Gandhian Approach to Peace and Conflict Resolution

Gandhian Approach to Peace and Conflict Resolution

1 Understanding Peace

  1. Understanding the Concept of Peace
  2. Peace Traditions
  3. Peace Movements
  4. Peace-building
  5. Peace-building Approaches
  6. Conflict Transformation
  7. State and Civil Society as Instruments of Peace
  8. Gandhi as an Ambassador of Peace
  9. Gandhiโ€™s twin-principles of Peace: Truth and Non-violence
  10. Truth
  11. Non-violence
  12. Peace Movements in the post- Second World War phase
  13. UNโ€™s Recognition of Gandhian Principles

2 Tolerance, Harmony and Forgiveness

  1. Understanding Tolerance and Harmony
  2. Community and International Levels
  3. Untouchability: An Obstacle to Harmonious Society
  4. Limitation of Tolerance
  5. International Day for Tolerance
  6. Countering Intolerance
  7. Forgiveness as an act of Non-violence

3 Community Peace

  1. Peace as Social Harmony
  2. Peopleโ€™s Participation in Peace Process
  3. Non-violent Army or Shanti Sena and Peace Committees
  4. Value-based Culture and Moral Solution
  5. A Critical Estimate of the Gandhian Approach

4 Peace among Nations

  1. International Peace Systems
  2. Approaches to the Study of Peace
  3. Movements for Peace
  4. Gandhi, World Federation and Peace among Nations
  5. United Nationsโ€™s Agenda for Peace

5 Understanding Sources of Conflict

  1. Causes of Conflict
  2. Sources of Conflict

6 Approaches to Conflict Resolution

  1. Western Approaches to Conflict Resolution
  2. Non-Western Approaches to Conflict Resolution

7 Gandhian Approach to Conflict Resolution

  1. Fundamental Concepts in Gandhian Thought and Practice
  2. Gandhian Conception of the Individual, Conflict and Violence
  3. Gandhian Approach to Conflict Resolution
  4. Application of Satyagraha to Various Kinds of Conflicts

8 Applications of Gandhian Approach to Peace and Conflict Resolution (Case Studies)

  1. The Chipko Movement
  2. SEWA
  3. The First Intifada
  4. Petra Kelly and the German Greens

9 Fasting

  1. Fasting: Meaning and Purpose
  2. Gandhi on Fasting
  3. Fasting for Conflict Resolution
  4. Gandhiโ€™s Epic Fasts

10 Strike

  1. Strike: Meaning and Basic Precepts
  2. Gandhi on the Ethics of Strike
  3. Pacific Strikes
  4. Strikes: Conditions and Conduct
  5. Sympathetic Strikes
  6. Case Studies

11 Dialogue and Negotiation

  1. Dialogue
  2. Negotiation
  3. Gandhiโ€™s Methods
  4. Relevance of Dialogue and Negotiation

12 Mediation and Reconciliation

  1. Dialogue
  2. Negotiation
  3. Gandhiโ€™s Methods
  4. Relevance of Dialogue and Negotiation

13 Noakhali

  1. Why Noakhali? Gandhiโ€™s Mission
  2. Bihar Riots and Critical Dilemma
  3. Gandhiโ€™s Lonely Journey
  4. Idea of Fearlessness and Courage
  5. Responsibility
  6. Moral and Ethical Critique

14 North-East/Kashmir

  1. The Gandhian Approach
  2. The Case of Kashmir
  3. The North-East Experience
  4. The Naga Case
  5. The Role of Peace Mission
  6. From Conflict to Ceasefire
  7. Insurgency in Assam
  8. A Comparison between Kashmir and the North-East

15 Sri Lanka/Palestine

  1. Gandhian Techniques as Applicable to Conflict Situation: Sri Lanka
  2. Sinhalese ‘Majoritarian’ Radicalism
  3. India’s Involvement in the Sri Lankan Conflict
  4. LTTE’s War-For-Peace Strategy
  5. Gandhi and Palestine

16 Tibet/Myanmar/Bhutan

  1. Introduction to the Issue
  2. Problems of Nation-Building
  3. Political System
  4. Foreign Policies
  5. Movement for Reforms
  6. Relevance of Gandhism in Tibet, Myanmar and Bhutan