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Role občanské společnosti při transformaci separatistických konfliktů na Jižním Kavkaze
The Role of Civil Society in the Transformation of Separatist Conflicts in the South Caucasus

Author(s): Tomáš Hoch, Vincent Kopeček, Vladimír Baar
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Ústav mezinárodních vztahů
Keywords: conflict transformation; de facto states; non-governmental organizations; civil society; Abkhazia; Nagorno-Karabakh

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of this study is to analyse the role of civil society in the de facto states of the South Caucasus in the process of conflict transformation. It is based on a field research of the civil society organizations in Abkhazia and Nagorno Karabakh. The data were collected by the methods of expert interviews, semi-structured interviews and participant observation. The role of Abkhazian and Karabakh civil society organizations in the conflict transformation is identified as not only positive, but also as having some negative aspects. The study also makes some general remarks concerning the theory of conflict transformation.

  • Issue Year: 47/2012
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 5-28
  • Page Count: 24
  • Language: Czech