Short description
Since the end of the Cold War, conflict prevention and resolution, peacekeeping and peacebuilding have risen to the top of the international agenda. This work argues that a new form of cosmopolitan conflict resolution is emerging, which offers a hopeful means for human societies to transcend and celebrate their differences.
Long description
Since the end of the Cold War, conflict prevention and resolution, peacekeeping and peacebuilding have risen to the top of the international agenda. The second edition of this hugely popular text charts the development of the field from its pioneers to its contemporary exponents and offers an assessment of its achievements and the challenges it faces in today's changed security environment. Existing material has been thoroughly updated and new chapters added on peacebuilding from below, reconciliation, responses to terror, gender issues, the ethics of intervention, dialogue, discourse and disagreement, culture and conflict resolution, and future directions for the field.The authors argue that a new form of cosmopolitan conflict resolution is emerging, which offers a hopeful means for human societies to transcend and celebrate their differences. Part I offers a comprehensive survey of the theory and practice of conflict resolution. Part II enters into the controversies that have surrounded conflict resolution as it has become part of the mainstream. Contemporary Conflict Resolution is essential reading for students of peace and security studies, conflict management and international politics, as well as those working in non-government organizations or think-tanks.
Review
'This edition is both revised and expanded...It explores terror and the global order, gender issues, the ethics of intervention, 'dialogue, discourse, and disagreement', culture, and a consideration of the current situation and future tasks. The whole field is underpinned by an awareness of shared humanity, and the primary task is to widen that recognition.' Development Resources Review 'The second edition of the Contemporary Conflict Resolution is certainly much needed and timely considering the rapid growth in research, practice and number of academic institutions that have been created since the publication of the widely used first edition.' Mohammed Abunimer, American University, Washington DC 'This is by far one of the best textbooks in the field of peace and conflict studies. Not only does it provide a comprehensive theoretical review and a broad range of empirical examples, it also charts new directions. These qualities will without doubt make it one of the main texts in use in the field at universities around the world.' Oliver Richmond, University of St Andrews
Table of contents
- Introduction to Conflict Resolution
- Concepts and Definitions Why a Second Edition? Conflict Resolution Models Terminology Structure of the Book Recommended Reading Conflict Resolution
- Origins, Foundations and Development of the Field Precursors
- the First Generation
- Foundations
- the Second Generation
- Consolidation
- the Third Generation
- Reconstruction
- the Fourth Generation
- Recommended Reading Statistics of Deadly Quarrels The Conflict Domain Conflict Trends Conflict Distribution Conflict Types Terrorism and Conflict Conflict Costs Conflict Mapping and Conflict Tracking Recommended Reading Understanding Contemporary Conflict Theories and Frameworks The Context for an Evaluation of Conflict Resolution Theory Edward Azar's Theory of Protracted Social Conflict (PSC) Have More Recent Theories Confirmed or Discredited PSC? An Interpretative Framework for Conflict Analysis Conclusion Recommended Reading Preventing Violent Conflict Causes and Preventors of War Deep and Light Prevention Early Warning Deep or Structural Prevention
- Global, International and Internal Conflict Levels Light or Operational Prevention of Armed Conflict Mainstreaming Prevention
- International Organizations and the Evolution of Norms and Policies Recent experiences and Case Studies Conclusion Recommended Reading Containing Violent Conflict
- Peacekeeping First and Second Generation UN Peacekeeping
- War Zones, War Economies and Cultures of Violence To Intervene or Not to Intervene? New Requirements for Third Generation Peacekeeping Third Generation Peacekeeping and Human Security Case Study
- Peacekeeping in Kosovo Case Study
- Peacekeeping in Sierra Leone Conclusion
- The Transformationist Critique Recommended Reading Ending Violent Conflict
- Peacemaking The Challenge of Ending Violent Conflict The Transformation of Conflict
- A Generic Framework De
- escalation, Ripeness and Conditions for Ending Violent Conflict Mediation and Third Party Intervention Peace Processes
- Turning points, Sticking Points and Spoilers Negotiations and Settlements Case Study
- South Africa Case Study
- The Oslo Accords and the Search for Peace in the Middle East Conclusion Recommended Reading Post
- War Reconstruction Intervention, Reconstruction, Withdrawal (IRW) Operations
- The Post
- War Reconstruction Planning Gap Wittgenstein's Locomotive Cabin
- the International Post
- War Reconstruction Blueprint A Conflict Resolution Assessment
- Evaluating Sectors and Phases A Conflict Resolution Assessment
- Evaluating Cases Conclusion
- Recommended Reading Peacebuilding The Idea of Peacebuilding From Below The Mainstreaming of Peacebuilding Models in International Policy Implementing Peacebuilding from Below Conclusion Recommended Reading Reconciliation Four Meanings of Reconciliation Between Separation and a Fusion of Identities Dealing with the Past
- Trauma and Atrocity Peace or Justice? Not Exclusive Alternatives Alternative Paths to Reconciliation Reconciliation and Conflict Resolution
- Going Down the Escalation Ladder Recommended Reading PART II COSMOPOLITAN CONFLICT RESOLUTION
- CRITIQUES, DEBATES, CONTROVERSIES Terror, Cosmopolitan Conflict Resolution and Global Justice Conflict Resolution and Terrorism Conflict Resolution as a Response First Dimension
- Prevention
- Reducing Proneness to Terrorism Democracy as an Antidote to Terrorism? Second Dimension
- Persuasion
- Reducing Motivation and Support Third Dimension
- Denial
- Reducing Vulnerability and Defeating Hardliners Fourth Dimension
- Cooperation
- Maximizing International Efforts Recommended Reading Gender and Cosmopolitan Conflict Resolution Engendering Conflict Resolution Stage
- Making Women Visible as Agents of Change
- the Work of Elise Boulding Engendering Conflict Resolution Stage
- Data
- Collection and Case Studies Engendering Conflict Resolution Stage
- Rethinking Conflict Resolution Theory Engendering Conflict Resolution Stage
- Mainstreaming Gender in Policy
- Making and the Empowerment of Women Recommended Reading Interfering in Other People's Conflicts
- The Ethics of Intervention Conflict Resolution Roles Conflict Resolution Intervention Principles From Just War to Just Intervention International Ethics, International Law and International Politics Recommended Reading Dialogue, Discourse and Disagreement Interactive Conflict Resolution Dialogical Conflict Resolution and Gadamerian Hermeneutics Discursive Conflict Transformation and Habermasian Critical Theory Conclusion
- Taking Radical Disagreement Seriously in Conflict Resolution Recommended Reading Culture, Religion and Cosmopolitan Conflict Resolution How Far Down Does Cultural Variation Reach? Culture and Conflict Resolution
- Three Responses Religion and Conflict Resolution
- Islamic and Buddhist Traditions Recommended Reading Future Directions The Nature of the International Collectivity The Arrow of the Future
- Conflict Resolution and World Politics International Law, International Intervention and the United Nations Conflict Resolution
- The Fifth Generation
- Notes References Index
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