Allen, SusanGamaghelyan, Philip2018-10-222018-10-222017https://hdl.handle.net/1920/11227The field of conflict resolution holds the promise of freeing approaches and policies concerning politics of identity from the fatalistic grip of realism. While the conceptual literature on conflicts has moved in this alternative direction, conflict resolution practice continues to rely on realist frames and acts as an unwanted auxiliary to official processes. Perpetuation of conflict discourses, marginalization, and exclusion of affected populations are widespread, caused by the over-reliance of conflict resolution practice on the binary frames of classic international relations paradigms and also by the competitive and hierarchical relationships within the field itself.336 pagesenCopyright 2017 Philip GamaghelyanPeace studiesConflict ResolutionDialogueEvolving DesignsNagorno-KarabakhPSWSyriaDissertation