Contemporary Conflict Resolution / Edition 3 available in Hardcover
Contemporary Conflict Resolution / Edition 3
- ISBN-10:
- 0745649734
- ISBN-13:
- 9780745649733
- Pub. Date:
- 04/11/2011
- Publisher:
- Polity Press
- ISBN-10:
- 0745649734
- ISBN-13:
- 9780745649733
- Pub. Date:
- 04/11/2011
- Publisher:
- Polity Press
Contemporary Conflict Resolution / Edition 3
Hardcover
Buy New
$103.75Overview
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.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780745649733 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Polity Press |
| Publication date: | 04/11/2011 |
| Edition description: | 3rd Revised ed. |
| Pages: | 480 |
| Product dimensions: | 7.00(w) x 9.80(h) x 1.30(d) |
About the Author
Table of Contents
| List of Figures | ix | |
| List of Tables | x | |
| List of Boxes | xi | |
| List of Maps | xii | |
| Preface | xiii | |
| Acknowledgements | xv | |
| List of Abbreviations | xvii | |
| Part I | Contemporary Conflict Resolution | |
| 1 | Introduction to Conflict Resolution: Concepts and Definitions | 3 |
| Why a Second Edition? | 3 | |
| Conflict Resolution Models | 8 | |
| Framework Models | 9 | |
| Classical Ideas | 13 | |
| New Developments in Conflict Resolution | 22 | |
| Terminology | 27 | |
| Structure of the Book | 30 | |
| Recommended reading | 31 | |
| 2 | Conflict Resolution: Origins, Foundations and Development of the Field | 32 |
| Precursors: The First Generation, 1918-1945 | 34 | |
| Foundations: The Second Generation, 1945-1965 | 39 | |
| Consolidation: The Third Generation, 1965-1985 | 47 | |
| Reconstruction: The Fourth Generation, 1985-2005 | 54 | |
| Recommended reading | 54 | |
| 3 | Statistics of Deadly Quarrels | 55 |
| The Conflict Domain | 55 | |
| Conflict Trends | 59 | |
| Conflict Distribution | 62 | |
| Conflict Types | 63 | |
| Terrorism and Conflict | 67 | |
| Conflict Costs | 72 | |
| Conflict Mapping and Conflict Tracking | 74 | |
| Recommended reading | 77 | |
| 4 | Understanding Contemporary Conflict | 78 |
| Theories and Frameworks | 78 | |
| The Context for an Evaluation of Conflict Resolution Theory | 80 | |
| Edward Azar's Theory of Protracted Social Conflict (PSC) | 84 | |
| Have More Recent Theories Confirmed or Discredited PSC? | 89 | |
| An Interpretative Framework for Conflict Analysis | 96 | |
| Conclusion | 104 | |
| Recommended reading | 105 | |
| 5 | Preventing Violent Conflict | 106 |
| Causes and Preventors of War | 107 | |
| Early Warning | 112 | |
| Deep or Structural Prevention | 114 | |
| Light or Operational Prevention | 121 | |
| Mainstreaming Prevention: International Organizations and the Evolution of Norms and Policies | 123 | |
| Recent Experience and Case Studies | 126 | |
| Conclusion | 130 | |
| Recommended reading | 131 | |
| 6 | Containing Violent Conflict: Peacekeeping | 132 |
| First- and Second-Generation UN Peacekeeping, 1956-1995 | 134 | |
| War Zones, War Economies and Cultures of Violence | 138 | |
| To Intervene or Not to Intervene? New Requirements for Third-Generation Peacekeeping | 141 | |
| Third-Generation Peacekeeping and Human Security | 147 | |
| Case Studies | 150 | |
| Conclusion: The Transformationist Critique | 153 | |
| Recommended reading | 158 | |
| 7 | Ending Violent Conflict: Peacemaking | 159 |
| The Challenge of Ending Violent Conflict | 160 | |
| Conflict Resolution and War Ending | 162 | |
| De-escalation, Ripeness and Conditions for Ending Violent Conflict | 165 | |
| Mediation and Third-Party Intervention | 167 | |
| Peace Processes: Turning Points, Sticking Points and Spoilers | 171 | |
| Negotiations and Settlements | 174 | |
| Case Studies | 176 | |
| Conclusion | 184 | |
| Recommended reading | 184 | |
| 8 | Post-War Reconstruction | 185 |
| Intervention, Reconstruction, Withdrawal (IRW) Operations, 1989-2004 | 188 | |
| Filling the Post-War Planning Gap | 192 | |
| Wittgenstein's Locomotive Cabin: The International Post-War Reconstruction Blueprint | 194 | |
| A Conflict Resolution Assessment of Intervention, Reconstruction and Withdrawal Operations, 1989-2004 | 197 | |
| A Conflict Resolution Assessment: Evaluating Cases | 211 | |
| Conclusion | 213 | |
| Recommended reading | 214 | |
| 9 | Peacebuilding | 215 |
| The Idea of Peacebuilding From Below | 217 | |
| The Mainstreaming of Peacebuilding Models in International Policy | 221 | |
| Implementing Peacebuilding From Below | 222 | |
| Case Study: Peacebuilding in Kosovo, 1999-2004 | 227 | |
| Conclusion | 229 | |
| Recommended reading | 230 | |
| 10 | Reconciliation | 231 |
| Four Meanings of Reconciliation | 231 | |
| Between Separation and a Fusion of Identities | 232 | |
| Dealing with the Past: Trauma and Atrocity | 233 | |
