ABSTRACT
This chapter explores some of the strategies linked to specific peace traditions; here people shall simply attempt an analysis of the main features of each of these different ways of viewing transformation. Some proponents of the idea of conflict transformation want to see it as an analytical framework or a set of lenses. In South Africa much was made of the idea that the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was drawing its inspiration from indigenous mechanisms for conflict transformation, most notably the concept of ubuntu. The need to develop a distinct feminist approach to these sorts of peace issues reflects dissatisfaction with other traditions in addressing the concerns of women and recognition that women have something distinctive and valuable to bring to debates about these issues. Such arguments, of course, represent one of the strongest points of disagreements between the liberal and Marxist traditions.
