Peace studies and conflict resolution Books

Book SynopsisForeword by Efraim Halevy, former chief of the Mossad, Israel's national intelligence service. This book presents and analyses fatwas -- rulings of Islamic law -- issued by religious sages and clerics on issues of war and peace in regard to the actual or future possibility of conducting a peace agreement between Muslim states and Israel. The analysis highlights Islamic law's adaptation to changing political realities to the modern model of international relations; the changing concept of jihad and the current role of political fatwas. It deals with the shari'a interpretations regarding war and peace in theory and practice; the Hudaybiyya Pact of 628 between the prophet Muhammad and the Quraysh infidels; Egyptian fatwas from 1947 to 1979 regarding peace with Israel; the 1995 debate between the late mufti of Saudi Arabia 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn Baz and the popular Islamist scholar Dr Yusuf al-Qaradawi over the Oslo Accords; the Hamas hudna concept; the debate between Saudi Arabian muftis and Hezbollah sages over Israel's second war in Lebanon (2006); and a comparative study of the agreements that were signed between the Algerian leader 'Abd al-Qadir and the French in the 1830s. Features: Details those Muslim religious scholars and leaders who present pragmatic interpretations and envision the natural relations between the Muslim and non-Muslim worlds as a state of peace; Sheds light on the built-in pluralism in Islam; And exposes the need of moderate Arab-Muslim rulers for pragmatic muftis and fatwas in order to contend with radical Muslim factions to soften and limit Arab public opposition to signing a peace agreement with Israel, and to enable normal relations with Israel after signing the agreement. The rulings of Islamic law cited in this book are likely to serve as a textual and intellectual basis for the public discourse on peace between Israel and the Palestinians and Arab states.

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Book SynopsisIn 2006 a dispute broke out regarding an initiative by the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles (backed by Israeli authorities) to construct a Museum of Tolerance (MoT) in West Jerusalem. The museum was to be built on a plot of land that in the past had been part of the historic Muslim Mamilla Cemetery, which since the 1980s has served as a municipal parking lot. Debate centred on whether construction of a museum dedicated to human dignity on Muslim cemeterial land was justified. The Northern Islamic Movement and a group of 70 academics and eight Israeli civil society organizations (including rabbis) opposed the project, but their petition to Israel's High Court of Justice failed. Yitzhak Reiter presents the public and legal dilemmas at the individual level (an act of insensitivity to the Muslim minority in Jerusalem); at the political level (the right of equal treatment by the state and the right to administer holy properties [waqf] according to religious law and rulings of shari'a [Islamic law] courts); and at the universal level (can conflict over a holy place be addressed objectively from the ideological/political positions that the place symbolizes, and is a secular civil court competent/appropriate to adjudicate a religious conflict). Research for this book integrates a multi-disciplinary approach involving history, identity politics, and conflict resolution. Sources include documents obtained from the Shari'a Court of Jerusalem and Israel's High Court of Justice, as well as Islamic law and Israeli civil law literature, reports of experts submitted to the courts, and personal participation of the author, including discussions with key players and informants. The Mamilla dispute reflects a microcosm of conflicts over religious and national symbols of cultural heritage as well as Jewish majorityArab minority tensions within Israel.

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Book SynopsisIn 2006 a dispute broke out regarding an initiative by the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles (backed by Israeli authorities) to construct a Museum of Tolerance (MoT) in West Jerusalem. The museum was to be built on a plot of land that in the past had been part of the historic Muslim Mamilla Cemetery, which since the 1980s has served as a municipal parking lot. Debate centred on whether construction of a museum dedicated to human dignity on Muslim cemeterial land was justified. The Northern Islamic Movement and a group of 70 academics and eight Israeli civil society organizations (including rabbis) opposed the project, but their petition to Israel's High Court of Justice failed. Yitzhak Reiter presents the public and legal dilemmas at the individual level (an act of insensitivity to the Muslim minority in Jerusalem); at the political level (the right of equal treatment by the state and the right to administer holy properties [waqf] according to religious law and rulings of shari'a [Islamic law] courts); and at the universal level (can conflict over a holy place be addressed objectively from the ideological/political positions that the place symbolizes, and is a secular civil court competent/appropriate to adjudicate a religious conflict). Research for this book integrates a multi-disciplinary approach involving history, identity politics, and conflict resolution. Sources include documents obtained from the Shari'a Court of Jerusalem and Israel's High Court of Justice, as well as Islamic law and Israeli civil law literature, reports of experts submitted to the courts, and personal participation of the author, including discussions with key players and informants. The Mamilla dispute reflects a microcosm of conflicts over religious and national symbols of cultural heritage as well as Jewish majorityArab minority tensions within Israel.