| Peace or Justice? Not Exclusive Alternatives | 236 | |
| Alternative Paths to Reconciliation | 237 | |
| Reconciliation and Conflict Resolution: Going Down the Escalation Ladder | 242 | |
| Recommended reading | 245 | |
| Part II | Cosmopolitan Conflict Resolution | |
| 11 | Terror and Global Justice | 249 |
| Introduction | 249 | |
| Conflict Resolution and Terrorism | 251 | |
| Conflict Resolution as a Response | 256 | |
| The First Dimension: Prevention - Reducing Proneness to Terrorism | 256 | |
| Democracy as an Antidote to Terrorism? | 258 | |
| The Second Dimension: Persuasion - Reducing Motivation and Support | 259 | |
| The Third Dimension: Denial - Reducing Vulnerability and Defeating Hardliners | 262 | |
| The Fourth Dimension: Cooperation - Maximizing International Efforts | 263 | |
| Recommended reading | 264 | |
| 12 | Gender in Conflict Resolution | 265 |
| Stage 1 | Making Women Visible as Agents of Change | 266 |
| Stage 2 | Data-Collection and Case Studies | 268 |
| Stage 3 | Rethinking Conflict Resolution Theory | 270 |
| Stage 4 | Mainstreaming Gender in Policy-Making and the Empowerment of Women | 272 |
| Recommended reading | 274 | |
| 13 | The Ethics of Intervention | 275 |
| Conflict Resolution Roles | 276 | |
| Conflict Resolution Intervention Principles | 277 | |
| From Just War to Just Intervention | 283 | |
| Conclusion: International Ethics, International Law and International Politics | 286 | |
| Recommended reading | 287 | |
| 14 | Dialogue, Discourse and Disagreement | 288 |
| Interactive Conflict Resolution | 289 | |
| Dialogical Conflict Resolution and Gadamerian Hermeneutics | 291 | |
| Discursive Conflict Transformation and Habermasian Critical Theory | 295 | |
| Conclusion: Taking Radical Disagreement Seriously in Conflict Resolution | 301 | |
| Recommended reading | 301 | |
| 15 | Culture, Religion and Conflict Resolution | 302 |
| How Far Down Does Cultural Variation Reach? | 303 | |
| Culture and Conflict Resolution: Three Responses | 307 | |
| Religion and Conflict Resolution: Islamic and Buddhist Approaches | 310 | |
| Conclusion | 315 | |
| Recommended reading | 315 | |
| 16 | Future Directions: Towards Cosmopolitan Conflict Resolution | 316 |
| The Nature of the International Collectivity | 317 | |
| The Arrow of the Future: Conflict Resolution and World Politics | 319 | |
| International Law | 323 | |
| International Intervention | 324 | |
| The United Nations | 325 | |
| Conflict Resolution: The Next Generation | 327 | |
| Notes | 332 | |
| References | 342 | |
| Index | 385 |
What People are Saying About This
"Thoroughly recommended for all conflict resolution workers whether in academe, government or other parliamentary organisations, civil service, military departments, and NGOs and their supporters. Indeed, anyone prepared to study it in any depth would be amply rewarded."
Medicine, Conflict and Survival
"There is no more definitive text. It is impressive in its clarity, comprehensiveness, and ability to incorporate a historical overview of each area as well as the latest thinking and debates."
Oliver Richmond, Director, Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, University of St Andrews
"This new third edition confirms the stellar place of this book on the bookshelf of every scholar and practitioner in the field of conflict resolution and peacebuilding. Nowhere else will you find such a comprehensive overview of the history of the field and its current methodologies, as well as entirely new chapters dedicated to the most pertinent issues of today, including the environment, gender, religion and the media. A must read - a hugely important resource for us all."
Mari Fitzduff, Brandeis University
"Contemporary Conflict Resolution has become an institution for teachers, students and researchers of armed conflict, conflict resolution and peacebuilding. This third edition - significantly revised and expanded, with a number of entirely new chapters - provides an excellent survey of the key theories, debates and cases in this area of scholarship. The inclusion of chapters on the environment , religion, culture, the media and language demonstrates that this volume is as innovative as it is comprehensive. It manages to be both a textbook and a volume that projects coherent and sometimes provocative arguments."
Edward Newman, University of Birmingham
"This is a thorough and well-written introduction to contemporary conflict resolution, which offers a distinctive perspective based on the notion of 'cosmopolitan conflict resolution'. It will be of great interest to students of peace and conflict studies."
Adrian G. V. Hyde-Price, University of Bath