Papers by Loramy Gerstbauer
Politics and Religion, Mar 2, 2011
Routledge eBooks, Oct 14, 2016
The Brandywine review of faith & international affairs, Sep 1, 2004
Abstract A review of: Douglas Johnston, ed., Faith-Based Diplomacy: Trumping Realpolitik (Oxford ... more Abstract A review of: Douglas Johnston, ed., Faith-Based Diplomacy: Trumping Realpolitik (Oxford University Press, 2003). 270pp. $29.95. Johnston makes the case that effective statecraft must take religion seriously. The sidelining of religion in diplomatic calculations has been detrimental, especially in the last ten years. Johnston argues that realpolitik, and its simplistic notions of national interests, is inadequate. He presents insightful case studies that show religious tradition as both intertwined with violence and a source of peacebuilding and reconciliation. Furthermore, the underutilizing of religion as a resource against conflict ignores its transcendent power.
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Jul 7, 2009
Relief and development NGOs have been recognized for their role in peacebuilding in conflicts. Th... more Relief and development NGOs have been recognized for their role in peacebuilding in conflicts. The literature tends to focus on external forces, such as the changing nature of conflict and state funding, as an impetus for these NGOs to adopt peacebuilding mandates. However, this is not the complete story of mandate change. Typical explanations and theories used to explain the adoption of peacebuilding underemphasize the autonomy of NGOs and internal factors leading to mandate change. The cases of World Vision, Catholic Relief Services, and Mennonite Central Committee are used to reveal the overlooked factors contributing to adoption of peacebuilding mandates, including agency leadership and the importance of the compatibility of peacebuilding with the NGOs' primary missions as faith-based relief and development NGOs. Why NGOs engage in peacebuilding is an important question given the critiques they have received over their competency for the task.
Palgrave Macmillan US eBooks, 2005
The number of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) of all types, including international, domesti... more The number of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) of all types, including international, domestic, development, human rights, has dramatically increased in the last decades. Of this overall trend, Lester Salamon exults: “a veritable associational revolution now seems underway at the global level that may constitute as significant a social and political development of the latter twentieth century as the rise of the nation state was of the nineteenth century.”1 As this chapter will explore below, there are multiple explanations for this trend. Insofar as this growth of NGOs may be pegged to changes in the behavior of nation-states, one might argue that NGOs have taken on functions that states have failed at or are ill-suited to manage. Alternatively, it can be argued that states are purposefully, particularly through financing, encouraging NGOs to take on certain responsibilities when it is in the interest of those states not to become directly involved.
Human Rights Review, 2012
Peace Review, Jul 1, 2006
World War I soldier Kerr Eby (1889–1946) used his art and its straightforward images of his war e... more World War I soldier Kerr Eby (1889–1946) used his art and its straightforward images of his war experiences to promote an antiwar message in a most intriguing period in world history. The period after the horrid “war to end all wars” saw the development of numerous peace treaties and citizen movements for peace that were attempts to either limit or eliminate war. None were able to prevent World War II. Today, international law is too often brushed aside just as easily in favor of militaristic solutions. Eby’s artful war dissent offers an example of a citizen who, despising war, used what influence he had to attempt to prevent it.
International Journal of Latin American Religions
Relief and development NGOs have been recognized for their role in peacebuilding in conflicts. Th... more Relief and development NGOs have been recognized for their role in peacebuilding in conflicts. The literature tends to focus on external forces, such as the changing nature of conflict and state funding, as an impetus for these NGOs to adopt peacebuilding mandates. However, this is not the complete story of mandate change. Typical expla-nations and theories used to explain the adoption of peacebuilding underemphasize the autonomy of NGOs and internal factors leading to mandate change. The cases of World Vision, Catholic Relief Services, and Mennonite Central Committee are used to reveal the overlooked factors contributing to adoption of peacebuilding mandates, including agency leadership and the importance of the compatibility of peacebuilding with the NGOs ’ primary missions as faith-based relief and development NGOs. Why NGOs engage in peacebuilding is an important question given the critiques they have received over their competency for the task.
