Contents

pp iii-iv

List of Abbreviations

pp v-viii

Notes on Editors and Contributors

pp ix-xvi

Acknowledgements

pp xvii-xviii

1 - Rethinking Peace Mediation: Trends and Challenges

pp 1-14

PART I - Normative Influences on Mediation

pp 15-16

2 - Promoting Professionalism: A Normative Framework for Peace Mediation

pp 17-36

3 - Norm Diffusion in International Peace Mediation

pp 37-52

4 - The Emulation of Peace Mediation Practices: Beware of the Jurisgenerative Train

pp 53-70

5 - Cowboys or Mavericks? The Normative Agency of NGO Mediators

pp 71-92

6 - The Challenges of Legalized Peacemaking: The Case of the 2012–16 Peace Negotiations in Colombia

pp 93-112

PART II - Inclusion in Theory and Practice

pp 113-114

7 - Inclusion of Whom, and for What Purpose? Strategies of Inclusion in Peacemaking

pp 115-138

8 - Rethinking Mediation During Contested Regime Transformation and Episodes of Mobilization

pp 139-156

9 - From Normative to Social Approaches to Inclusion: Supporting Multi-scalar Peace Process Design

pp 157-178

10 - The Business of Peace and the Politics of Inclusion: The Role of Local Business Actors in Yemen (2011–16)

pp 179-202

11 - Mediating Across Worldviews

pp 203-226

PART III - Strategies of Engagement

pp 227-228

12 - Mediating Multilateral Proxy Conflicts

pp 229-260

13 - Towards a More Integrated Approach? Cooperation Among the UN, AU and IGAD in Mediation Support

pp 261-284

14 - Women’s Mediator Networks: Reflections on an Emerging Global Trend

pp 285-306

15 - Technology and Peace Mediation: A Shift in the Mediator’s Profession?

pp 307-332

16 - The Nexus of Peace Mediation and Constitution Making: The Case for Stronger Interaction and Collaboration

pp 333-354

17 - Rethinking the Professionalization of Peace Mediation

pp 355-372

Index

pp 373-382