Understanding Conflict Resolution - Peter Wallensteen

Understanding Conflict Resolution

Buch | Hardcover
352 Seiten
2015 | 4th Revised edition
SAGE Publications Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-4739-0210-7 (ISBN)
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Providing students with a clear and systematic overview of the field, this fourth edition has plenty of updated coverage including that of Syria, R2P, and the relationship between social media and peace, and is now accompanied by an extensive student study website.
This book provides you with the perfect introduction to your studies in peace and conflict resolution and equips you with the tools you need to analyse real-world cases.


Drawing on recent research and examples from around the world, the new edition:




Explores the ongoing situation in Syria and the events and repercussions of the Arab Spring
Examines the issue of internet security and the relationship between social media and peace
Draws on the cases of Libya and Syria to discuss the principle of Responsibility to Protect (R2P)
Outlines the functions of key regional and Non-Governmental organisations
Includes a companion website with annotated further reading lists, and links to free SAGE journal articles, reports and data sets


This is an essential text for all students, lecturers and researchers of peace and conflict resolution in international relations, global politics and political science.

Peter Wallensteen is Senior Professor of Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, since 2012. He held the Dag Hammarskjöld Chair of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University (1985–2012). He is also the Richard G. Starmann, Senior Research Professor of Peace Studies at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA (since 2006). He directs the Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) and the Special Program on International Targeted Sanctions (SPITS). His Understanding Conflict Resolution: War, Peace and the Global System (Sage, earlier edition, available also in an Arabic translation) is used in teaching around the world. His book Peace Research: Theory and Practice (Routledge 2011) demonstrates his range of research interests and has recently been translated into Chinese. Recently he also edited together with Ambassador Anders Bjurner Regional Organizations and Peacemaking: Challengers to the UN? (Routledge 2015). In 2010, he and Isak Svensson published The Go-Between (United States Institute of Peace Press), a study of mediation efforts by the renowned Swedish diplomat Jan Eliasson. Wallensteen has published widely on conflict trends, conflict resolution, mediation, prevention, sanctions and the United Nations.

PART 1: THE PROBLEM AND HOW TO APPROACH IT
Chapter 1: Understanding Conflict Resolution
Chapter 2: Armed Conflicts and Peace Agreements
Chapter 3: Approaching Conflict Resolution
Chapter 4: Analysing Conflict Resolution
PART 2: BASICS OF CONFLICT RESOLUTION
Chapter 5: The Resolution of Conflicts between States
Chapter 6: Conflict Resolution in Civil Wars
Chapter 7: Conflict Resolution in State Formation Conflicts
PART 3: COMPLEXITIES IN CONFLICT RESOLUTION
Chapter 8: Conflict Complexes and Conflict Resolution
Chapter 9: International Organizations in Conflict Resolution
Chapter 10: Coercion and Enforcement
Chapter 11: Prevention and Peacebuilding
Chapter 12: Conflict Resolution in the 2010s

Erscheint lt. Verlag 23.4.2015
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 170 x 242 mm
Gewicht 770 g
Themenwelt Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Europäische / Internationale Politik
ISBN-10 1-4739-0210-X / 147390210X
ISBN-13 978-1-4739-0210-7 / 9781473902107
Zustand Neuware
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