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Book SynopsisDrawing on an ethnographic study in a multicultural city of Arabs and Jews in Israel, this book examines the models and expressions of power implicated in discourse and conflict resolution practices in cross cultural contemporary community. The author explores community politics expressed in daily life as a contextual background to the analysis of conflict resolution politics, exploring perspectives of state and civic stakeholders. Through case analysis, and addressing the individual, organisational and societal levels, Dr Li-On illustrates that conflict resolution is dominated by politics, with culture, ethnicity, and identity playing a significant role; disputing groups rely on conflict resolution to achieve contesting socio-political goals. The book explores core concerns in the field, illustrating obstacles, challenges and opportunities confronting informal justice in contemporary communities. Informal Justice in Contemporary Society is motivated by the field's research-practice gap and the lack of real world impact research in cross-cultural settings. The book contributes insights towards theory refinement and conflict resolution practice by addressing practical issues confronted by mediators in the field. This innovative research path introduces a holistic approach to the study of informal justice in social context, deploying multilevel ethnographic analysis to broaden the perspectives and understanding of conflict resolution in contemporary communities. Locally, it provides insights into conflict resolution in Israel in a mixed city of Arabs and Jews. This book belongs on the reference shelf of essential reading for educators, researchers and practitioners in conflict resolution and social studies, including anthropological, community, legal and cultural fields.

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Book SynopsisExamines the creation and implementation of South Africa's National Peace Accord and this key transitional phase in the country's history, and its implications for peace mediation and conflict resolution. It is now 30 years since the National Peace Accord (NPA) was signed in South Africa, bringing to an end the violent struggle of the Apartheid era and signalling the transition to democracy. Signed by the ANC Alliance, the Government, the Inkatha Freedom Party and a wide range of other political and labour organizations on 14 September 1991, the parties agreed in the NPA on the common goal of a united, non-racial democratic South Africa, and provided practical means for moving towards this end: codes of conduct for political organizations and for the police, the creation of national, regional and local peace structures for conflict resolution, the investigation and prevention of violence, peace monitoring, socio-economic reconstruction and peacebuilding. This book, written by one of those involved in the process that evolved, provides for the first time an assessment and in-depth account of this key phase of South Africa's history. The National Peace Campaign set up under the NPA mobilized the 'silent majority' and gave peace an unprecedented grassroots identity and legitimacy. The author describes the formulation of the NPA by political representatives, with Church and business facilitators, which ended the political impasse, constituted South Africa's first experience of multi-party negotiations, and made it possible for the constitutional talks (Codesa) to start. She examines the work of the Goldstone Commission, which prefigured the TRC, as well as the role of international observers from the UN, EU, Commonwealth and OAU. Exploring the work of the peace structures set up to implement the Accord - the National Peace Committee and Secretariat, the 11 Regional Peace Committees and 263 Local Peace Committees, and over 18,000 peace monitors - Carmichael provides a uniquely detailed assessment of the NPA, the on-the-ground peacebuilding work and the essential involvement of the people at its heart. Filling a significant gap in modern history, this book will be essential reading for scholars, students and others interested in South Africa's post-Apartheid history, as well as government agencies and NGOs involved in peacemaking globally.Trade ReviewThis illuminating study shows the complexities and rewards of the peace process...Highly recommended. * CHOICE *Carmichael's unique perspective informs her narrative of the NPA's creation, viewed from the perspective of the people at its heart. Throughout, the book spotlights the contributions of civil society actors as Carmichael painstakingly clarifies the involvement of working groups and subcommittees, following their trailing of paperwork from resolutions to complaints procedures and even catering arrangements. This valuable resource will be of interest to anyone working on peace mediation and conflict resolution. * International Affairs *This book offers what few have accomplished: a nuanced and overarching exploration of both the promise and challenges of moving a whole society from protracted violent conflict toward enduring peace. Perhaps the most compelling aspect of this extraordinary book is found in its multi-faceted understanding of what is required of a transformational process, and always with the capacity to look back at the before, during, and after the formal accords were signed. The detail, integrity of research, and comprehensive nature make this a must-read for those interested in peace with justice. -- John Paul Lederach, University of Notre DameSouth Africa owes Dr Carmichael an enormous debt of gratitude for documenting, in such fascinating detail, this significant piece of South African history. -- Val Pauquet, National Peace Committee and Secretariat, 1991–1994An important contribution that not only provides a