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The Concept and Practice of Conflict Prevention

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  • Moolakkattu Stephen John

    (Moolakkattu Stephen John is Reader in Political Science and Peace Studies, School of Gandhian Thought and Development Studies, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala - 686 560.)

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The idea of conflict prevention, with its supposedly straightforward appeal remains complex and contested. The inter-texuality of globalization and the conflict prevention discourse as well as the embeddedness of both in a project of global governance make it a disciplinary tool presented in a format of humanitarianism. Globalization is an uncontested foundational entity in the discourse. The idea of prevention often carries with it a mark of hegemony of the dominant powers who dictate as to what is a preventable conflict, when prevention should take place and what mode is appropriate in a particular circumstance. Conflict prevention should reflect the perspectives of not just the elites and global players. A theoretical and practical exposition on conflict prevention could better rely on those concerns, instead of relying on a supposedly neutral language of strategic choice. Otherwise the predictive exercises, indicators, early warnings and the whole repertoire of tools associated with the discourse on conflict prevention would be quite vacuous.

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  • Moolakkattu Stephen John, 2005. "The Concept and Practice of Conflict Prevention," International Studies, , vol. 42(1), pages 1-19, January.
  • Handle: RePEc:sae:intstu:v:42:y:2005:i:1:p:1-19
    DOI: 10.1177/002088170404200101
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