Thesis (M.A.)--City University of Hong Kong, 2006. / "Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of arts in arbitration and dispute resolution." Title from title screen (viewed on Sept. 20, 2006) Includes bibliographical references.

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Thesis (LL. M.)--University of Toronto, 2004. / Adviser: Alan Stitt.

This study focuses on the Kenyan mediation of the Somali conflict and strategic intervention engagement between 2002 and 2012. The core aim of the study was to establish and evaluate the role and effects of track-one diplomacy on conflict management and post-conflict reconstruction as pertains to the Somali conflict and on the basis of the Kenyan experience. A qualitative approach was followed in this study. It employed a descriptive, explanatory and analytical case-study method. The data were collected through interviews and documentary analysis. The twenty-two participants in the study were drawn from the Kenyan Foreign Ministry, the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), the Regional Centre on Small Arms and Light Weapons (RECSA), the International Peace Support Training Centre (IPSTC), the East African Standby Force Co-ordination Mechanism (EASFCOM), the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), the United Nations Political Office for Somalia (UNPOS), the African Peace Forum Organization (APFO), and selected respondents representing the Somali people. The documents comprised policy treatises, protocols, treaties, and communiqués highlighting the actions of the Kenyan government and other track-one actors in the Somali peace endeavour. Other scholarly research on official diplomacy, soft-power and conflict management by small States – in particular African case studies – were also utilised. The study revealed that Kenya’s diplomatic and stabilisation efforts had their own dynamics and challenges. This is especially so with regard to the preferred policy option of exercising diplomacy that utilises soft-power resources. This diplomacy had to contend with the challenges of dealing with sensitive aspects of the process. These sensitive aspects involved a recognition of and complicated engagement with the Somali conflict-constituencies, and a complex mapping of various actors and their respective interests. Contrary to the expected outcomes, interests and issues 17 proliferated, and the original peace-making agenda was consistently slowed down and complicated. The study also revealed that Kenya ought to have exercised a non-directive role in dealing with the different Somali conflict players. This role provides that such an “interested mediator” ought to exercise some considerable influence over the mediation environment. It also emerged from the study that as pertains to the current peace-making developments in Somalia that began in 2005 onwards to 2012, it is important that different intermediary co-operative roles be recognized and utilised. Towards this end, the study recommends that Kenya’s diplomacy should adopt a strategy of co-operation with those regional regimes that it helped to establish. A case in reference is the diplomatic opportunity of utilising regional arms control and disarmament diplomacy. This is Kenya’s intermediary co-operative role with RECSA, which is mandated to support arms control and disarmament implementation efforts in the East African region. The study also recommends that strategic foreign policy and regional actions by Kenya should be taken up given its new lease of engagement, noting that it was officially integrated into AMISOM in 2012. The study posited that in the ongoing engagement environment there would be a ‘revisiting’ of the experiences and complexities of the first phase of engagement (2002-2004). It is, therefore, recommended that Kenya should seize this opportunity and continue with its ‘facilitative and enabling role’ in its peace diplomacy, while utilising the lessons learnt in past engagements.

Numerous research studies have documented the benefits of a conflict mediation program as one component of a school-based violence prevention program. The major purpose of this study was to determine the possible effects of participation in a conflict mediation training program and serving as a peer mediator on the attitude a student has toward conflict and the interpersonal problem-solving strategies employed by a student. Secondly, this study sought to determine if students trained in conflict mediation skills assimilate the skills into their daily lives by examining attitudes and behaviors of students when faced with conflict outside the school environment. The population in this study were 40 students enrolled in three grade levels in a middle school located in a suburban southwestern Virginia county . These students were named as possible mediators by the school faculty during the 1995-96 school term. The independent variable in this study was training in conflict mediation skills. The dependent variables were attitude toward conflict as measured by the Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument and interpersonal problem-solving skills as measured by the Alternative Solutions Test. Parents and teachers of all participants documented observed behavior by completing the problem scales of the Child Behavior Checklist and the Teacher's Response Form. Qualitative data were collected through the use of a focus group. Measures of central tendency and standard deviations were calculated for the experimental and control groups for each dependent variable tested. Analysis of variance and t-tests were conducted to determine if significant effects were present following the treatment. All test results were analyzed at the p< .05 level. Based on the data analysis, it was concluded that students trained in conflict mediation chose to utilize collaboration and compromise when faced with situations of conflict whenever possible. The students receiving no training chose avoiding or accommodating most frequently. In addition, it was concluded that training affected the problem-solving skills of students by empowering them and encouraging the development of confidence in their abilities to solve problems. Students trained in conflict mediation generated a significantly greater number of solutions to problems presented than did the untrained students. / Ed. D.

