Carlos Hilado Memorial State University

JOURNAL ARTICLE REVIEW

PEACE STUDIES

NAME: ROSE ANN P. BISAGAR

MADOKA

COURSE: BS PSYCHOLOGY 1D

TEACHER: RENZYL MAE A. BETITA

JOURNAL ARTICLE REVIEW FOR RESOLVING AND TRANSFORMING CONFLICT

Source

Traore, Jasmine (2020) Resolving or transforming conflict? Analyzing mediation guidance within the

United Nations, through the lenses of a problem-solving and transformative approach to mediation.

Malmö University Publication.http://mau.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?pid=diva2:1481050

Introduction

This review critically analyses the article “Resolving or transforming conflict? Analyzing mediation guidance

within the United Nations, through the lenses of a problem-solving and transformative approach to

mediation”. This review includes overall summaries of the article, critical analysis, critique of the article, and

conclusion. Secondly, concisely study the effectiveness of the article’s structure, exploring how the facts

are presented and whether the person who read the article can access it successfully. Thirdly, the review

will evaluate the article, evaluating its authority, accuracy, objectivity, and coverage. The review will also

study on how to resolve and transform conflict through the lenses of a problem-solving and transformative

approach to mediation. At the end of the review, we will also offer some suggestions for future research.

Article Summary

Through Braun and Clarke's (2006) six step technique to thematic analysis and its
connection to the social constructionist paradigm, this thesis analyzes the 2010 book A Manual for UN
Mediators: Advice from UN Representatives and Envoys to determine which skills and strategies they are
advising. Social constructionism asserts that all mediation techniques are founded on presuppositions of
ideology or values. Therefore, the underlying ideas are examined and explored in order to assess and
discuss the identified recommendations. Specifically, through the prisms of a transformative and problem-
solving mediation technique. As a result, 12 themes relating to suggested mediation abilities and tactics
are found, with both mediation philosophies being noted in the themes relating to the strategies and
explored in this context.

The advice and suggestions in the handbook that correspond to two of these mediation strategies
will be examined in this thesis to see how they are shaped by the underlying presuppositions. The
methods were chosen because they are based on fundamentally diverse underlying theories that could
result in various short- and long-term consequences. A more in-depth assessment of the conflict between
the transformative and problem-solving approaches will be offered in the section following. The chapter
will begin by introducing international mediation in light of recent research. The discussion of the two
strategies will then be expanded upon. The chapter will conclude with a discussion of how the two
methods might be used to understand the United Nations' role in international mediation.
Article Critique

The journal entitled Resolving or transforming conflict? Analyzing mediation guidance within the United
Nations, through the lenses of a problem-solving and transformative approach to mediation was published
by Traore in Malmö University, Faculty of Culture and Society. This thesis analyzes the 2010 publication
A Manual for UN Mediators: Advice from UN Representatives and Envoys to identify which skills and
strategies they are recommending, through Braun and Clarke’s (2006) six step approach to thematic
analysis, connecting to the social constructionist paradigm. The journal has been published in Malmö
University Publication and was reviewed by examiners and supervisors and it is based on the UN
Representatives and Envoy. Therefore, it is accurate and reliable.

The source of the information in the article can be considered as current research project since the
journal was published in 2020. The content described in the article was current and the references or
literature review cited studies related to the Conflict resolution and Conflict Transformation which is very
clear. The article is also accessible from the internet and can be downloaded everywhere.

The article has table of contents and has 6 parts which include the abstract