TY - JOUR
T1 - Peace and Conflict Resolution Organizations in Three Protracted Conflicts
T2 - Structures, Resources and Ideology
AU - Gidron, Benjamin
AU - Katz, Stanley
AU - Meyer, Megan
AU - Hasenfeld, Yeheskel
AU - Schwartz, Raviv
AU - Crane, Jonathan K.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors thank the Nonprofit Sector Research Fund of the Aspen Institute, and especially its director Alan Abramson and former director Elizabeth Borris, for providing financial support for this project. They also thank Advisory Board members Helmut Anheier, Mussa Budeiri, Galia Golan, Adrian Guelke, Wilmot James, Quintin Oliver, and Virginia Hodgkinson, whose wisdom and experience benefited us tremendously duringdifficult times and crises throughout the process. Finally, the authors gratefully acknowledge the helpful suggestions of anonymous VOLUNTAS referees.
PY - 1999/1/1
Y1 - 1999/1/1
N2 - Guided by organizational and social movement theories, this study compares the structures, resource bases, ideologies, and strategies of nongovernmental organizations engaged in peace and conflict resolution (P/CROs) in three regions with extended violent conflicts: Northern Ireland, South Africa, and Israel/Palestine. Qualitative content analysis techniques are used to analyze 27 detailed case reports. We analyze the funding patterns and structural attributes of the P/CROs in our sample, with particular attention to how they obtain fiscal resources and membership in spite of the risks they may experience. We then explore the degree of formalization among P/CROs over time and, finally, we examine the ideological frames that P/CROs use and how these frames relate to their tactics. Throughout the analysis we pay attention to how the political context of each region influences P/CRO behavior.
AB - Guided by organizational and social movement theories, this study compares the structures, resource bases, ideologies, and strategies of nongovernmental organizations engaged in peace and conflict resolution (P/CROs) in three regions with extended violent conflicts: Northern Ireland, South Africa, and Israel/Palestine. Qualitative content analysis techniques are used to analyze 27 detailed case reports. We analyze the funding patterns and structural attributes of the P/CROs in our sample, with particular attention to how they obtain fiscal resources and membership in spite of the risks they may experience. We then explore the degree of formalization among P/CROs over time and, finally, we examine the ideological frames that P/CROs use and how these frames relate to their tactics. Throughout the analysis we pay attention to how the political context of each region influences P/CRO behavior.
KW - Comparative analysis
KW - Peace and conflict resolution
KW - Social movement organizations
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0007383955&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1023/A:1021404123640
DO - 10.1023/A:1021404123640
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0007383955
SN - 0957-8765
VL - 10
SP - 275
EP - 298
JO - Voluntas
JF - Voluntas
IS - 4
ER -