comprehensive account of the complexities of peacemaking and peacebuilding processes, but also adds considerable detail to the historical record about South Africa's transition from apartheid rule to democracy. Importantly, it not only includes the insights and views of the elites, but also those ordinary peacebuilders who were at the coalface of making and constructing peace in South Africa during the turbulent 1980s and 1990s. -- Guy Lamb, Stellenbosch UniversityLiz Carmichael's masterly account of the National Peace Accord shows the central importance of everyday actors - engaged citizens, church, union and business leaders - in building lasting peace in South Africa. ... Through interviews with key players and unearthing a little-known literature, Carmichael provides a compelling and provocative account of that critical period. This deepens our understanding of the peacemaking process in South Africa and highlights the vital role of everyday peacebuilders around the world. * Phil Clark, SOAS University of London *Documents an important aspect of the history of South Africa's transition to democracy and describes the interaction between South African civil society and its political actors in enabling its peace process. ... a useful resource not only for scholars in peace studies and South African history, but also for institutions and actors facing the task of making/building/forming peace. * Andries Odendaal, Institute of Justice and Reconciliation, Cape Town *A remarkable book that is enormously important for our history, and that will inform and inspire many other future peace processes. In 1994, South Africa and the world witnessed what Desmond Tutu called a miracle, a negotiated transition of power from a rogue Apartheid regime to a free multiracial democratically elected government headed by Nelson Mandela. This book explains how government, business, religious bodies and wider civil society worked together in local and regional peace committees across South Africa to keep the transition as peaceful as possible. As Liz Carmichael establishes without a doubt in this first full account, this feat would not have been possible without the National Peace Accord. -- Cedric de Coning, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) and ACCORDThe National Peace Accord brought us from a life of violence under apartheid to a multifaceted quilt of warring parties working together to save lives and lay the foundation for South Africa's transition to a peaceful democracy in 1994. This book tells how it was done. -- Jay Naidoo, General Secretary of COSATU 1985–1993This is a timely book. It closes a gap in knowledge about what exactly happened during the period of the National Peace Accord and what its contribution was to the democratic order that emerged. There are fascinating insights into how the idea of 'peace' was contested, and the notion of peacebuilding as hybrid, driven both from below and above. This book shows how ordinary citizens and concerned individuals play a part in facilitating peace processes. It helps to recast the perspective from a single narrative of a major political party that delivered change, to the complexity of political change as shaped by multiple actors with different perspectives and skills, but a shared interest in building a stable future. I really enjoyed reading this. -- Mzukisi Qobo, University of the WitwatersrandSeldom has there been a political transition so profound as South Africa's transition from racist apartheid to democracy. South Africa's transition was all the more remarkable - and at the time surprising - for being largely peaceful. In this compelling and important book, Liz Carmichael offers a definitive account of the National Peace Accord which paved the way to peaceful transition. Combining rich insights from archives, interviews, and her own personal experience working with local peace committees, with a deep understanding of the difficult politics of peace-making, this book tells a gripping and ultimately hopeful story, one full of insight that reaches well beyond South Africa. It offers illumination for anyone concerned about peaceful political transitions. This is a book of genuine and lasting value, that demands to be read, and whose lessons must be learned. -- Alex Bellamy, University of QueenslandIt's the hitherto untold story of people who, finding themselves unexpectedly together and called upon without precedent or guidelines to prepare a safe climate for negotiations which in turn would be without precedent or guidelines, creatively and imaginatively invented pragmatic solutions. A strong story, strongly told by one of the key participants, it not only provides a key ingredient for understanding how precarious the transformation from apartheid to non-racial democracy was in South Africa, but offers rich lessons for securing foundations for peace processes throughout the world. -- Albie Sachs, former Judge on South Africa’s Constitutional CourtTable of ContentsForeword by Archbishop Desmond Tutu Introduction PART ONE: Peacemaking, Peacebuilding, and the South African Conflict 1 Peacemaking and Peacebuilding: situating South Africa 2 South Africa's Fractured Rainbow 3 Repression, Reform, Resistance, and Grassroots War PART TWO: Peacemaking 4 Churches, Business, Secret Talks 5 De Klerk becomes President, Mandela walks free 6 Deadlock and the President's Summit 7 Convening the Parties 8 Negotiating the National Peace Accord: the Process 9 Negotiating the National Peace Accord: the Agreements 10 National Peace Convention, 14 September 1991 PART THREE: Peacebuilding 11 National Peace Committee: Promoting Peace 12 National Peace Secretariat: Getting to Grassroots 13 Mobilizing the People, Making Peace Cool 14 Peace Monitoring: Building Peace on the Streets 15 Socio-economic Reconstruction and Development (SERD) 16 Building Peace in the Regions I: Natal/KwaZulu, Wits/Vaal 17 Building Peace in the Regions II: the Cape, OFS, and Transvaal 18 The Goldstone Commission 19 The Police Board, Community Policing, CPFs 20 A Role in Future Peacebuilding? 21 Conclusion: Impact and Unfinished Business