La présente étude s’intéresse à la production cinématographique et télévisée de et sur Le Corbusier lors de son vivant. Longtemps ignorée comme instrument de communication de l’architecture et de l’urbanisme, l’œuvre filmique (comme complément de la photographie et de l’édition) reste peu connue et reconnue. La thèse se construit en deux parties : une partie de catalogage de l’œuvre filmique, formant le corpus de l’étude, et une partie réflexive, qui s’interroge sur divers aspects de création et de diffusion de cette production. Un premier défi de la thèse consiste à étudier la masse d’archives relatives aux différents projets de films afin de combler le vide propre à cet aspect de la production de Le Corbusier, pour l’inclure à part entière dans sa production artistique. Le catalogue est le résultat d’une recherche transdisciplinaire qui demande une investigation dans deux, voire trois domaines de recherche : l’architecture, le cinéma et la télévision, en tenant compte des spécificités de chaque discipline. Chaque projet ou réalisation de documentaire est décrit depuis sa phase d’intention à sa réception jusqu'à sa valorisation, incluant les données techniques et les références contemporaines aux films. Ce corpus permet de mesurer l’importance de la quantité de documents cinématographiques et télévisés que Le Corbusier a pu entreprendre durant sa vie ou pour lesquels il a été sollicité. Aucun autre architecte ne semble avoir été si fréquemment sollicité, ni s’être impliqué de manière si récurrente dans de tels projets. Un deuxième travail, réflexif, traverse les modalités de la communication et de la représentation de l’architecture et de l’urbanisme de Le Corbusier par le biais du cinéma et de la télévision. De l’investigation dans les théories transdisciplinaires - de réception, de diffusion, socio-économiques, sémiotiques et rhétoriques - et leur application sur l’œuvre cinématographique et télévisée de Le Corbusier, résultent trois hypothèses : transmission, transposition et transcription.L’étude questionne dans un premier temps les mécanismes de la transmission. Par celle-ci est entendu tout mécanisme de médiation de Le Corbusier par le biais des documentaires – et par extension les interviews télévisées. En croisant les résultats du corpus avec les théories de réception, de diffusion et de marketing, des intuitions se confirment quant à l’efficacité ou l’inefficacité de certains documentaires comme outils de communication, voire de promotion. Dans un deuxième temps sont approfondis les savoirs sur le processus de création de Le Corbusier, autant sur le plan de la représentation de l’architecture, que sur le plan de la construction du discours dans les documentaires cinématographiques. Le principe de la transposition part du constat que les documents cinématographiques entretiennent des liens de proximité avec leurs contemporains photographiques. La recherche utilise les théories sémiotiques pour analyser la manière avec laquelle Le Corbusier compose avec l’imaginaire et les techniques de la photographie pour concevoir ses projets de films. La transcription concerne essentiellement l’argumentation cinématographique de Le Corbusier. Ici, l’analyse part du constat que les écrits de Le Corbusier sur le cinéma, et la pensée qui en émane, ne collent pas avec la réalité cinématographique et les nécessités d’un cinéma de communication. Sa rhétorique au cinéma est analysée en reprenant les techniques décrites par les principaux théoriciens de la rhétorique et comparée aux exemples venant des conférences et publications. / The present study focuses on the cinematographic and television production of and on Le Corbusier, realized during his lifetime. Long ignored – as opposed to photography and publishing – as an instrument of communication for architecture and urban planning, this filmic work remains little known and recognized. The thesis consists of two parts: a catalogue volume of the filmic work, forming the corpus of the study, and a reflective volume, which questions various aspects of creation and diffusion of this production.The first challenge of the thesis was to study the mass of archives relating to the various film projects in order to fill the gap of this aspect of Le Corbusier's production and to fully include it in his artistic production. The catalogue is the result of a transdisciplinary research, which required an investigation into three research domains: architecture, cinema and television, taking into account the specificities of each discipline. Each project or production of a documentary is described from the initial intention to its public reception until its valorisation today, including technical data and contemporary references to films. This volume makes it possible to measure the importance of the quantity of cinematographic and televised documents that Le Corbusier undertook during his life or for which he was solicited. No other architect has been so frequently involved in documentary projects.The second – reflective – part of the research analyses the modalities of communication and representation of Le Corbusier’s architecture and urbanism through cinema and television. By crossing transdisciplinary theories – reception, diffusion, socio-economic, semiotic and rhetorical – with Le Corbusier's cinematographic and televised work, three hypotheses result: transmission, transposition and transcription.The study begins by questioning the mechanisms of transmission. By this is understood any mechanism of mediation of Le Corbusier through the documentaries - and by extension the television interviews. Crossing the results of the corpus with the theories of reception, diffusion and marketing, builds insights into the effectiveness or inefficiency of certain documentaries as tools for communication and even promotion.In a second stage, the knowledge about Le Corbusier's creation process, both in terms of architectural representation and in terms of the construction of discourse in cinematographic documentaries, is deepened. The principle of transposition begins with the observation that cinematographic documents maintain close links with their photographic contemporaries. The research uses established semiotic theories to analyse how Le Corbusier composes with the imaginary and techniques of photography to design his film projects.The third principle, transcription, focuses on Le Corbusier's cinematographic argument. Here the analysis starts from the observation that Le Corbusier's writings on cinema and the thoughts he emanated do not stick with the cinematographic reality and the necessities of a cinema of communication. His rhetoric in the cinema is analysed by taking the techniques described by the main theorists of rhetoric and compared to the examples from conferences and publications.

