Understanding Conflict Resolution
SAGE Publications Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-5264-6198-8 (ISBN)
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Understanding Conflict Resolution is a comprehensive introduction to the study of peace and conflict studies. It explores both the historical roots of the study of conflict management, as well as the contemporary settings and the tools available to states, regional and global organizations where these core ideas apply. Drawing on cutting-edge research and examples from around the world, the fifth edition includes:
Three new chapters on the key threats and hopes emerging post-2010: one-sided violence, including genocide and terrorism;gendering international affairs; and climate challenges stemming from global warming and the danger of nuclear war
Brand new case studies focusing on contemporary events and issues: ISIS; Brexit; Nuclear Arms Race; Refugees as a weapon of war.
Learning features such as graphs, data sets, a glossary, annotated further reading lists, and access to a companion website full of online resources.
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 ONE THE PROBLEM AND HOW TO APPROACH IT
1 Understanding Conflict Resolution
2 Armed Conflicts and Peace Agreements
3 Approaching Conflict Resolution
4 Analysing Conflict Resolution
PART TWO BASICS OF CONFLICT RESOLUTION
5 The Resolution of Conflicts between States
6 Conflict Resolution in Civil Wars
7 Conflict Resolution in State Formation Conflicts
PART THREE COMPLEXITIES IN CONFLICT RESOLUTION
8 Conflict Complexes and Conflict Resolution
9 International Organizations in Conflict Resolution
10 Coercion and Enforcement
11 Prevention and Peacebuilding
PART FOUR CHALLENGES FOR THE 2020s
12. Dealing with One-sided Violence
13. Gendering International Affairs
14. Facing Climate Challenges
15. Quality Peace and World Order
| Erscheinungsdatum | 10.01.2019 |
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| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 170 x 242 mm |
| Gewicht | 760 g |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik |
| ISBN-10 | 1-5264-6198-6 / 1526461986 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-5264-6198-8 / 9781526461988 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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