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BOOK REVIEW |
On Conflict Resolution The book discusses
different aspects of the conflict management and its resolution By A CORRESSPONDENT Conflict management is a very complicated
issues concerning multiple aspects. The experiences of many countries have shown that
there is a need to have a proper mechanism for the successful resolution of conflict.
Although Following the breakdown of ceasefire in August between the Maoist and the government, the country has returned to the days of violence but what is lacking is the mechanism to resolve the conflict. In the last seven years, the Maoist insurgents and the government announced ceasefire twice and held six rounds of talks but the peace negotiations broke down abruptly both time. “Political instability and weak
governance have bred and given continuity to economic and social inequality, urban/rural
disparity and marginalization of minority politics making it a huge challenge for the
political sector to handle,” writes Dev Raj Dahal, in his foreword. “The
promotion of peace, democracy and good governance becomes easy if there is a legitimate
bulwark of security founded on a unitary legal order. Once the institutional capacity for
conflict resolution is achieved, governance will have the political will and capacity for
building a modern Based on a seminar on Conflict Resolution
and Governance in In another chapter titled Governance in Nepal, different authors including Hiramani Ghimire, Charamehr Bajracharya, Raghab D. Pant, Bihari Krishna Shrestha and Hari Upreti have contributed their papers. “There is no doubt to a basic commitment to democracy in Nepal. A framework of institutions and laws as well as a democratic constitution are in place. However, a weak democratic culture and an environment of extreme polarization within and between institutions, especially political parties, pose difficulties in consolidating democracy,” writes Ananda P. Shrestha, executive director of NEFAS. Ceasefire and successful talks are not the only two important aspects of the conflict resolution since there are many more issues to deal with. In many countries, the complete resolution of conflict takes decades to achieve. Even after the surrender of gun by rebels, society cannot enjoy absolute normalcy. Concerned parties also need to work out another strategy for confidence building measures. “Conflict transformation may be defined as a process encompassing structure-oriented long-term peace building efforts, which aim to truly overcome revealed forms of direct, cultural and structural violence with outcomes acceptable to the parties in conflict,” writes Meena Acharya in the paper Towards Conflict Transformation in Nepal. “It conveys much broader sense than the concepts of conflict settlement and conflict resolution.” Other scholars also discuss matters related to conflict and its resolution. Although most of the authors are well known to Nepalese society having a long working experiences in previous Panchayat system and present multi-party democracy. Interestingly, only a few scholars seem to be happy with open and plural political process. Conflict Resolution and Governance
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