Berghof Glossary on Conflict Transformation
The Berghof Glossary on Conflict Transformation presents 20 of the main principles and approaches used by the Berghof Foundation in its work. It is a concise and accessible exploration of what it takes to create “space for conflict transformation”. 2019 edition.
The Berghof Glossary on Conflict Transformation presents 20 of the main principles and approaches used by the Berghof Foundation in its work. It is a concise and accessible exploration of what it takes to create “space for conflict transformation”. 2019 edition.
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Transforming C<strong>on</strong>flict<br />
19 Transforming C<strong>on</strong>flict<br />
Nina Bernarding and Beatrix Austin<br />
“It is possible to solve a c<strong>on</strong>flict and not change much …”<br />
John Paul Lederach<br />
In the face of violent c<strong>on</strong>flict, there are three main impulses. The<br />
first is immediate: to stop it. The sec<strong>on</strong>d is a medium- term <strong>on</strong>e<br />
and focuses <strong>on</strong> dealing with the wounds resulting from the violence.<br />
The third, a l<strong>on</strong>g-term <strong>on</strong>e, is to change the underlying<br />
c<strong>on</strong>diti<strong>on</strong>s that have led, and may lead again, to violence. We understand<br />
c<strong>on</strong>flict transformati<strong>on</strong> as a comprehensive approach<br />
that attempts to achieve the last of these three goals, without<br />
neglecting the others.<br />
There is a c<strong>on</strong>siderable range of approaches to working <strong>on</strong> c<strong>on</strong>flict.<br />
At the <str<strong>on</strong>g>Berghof</str<strong>on</strong>g> Foundati<strong>on</strong>, c<strong>on</strong>flict transformati<strong>on</strong> was chosen as<br />
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