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The central theoretical argument of this study is that biblical mediation may be a useful short-term method for use in pastoral care, specifically within the bounds of reconciliation in troubled marriages. The goal of formulating a basis theory was to explore what the Biblical teaching is on marriage, marital conflict, mediation and reconciliation. In general, a revelation-historical approach was followed. Specific cases of marital conflict in the Bible were examined. In researching reconciliation the role of Jesus Christ and pastors as mediator was explored. A grammatical-historical exegesis was done on Mat. 59, Mat. 18:15-17 and Rom. 14:19. It was concluded that marriage is a union of companionship based on a covenant and ordained by God and foreshadowing the eternal joyous relationship between Christ and the Church. God hates divorce, which is permitted only in certain circumstances. It was found that biblical teaching on conflict in general may be applied to marital conflict. It was concluded that although not all conflict is caused by sin, sinful attitudes and behaviours, including sinful desires or legitimate desires elevated to demands and distortion of the husband - wife roles designed by God before the Fall, do play a part in causing conflict. With regard to reconciliation it was concluded that Jesus acted as Mediator on the cross, making possible reconciliation between God and man, which also reflects God's will for the horizontal relationship between his people, particularly in marriage. Several examples of informal mediations and of calls to peacemaking were found in the Bible. It was found that Mat. 185-17 allows for mediation or counselling by one or two others in the church in certain circumstances. For establishing a meta theory the goal was to examine biblical mediation as a third party intervention in pastoral care for reconciliation in troubled marriages. A literature study was conducted on mediation, biblical mediation as taught by Peacemaker Ministries and on marital conflict and intervention methods resembling mediation by a survey of the literature in the social sciences. A qualitative empirical study was conducted, by doing biblical mediation with three Christian couples. It was concluded that mediation, and particularly the biblical mediation model used by Peacemaker Ministries, may be used to advantage by pastors for reconciliation in troubled marriages. The aim of establishing 'a practice theory was to propose a biblical mediation model to guide pastors in working toward reconciliation in troubled marriages. This was done by an analysis and synthesis of the basis - and meta theory in hermeneutical interaction. / Thesis (M.A. (Pastoral))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2008.

The central theoretical argument of this study is that biblical mediation may be a useful short-term method for use in pastoral care, specifically within the bounds of reconciliation in troubled marriages. The goal of formulating a basis theory was to explore what the Biblical teaching is on marriage, marital conflict, mediation and reconciliation. In general, a revelation-historical approach was followed. Specific cases of marital conflict in the Bible were examined. In researching reconciliation the role of Jesus Christ and pastors as mediator was explored. A grammatical-historical exegesis was done on Mat. 59, Mat. 18:15-17 and Rom. 14:19. It was concluded that marriage is a union of companionship based on a covenant and ordained by God and foreshadowing the eternal joyous relationship between Christ and the Church. God hates divorce, which is permitted only in certain circumstances. It was found that biblical teaching on conflict in general may be applied to marital conflict. It was concluded that although not all conflict is caused by sin, sinful attitudes and behaviours, including sinful desires or legitimate desires elevated to demands and distortion of the husband - wife roles designed by God before the Fall, do play a part in causing conflict. With regard to reconciliation it was concluded that Jesus acted as Mediator on the cross, making possible reconciliation between God and man, which also reflects God's will for the horizontal relationship between his people, particularly in marriage. Several examples of informal mediations and of calls to peacemaking were found in the Bible. It was found that Mat. 185-17 allows for mediation or counselling by one or two others in the church in certain circumstances. For establishing a meta theory the goal was to examine biblical mediation as a third party intervention in pastoral care for reconciliation in troubled marriages. A literature study was conducted on mediation, biblical mediation as taught by Peacemaker Ministries and on marital conflict and intervention methods resembling mediation by a survey of the literature in the social sciences. A qualitative empirical study was conducted, by doing biblical mediation with three Christian couples. It was concluded that mediation, and particularly the biblical mediation model used by Peacemaker Ministries, may be used to advantage by pastors for reconciliation in troubled marriages. The aim of establishing 'a practice theory was to propose a biblical mediation model to guide pastors in working toward reconciliation in troubled marriages. This was done by an analysis and synthesis of the basis - and meta theory in hermeneutical interaction. / Thesis (M.A. (Pastoral))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2008.

Thesis (Ed. D.)--Illinois State University, 2003. / Title from title page screen, viewed October 19, 2005. Dissertation Committee: Patricia Klass (chair), Darryl Pifer, Barbara Fulk, Albert Azinger. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 206-216) and abstract. Also available in print.