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The number of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) of all types, including international, domesti... more The number of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) of all types, including international, domestic, development, human rights, has dramatically increased in the last decades. Of this overall trend, Lester Salamon exults: “a veritable associational revolution now seems underway at the global level that may constitute as significant a social and political development of the latter twentieth century as the rise of the nation state was of the nineteenth century.”1 As this chapter will explore below, there are multiple explanations for this trend. Insofar as this growth of NGOs may be pegged to changes in the behavior of nation-states, one might argue that NGOs have taken on functions that states have failed at or are ill-suited to manage. Alternatively, it can be argued that states are purposefully, particularly through financing, encouraging NGOs to take on certain responsibilities when it is in the interest of those states not to become directly involved.
Polis: The Journal for Ancient Greek Political Thought, 2017
In this article, we explore the forms of justice presented in Aeschylus’ Eumenides. Most scholars... more In this article, we explore the forms of justice presented in Aeschylus’ Eumenides. Most scholarship hitherto has focused on the shift from retaliatory justice to trial by court of law enacted in the play. However, the verdict pronounced in Orestes’ favor does not bring about resolution, but rather threatens to destabilize the polis, as the Furies redirect their anger against Athens. Indeed, the play can be seen as a study in the limitations of criminal justice. Our article examines the resolution of the conflict in the post-trial phase of the play in the light of principles and practices of modern restorative justice. Such comparison is not intended as arguing for correspondence. Rather, the aim is to understand more fully the dynamics of Athena’s intervention by analyzing it against key elements of restorative justice.
The Brandywine Review of Faith & International Affairs, 2004
Abstract A review of: Douglas Johnston, ed., Faith-Based Diplomacy: Trumping Realpolitik (Oxford ... more Abstract A review of: Douglas Johnston, ed., Faith-Based Diplomacy: Trumping Realpolitik (Oxford University Press, 2003). 270pp. $29.95. Johnston makes the case that effective statecraft must take religion seriously. The sidelining of religion in diplomatic calculations has been detrimental, especially in the last ten years. Johnston argues that realpolitik, and its simplistic notions of national interests, is inadequate. He presents insightful case studies that show religious tradition as both intertwined with violence and a source of peacebuilding and reconciliation. Furthermore, the underutilizing of religion as a resource against conflict ignores its transcendent power.
Critical Perspectives on Neoliberal Globalization, Development and Education in Africa and Asia, 2011
... GENDERED GLOBALIZATION: A RE-EXAMINATION OF THE CHANGING ROLES OF WOMEN IN AFRICA Sidonia Jes... more ... GENDERED GLOBALIZATION: A RE-EXAMINATION OF THE CHANGING ROLES OF WOMEN IN AFRICA Sidonia Jessie Alenuma-Nimoh, Assistant Professor Gustavus Adolphus College, Saint Peter, United States ... 88 gendered globalization as a double-edged sword. ...
Development in Practice, 2009
... those with significant international agency involvement in their founding', or with ... more ... those with significant international agency involvement in their founding', or with significant levels of funding or a salaried staff member, had much less chance of sustainability than those that were locally developed (Mertus and Sajjad 20059. Mertus, Julie and Sajjad, Tazreena. ...
New Threats and New Actors in International Security, 2005
The number of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) of all types, including international, domesti... more The number of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) of all types, including international, domestic, development, human rights, has dramatically increased in the last decades. Of this overall trend, Lester Salamon exults: “a veritable associational revolution now seems underway at the global level that may constitute as significant a social and political development of the latter twentieth century as the rise of the nation state was of the nineteenth century.”1 As this chapter will explore below, there are multiple explanations for this trend. Insofar as this growth of NGOs may be pegged to changes in the behavior of nation-states, one might argue that NGOs have taken on functions that states have failed at or are ill-suited to manage. Alternatively, it can be argued that states are purposefully, particularly through financing, encouraging NGOs to take on certain responsibilities when it is in the interest of those states not to become directly involved.
Peace Review, 2006
World War I soldier Kerr Eby (1889–1946) used his art and its straightforward images of his war e... more World War I soldier Kerr Eby (1889–1946) used his art and its straightforward images of his war experiences to promote an antiwar message in a most intriguing period in world history. The period after the horrid “war to end all wars” saw the development of numerous peace treaties and citizen movements for peace that were attempts to either limit or eliminate war. None were able to prevent World War II. Today, international law is too often brushed aside just as easily in favor of militaristic solutions. Eby’s artful war dissent offers an example of a citizen who, despising war, used what influence he had to attempt to prevent it.
Nonprofit Volunt Sect Q, 2009
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