Negotiating Buck Naked

Doukhobors, Public Policy, and Conflict Resolution

By Gregory Cran
Categories: History, Law & Legal Studies, Law & Society, Canadian History, Political Science
Publisher: UBC Press
Hardcover : 9780774812580, 192 pages, May 2006
Paperback : 9780774812597, 192 pages, January 2007
Ebook (EPUB) : 9780774840927, 192 pages, November 2011
Ebook (PDF) : 9780774855068, 192 pages, January 2007
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Table of contents

Acknowledgments

Organizations and Acronyms

1 Introduction

2 Deconstructing the Discourse of Conflict and Culture

3 Auto-Narrative

4 Competing Narratives

5 Negotiating a New Narrative

6 Rendering the Past into Meaning

7 Turning Points of Reason

8 Conflict and Terrorism: Lessons for the Practitioner

Appendices

A Survey of Bombings and Burnings

B Doukhobor Groups and Representatives

C EKCIR Members

D Rules of Procedure Notes References Index

Description

Negotiating Buck Naked examines the accord closely. Why did the violence end? How was the accord reached? What factors enabled it to succeed when numerous other interventions had failed? How did it change the patterns of conflict between the factions? To answer these questions, Cran develops a theoretical framework for understanding the process of dispute resolution, emphasizing that competing discourses are juxtaposed and that it is these different but equally valid narratives that must be negotiated. Using this approach, Cran extracts from the Doukhobor conflict valuable lessons for understanding the nature of both terrorism and hegemonic practices, and traces how we view conflict and intervention from a Western perspective.

Awards

  • Long-listed, George Ryga Award for Social Awareness in BC Writing and Publishing 2007