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Book SynopsisA fresh perspective on conflict and peace-making that highlights the cosmologies and invisible entities that state, society and religious authorities draw on to claim or reclaim legitimacy and control. Peace-making can be a violent, arbitrary assertion of power. At the same time, the spheres of power, politics and religion are rarely discrete: when governments behave like gods through demonstrations of arbitrary violence, the remaking of moral and spiritual worlds can provide radical ways to contest the brutality of both conflict and peace. This book is an exploration of the way that Nuer- and Dinka-speaking communities living around the Bilnyang and connected river systems in Warrap and Unity States in South Sudan have experienced peace-making and conflict in an increasingly militarized South Sudan. The book traces patterns of violence in peace-making back to colonial and mercantile activities in the late 19th century, but focuses on the period since the 1980s. Challenging dominant understandings of conflict and peace centred on neo-liberal brokerage and settlements or a politics entirely driven by instrumentalist, neo-patrimonial, marketized logics, this book shows how South Sudanese authorities, particularly religious authorities, have contested the legitimacy of violence and peace by drawing on divinely inspired notions of authority and norms of conduct. Drawing on archive, ethnographic and oral history research, as well as participant observations of the elite peace negotiations since 2013, Pendle describes the peace-making efforts of a range of actors from international diplomats to chiefs, Nuer prophets and local priests, to show how peace-making in South Sudan became an instrument used by actors to build authority by reshaping rituals, remaking hierarchies and re-encoding moral protest against oppressive regimes. By recasting anthropological and historical scholarship on divine authorities and moral communities in South Sudan, this book brings a new perspective to conflict, peace and governance that will be invaluable not only to scholars but to policymakers, practitioners and NGOs. This book is available as an Open Access ebook under the Creative Commons license CC-BY-NC.Trade ReviewThe book is a significant resource for scholars in the field of conflict management and peace-building, international organisations, policymakers and anyone interested in considering the interplay of religion, governance, tradition, peace-making, and conflict management. -- Nadir A. Nasidi * LSE *Table of ContentsIntroduction I Histories and Archives of Peace and Impunit Introduction 1. Priestly Peace and the Divinity of the Gun: The coming of government in the late 19th and early 20th centuries 2. Sacred Authority and Judicial Peace: Peace-making during the Anglo-Egyptian Condominum II. Negotiating Peace 3. Regulating the Proliferation of Divine Power: Wars 1980s-2000s 4. 'Local peace' and the Silencing of the Dead: The 1999 Wunlit Peace Meeting 5. The 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement 6. The Proliferation of Conflict in Gogrial, post-2005 7. The Proliferation of Peace in Gogrial, 2005-2020 8. For Peace or Payment? The bany e bith and the logics of peace-making in Gogrial, 2005-2020 9. Cosmological Crisis and Continuing Conflict in Unity State, 2005-2013 10. Prophetic Proliferations: making Peace in Unity State, 2005-2013 III. Logics of Peace and the Shape of War 11. A War for the Dead and Wars Made by Peace 12. Prophets Making Peace: Peace-making in Unity State, post-2013 13. Peace and Unending Wars in Warrap State, post-2013 14. The Problems of Forgiveness, 2013-2020 Conclusion: The cosmic politics of peace in South Sudan

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Book SynopsisGrounded in ethnographic and historiographic research and taking a cross-regional approach, this book explores the complex dynamics of similarity and difference, rapprochement and detachment, and divergence and competition between practitioners of Christianity, Islam and African religious traditions.Across Africa, Muslims, Christians, and practitioners of African religious traditions live in shared settings, demarcating themselves in opposition to one another and at times engaging in violent conflicts, but also being entangled in complex ways and showing unexpected similarities and mutual cross-overs. However, while encounters and entanglements of African religious traditions with either Islam or Christianity have long been a central research issue, the configuration as a whole has barely been taken into account, even though Muslims, Christians, and practitioners of African religious traditions have long co-existed - and still co-exist - more or less peacefully in many settings in Africa. Building on recent interventions to move beyond the compartmentalization of the study of religion in Africa, this edited volume will spotlight why and how an integrated approach to Islam, Christianity, and African religious traditions is important. Bringing together stimulating case studies from Kenya, Nigeria, Zanzibar, Ghana, and Mozambique that offer new directions for ethnographic and historical research, the volume will not only shed light on an important phenomenon out there in the world - the long-overlooked ways in which Muslims, Christians and practitioners of African religious traditions interact with one another in various majority-minority configurations - but will also engage with a critical rethinking of the study of religion in Africa (and beyond).

