuestionsPart 4: Custom-Design Multicultural ResponsivenessRare Multicultural ResponsivenessPart 5: Safeguarding Transparency and AccountabilityMediation Can Result in Heightened TransparencyEvaluate Potential ConcernsPart 6: Questions Evaluating MediationQuestions for evaluating efficient mediation of diverse interestsQuestions for evaluating inclusivity (Space is provided for your notes regarding specifics)Questions for evaluating equal inclusive decision-making (and space for notes):Questions for evaluating stakeholder responsiveness/mediator impartialityQuestions for evaluating transparency and accountabilityParts 4–6: Notes and QuestionsConclusionGlossaryAppendicesAbout the AuthorIndex

Both interesting and highly informative, Nancy Erbe's Negotiation Alchemy provides visionary practitioners with the necessary skills to help overcome the challenges that unresolved conflicts pose throughout the world. The book focuses on ways of creating and sustaining "positive peace," which is more complex and dynamic than "negative peace." Erbe's focus on informal community diplomacy successfully demonstrates ways to fill "critical gaps in international capacity" in peace building. Erbe's book provides an important venue in understanding, as well as contributing to the "quiet revolution" taking place beyond domestic and international legal systems."- Professor Ahmet Sozen, Eastern Mediterranean University;"I have known Dr. Nancy Erbe for more than fifteen years. Her teaching skills as seen here are exemplary, having necessary elements of ethics, empathy, honesty, reality, compassion and fairness. These fundamentals are so necessary for effective and lasting conflict resolution. Dr. Erbe is a professor who lives her talk and teaching in the classroom and real world alike. This book is a living example of this great excellence."- Swaranjit Singh, Retired Army Colonel