John Paul Lederach in The Fletcher Forum of World Affairs, vol. 26, no. 1 (Winter/Spring, 2002): 91-101.

Lederach suggests that mediation in protracted conflict can be understood as a process involving the creation of social spaces between divided groups, as opposed to a process lodged in the work of an individual or small team. In addition to defining key concepts, he provides detailed examples of mediation processes, drawing on his experi-ences working with women's groups in Somalia.

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