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Book SynopsisScholars from Japan and a range of other countries explore in this book the still-unfinished effort to achieve the reconciliation of old enmities left over from past wars in East Asia. They present concrete policy proposals for a 'grand design' of peace based on the Japanese concept of 'kyosei’, a word roughly translated as 'conviviality'. A positive peace through kyosei means not only the absence of violence, but also the amelioration of past injustices, exploitation and oppression. The diversity of disciplines represented in the volume - international law and politics, history, philosophy and theology - enrich the contributors' search for an intellectually appropriate, practically transformative and viable grand theory of peace in the twenty-first century. Chapters address issues such as security in North-South conflict situations, foreign policy strategies for Japan, the perspective of comparative religions, and current skepticism for the possibility of peace and reconciliation. These insightful and compelling analyses will be of great interest to students and researchers of East Asia and the politics of peace in general.Trade Reviewi>'This is a serious, theory-laden research book that is suitable for scholars of peace studies, East Asian history, international politics, and political philosophy as well as graduate students of political science, international relations, and political theory.' -- Zhiqun Zhu, East Asia Integration StudiesTable of ContentsContents: Preface PART I: WHAT KIND OF GRAND THEORY? 1. The Birth of Arts: An Example of Functional Tolerance in Society Yoichiro Murakami 2. Is Grand Theory Possible Today? Shin Chiba 3. In Search of a Grand Theory Against the Current of Skepticism Ryuichi Yamaoka 4. After Grand Theory: Musings on Dialogue, Diversity, and World Formation Lester Edwin J. Ruiz PART II: TOWARD THE CONSTRUCTION OF A GRAND THEORY OF PEACE 5. Horizons of a Grand Theory of Peace Richard Falk 6. Peace Studies and Peace Politics: Multicultural Common Security in North–South Conflict Situations Kinhide Mushakoji 7. Toward a Grand Theory of Negative and Positive Peace: Peace, Security, and Conviviality Johan Galtung PART III: A GRAND DESIGN FOR ACHIEVING KYOSEI IN EAST ASIA 8. Mapping the Sorrows of War Philip West 9. Foreign Policy Strategies for Japan: A Non-Japanese Perspective Thomas J. Schoenbaum 10. Toward a Theology of Reconciliation: Forgiveness from the Perspective of Comparative Religion Anri Morimoto 11. For Realizing Wa and Kyosei in East Asia Shin Chiba Index

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Book SynopsisThe Elgar Handbook of Civil War and Fragile States brings together contributions from a multidisciplinary group of internationally renowned scholars on such important issues as the causes of violent conflicts and state fragility, the challenges of conflict resolution and mediation, and the obstacles to post-conflict reconstruction and durable peace-building.While other companion volumes exist, this detailed and comprehensive book brings together an unrivalled range of disciplinary perspectives, including development economists, quantitative and qualitative political scientists, and sociologists. Topical chapters include: Post-Conflict and State Fragility, Ethnicity, Human Security, Poverty and Conflict, Economic Dimensions of Civil War, Climate Change and Armed Conflict, Rebel Recruitment, Education and Violent Conflict, Obstacles to Peace Settlements and many others.With detailed and comprehensive coverage, this Handbook will appeal to postgraduate and undergraduate students, policymakers, researchers and academics in conflict and peace studies, international relations, international politics and security studies.Contributors include: P. Aall, T. Addison, P.H. Baker, R.H. Bates, J. Bercovitch, G.K. Brown, H. Buhaug, P. Clark, C.A. Crocker, H. Dorussen, V.P. Fortna, S. Fukuda-Parr, K.S. Gleditsch, N.P. Gleditsch, Y. Guichaoua, F.O. Hampson, C.A. Hartzell, H. Hegre, H. Holtermann, L.M. Howard, P. Justino, A. Langer, R. Licklider, K. Long, C. Lutmar, D.M. Malone, J. McGarry, C. Messineo, N.W. Metternich, R. Muggah, S.M. Murshed, H. Nitzscke, B. O Leary, J. Ohiorhenuan, A. Ruggeri, B.R. Sørensen, F. Stewart, M.Z. Tadjoeddin, O.M. Theisen, H. Urdal, P. Vermeersch, S. WolffTrade Review'The Elgar Handbook of Civil War and Fragile States is an impressive volume. Its distinguished contributors offer a rich menu of courses, ranging from conflict