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Peace process · report
Forging Sustainable Peace in Mindanao
The Role of Civil Society
- Publisher
- East-West Center
- Year
- 2005
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 86
- Availability
- Free to read
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About the book
What civil society groups did and could do for peace in Mindanao, by the Asia Foundation’s long-serving Philippines representative. Free to read.
Policy Studies 17 from the East-West Center Washington asks what civil society groups have done, and could do, for peace in Mindanao. It was written for the Center's project on managing internal conflicts in Asia. Steven Rood was then the Asia Foundation's country representative in the Philippines.
Rood takes civil society broadly, from development NGOs to church groups and business associations, and traces peace work back to the Marcos years in the 1970s. After a short account of the conflict, he describes these groups and their networks, then their peace activities: dialogue between Muslims and Christians, local "spaces for peace", and efforts to shape national peace policy. Closing sections weigh their effects and draw lessons, with a background note on the Moro conflict.
He finds their impact so far indirect and limited. Muslim civil society is weaker than its Christian counterpart, most groups work within one community, and Christian peace groups do not reflect wider Christian opinion. He still argues that civil society matters, and recommends strengthening it, especially on the Muslim side.
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