and war to peacemaking, transitional justice, peacekeeping, and powersharing. Encyclopedic in its scope, the volume encompasses many different approaches to stimulate and provoke the careful reader. It serves up a feast for scholars and policymakers alike.' --Donald L. Horowitz, Duke University, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Conflict, Post-Conflict, and State Fragility: Conceptual and Methodological Issues Arnim Langer and Graham K. Brown 2. Ethnicity Robert H. Bates 3. Human Security Sakiko Fukuda-Parr and Carol Messineo 4. Poverty and Conflict Håvard Hegre and Helge Holtermann 5. Conflict and the Social Contract Syed Mansoob Murshed 6. Economic Dimensions of Civil War Heiko Nitzschke and David M. Malone 7. Horizontal Inequalities and Conflict Frances Stewart 8. Conflict, Natural Resources and Development Mohammad Zulfan Tadjoeddin 9. Climate Change and Armed Conflict Ole Magnus Theisen, Nils Petter Gleditsch and Halvard Buhaug 10. Demography and Armed Conflict Henrik Urdal 11. Rethinking Durable Solutions for Refugees Katy Long 12. Rebel Recruitment Yvan Guichaoua 13. Violent Conflict and Human Capital Accumulation Patricia Justino 14. Education and Violent Conflict Birgitte Refslund Sørensen 15. International Dimensions of Internal Conflict Nils W. Metternich, Kristian Skrede Gleditsch, Han Dorussen and Andrea Ruggeri 16. Theories of Ethnic Mobilization: Overview and Recent Trends Peter Vermeersch 17. Transitions from War to Peace Caroline A. Hartzell 18. Fragile States and Civil Wars: Is Mediation the Answer? Carmela Lutmar and Jacob Bercovitch 19. Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Robert Muggah 20. Obstacles to Peace Settlements Roy Licklider 21. Pitfalls and Prospects in the Peacekeeping Literature Virginia Page Fortna and Lise Morjé Howard 22. Transitional Justice in Post-Conflict Societies Phil Clark 23. Collective Conflict Management Chester A. Crocker, Fen Osler Hampson and Pamela Aall 24. The Political Economy of Fragile States Tony Addison 25. Conflict Resolution versus Democratic Governance: Can Elections Bridge the Divide? Pauline H. Baker 26. Federations and Managing Nations John McGarry and Brendan O’Leary 27. Post-Conflict Recovery John Ohiorhenuan 28. Gendering Violent Conflicts Birgitte Refslund Sørensen 29. Complex Power Sharing Stefan Wolff References Index

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Book SynopsisThis interdisciplinary Handbook offers a comprehensive and detailed overview of the relationship between gender and war, exploring the conduct of war, its impact, aftermath, and opposition to it. Offering sophisticated theoretical insights and empirical research from the First World War to contemporary conflicts around the world, this Handbook underscores the centrality of gender to critical examinations of war. A standout characteristic of this volume is its synthesis of both scholarly and policy-relevant debates as well as detailed case studies addressing both war and post-conflict realities. Including feminist perspectives with critical attention to men and masculinities, this Handbook proves itself to be both expansive and meticulous in its scholarly approach and critiques.The Handbook on Gender and War draws upon research from a wide variety of disciplines and will be of interest to scholars and researchers of gender and sexuality studies, international relations, sociology, peace and conflict studies, and cultural studies. It will also hold great appeal to policymakers and field workers engaged in projects in post-conflict re-construction, human rights, development, and gender justice.Contributors include: L. Åhäll, M. Alam, S. Basu, V.M. Basham, D. Berkowitz, J. Burkett, J. Chan, M. Denov, I.R. Feinman, L. Feitz, C.E. Gentry, C. Hamilton, P. Higate, C. Hills, A. Howell, J.P. Jacobsen, T. Kaiser, Q. Lin, M. MacKenzie, M. Manjikian, J. Nagel, C. O'Rourke, J. Pattinson, J. Pedersen, A. Ricard-Guay, C. Rowe, L. Sjoberg, S. Sharoni, L.J. Shepherd, L. Steiner, J. Welland, Z.H. WoolTrade Review'This timely Handbook contains the most comprehensive, interdisciplinary and cutting edge collection of writings, empirical findings and conceptual ideas about the gendered aspects of war, violence, militarism, security and peace. In the context of exploring the continuum of war in its numerous manifestations, the contributions also further our understandings of the role of masculinities and the relationship between political and sexualized violence. Building on recent feminist theorizing, this impressive collection constitutes an excellent resource not only for researchers and educators, but also policy-makers and activists.' --Nadje Al-Ali, SOAS University of London, UK'Simona Sharoni, Julia Welland, Linda Steiner and Jennifer Pedersen have compiled an extraordinarily rich collection of contemporary texts on gender, conflict, peace and security. The inter-disciplinary breadth, together with the combination of theoretical debate and on-the-ground research, make this an eminently readable, engaging and thought-provoking anthology, of great value to academics, activists, policy-makers and practitioners.' --Henri Myrttinen, International Alert, UK'For anyone plunging into the deep and wide waters of thinking and research on the workings of masculinities and femininities in war, this is definitely the place to start. Each contributor is a specialist with detailed knowledge of the complex processes that set the stage for, and perpetuate militarized violence. This volume is also a window on what it takes in gendered political action to create a sustainable peace.' --Cynthia Enloe, Clark UniversityTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Simona Sharoni and Julia Welland PART I GENDER AND THE CONDUCT OF WAR Introduction Julia Welland 1. Gender and Militaries: The Importance of Military Masculinities for the Conduct of State Sanctioned Violence Victoria M. Basham 2. On the Imagination of ‘Woman’ as Killer in War Linda Åhäll 3. The Twilight War: Gender and Espionage, Britain, 1900-1950 Juliette Pattinson 4. Cat Food and Clients: Gendering the Politics of Protection in the Private Military Securitized Company Paul Higate 5. Not All Soldiers: Hegemonic Masculinity and the Problem of Soldiers’ Agency in an Age of Technological Intervention Mary Manjikian 6. Gender and ‘Population-Centric’ Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan Julia Welland 7. Gender and Terrorism Caron E. Gentry PART II GENDER AND THE IMPACT OF WAR Introduction Linda Steiner 8. Gender-Based Violence in War Laura Sjoberg 9. Risk and Social Transformation: Gender and Forced Migration Tania Kaiser 10. Girls as Weapons of War Mayesha Alam 11. Gender and the Economic Impacts of War Joyce P. Jacobsen 12. The War Comes Home: The Toll of War and the Shifting Burden of Care Alison Howell and Zoë H. Wool 13. The Sexual Economy of War: Implications for the Integration of Women into the US Armed Forces Joane Nagel and Lindsey Feitz 14. From Woman Warrior to Innocent Child: Telling Gendered News Stories of Women Terrorists Dan Berkowitz and Ling Qi 15. Gender under Fire in War Reporting Linda Steiner PART III GENDER AND OPPOSITION TO WAR Introduction Jennifer Pedersen 16. CODEPINK and Pink Soldiers: Reading Feminist Antimilitarism Anew Ilene R. Feinman 17. Iraq Veterans Against the War: "That Whole Gender Paradigm" Cami Rowe 18. Gender and Resistance to Political Violence in Palestine and Israel Simona Sharoni 19. In the Rain and In the Sun: Women's Peace Activism in Liberia Jennifer Pedersen 20. Gender and the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament in the 1960s Jodi Burkett 21. Gendered Dimensions of Anti-war Protest in Japan Jennifer Chan PART IV GENDER AND THE AFTERMATH OF WAR Introduction Simona Sharoni 22. Gender and Peacebuilding Laura J. Shepherd and Caitlin Hamilton 23. Gender and Post-Conflict Security Megan MacKenzie 24. Gender and Transitional Justice Catherine O’Rourke 25. Gender and Demilitarization in Liberia Christopher Hills 26. Girl Soldiers and the Complexities of Demobilization and Reintegration Myriam Denov, Alexandra Ricard-Guay and Amber Green 27. The United Nations’ Women, Peace and Security Agenda Soumita Basu Index

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Book SynopsisThis major reference work is a comprehensive critical guide to the large and growing literature on the economics of defence, disarmament and peace. It covers the cost of defence spending and its effects on growth, investment, unemployment, technical change and other aspects of a nation's economic performance. It includes material on the determinants of defence spending namely defence budgets, programme budgeting and procurement policy. It also deals with the economic impact of arms limitation, disarmament and the conversion from military production to products with peaceful uses.Trade Review'. . . the Hartley-Hooper contribution clearly provides teachers, researchers and students with an invaluable and durable guide to an important literature.'

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Book SynopsisForeword by Naseer Aruru; Introduction: Political Development and the Transition to Democracy; The Palestinian National Movement: A Historical Overview; The Palestinians Awaken to a Crushing Defeat; From Dispersion to Taking the Initiative ; The PLO: From Maximalism to Compromise; The Oslo Accords and the Establishment of the Palestinian National Authority; Democracy and Centralism in the Palestinian National Movement, 1967--1993; Arafat's Control of PLO Institutions, 1968--1993; Pluralism, Civil Society, and the Construction of Institutions among the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, 1967--1993; The Formal Structure of Powers in the Palestinian National Authority; The Legislative Council; The Executive Authority; The Judicial Authority; The First Palestinian General Elections; The Legitimacy of the Elections; The Election System; The Election Campaign; The Election Results; The Centralisation of Power and Political Conduct in the PNA; Centralisation of Power Surveillance (Intimidation); Buying Quiet (Bribery); Conclusion: Contradictions within Palestinian Democracy; Palestinian Partial Democracy' Before the Establishment of the PNA; Partial Democracy' in the PNA; Conclusions for the Future.Trade Review"...a first rate case study of the problems of democratization and the requirements for its success. It should be a valuable contribution to any comparative study of these issues. Highly recommended at all levels. CHOICE, March 2002 Israeli manipulation of the various Oslo agreements to suit its own interests translates into authoritarian rule, parasitic politics and a crippling dependence for the Palestinian Authority (PA). Constitutional and legal issues are neglected and this in turn strangles democratic development. Regime insecurity has led the ruling elite to cling tenaciously to power and to treat any dissenting behavior as a form of treason. From the Foreword by Naseer Aruri,

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Book SynopsisInvestment in Peace - The Politics of Economics Cooperation Between Israel, Jordan & the PalestiniansTable of ContentsContents: Foreword by HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal of Jordan; Preface; Introduction: Perceptions of War, Peace, and Economics; The Domestic Environments; The Politics of the Israeli--Jordanian--Palestinian Triangle; Trade Regimes; Transnational Economic Co-operation; Regional Infrastructure Development; Conclusion: The Future of Arab--Israeli Economic; Relations -- Risks and Opportunities; Bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisIn the global south, women have and continue to resist multiple forms of structural violence. The atrocities committed against Yazidi women by ISIS have been recognized internationally, and the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Nadia Murad in 2018 was a tribute to honor women whose bodies have been battered in the name of race, nationality, war, and religion. In the Crossfire of History:Women's War Resistance Discourse in the Global South is an edited collection that incorporates literary works, testimonies, autobiographies, women’s resistance movements, and films that add to the conversation on the resilience of women in the global south. The collection focuses on Palestine, Kashmir, Syria, Kurdistan, Congo, Argentina, Central America, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh. The essays question historical accuracy and politics of representation that usually undermine women’s role during conflict, and they reevaluate how women participated, challenged, sacrificed, and vehemently opposed war discourses that erase women’s role in shaping resistance movements.The transformative mode of these examples expands the definition of heroism and defiance. To prevent these types of heroism from slipping into the abyss of history, this collection brings forth and celebrates women’s fortitude in conflict zones. In the Crossfire of History shines a light onwomen across the globe who are resisting the sociopolitical and economic injustices in their nation-states. Trade Review“This is a timely intervention in women’s resistance from the Global South that maps the complex labyrinth of women’s opposition, agency, advocacy through various forms of art, literature, and activism. Removed from the 'strait-jacket' of organized resistance, it is a must-read for scholars, students, activists interested in women’s voices and actions from the South as they defy and negotiate with micro and macro political structures of power.” -- Swapna M. Banerjee * Professor of History, Brooklyn College and The Graduate Center of the City University of New York *"This powerful set of essays refuses conventional tropes of female agency in the liberal tradition; instead, the authors theorize a politics and poetics of “resistance” that is context-specific, place based and plural. The volume, which takes the reader to geographical spaces that are often marginalized in feminist analyses, is a welcome addition to the emerging field of decolonial feminist scholarship." -- Dina M. Siddiqi * Executive Committee, American Institute of Bangladesh Studies (AIBS) *“This is a timely intervention in women’s resistance from the Global South that maps the complex labyrinth of women’s opposition, agency, advocacy through various forms of art, literature, and activism. Removed from the 'strait-jacket' of organized resistance, it is a must-read for scholars, students, activists interested in women’s voices and actions from the South as they defy and negotiate with micro and macro political structures of power.” -- Swapna M. Banerjee * Professor of History, Brooklyn College and The Graduate Center of the City University of New York *"This powerful set of essays refuses conventional tropes of female agency in the liberal tradition; instead, the authors theorize a politics and poetics of “resistance” that is context-specific, place based and plural. The volume, which takes the reader to geographical spaces that are often marginalized in feminist analyses, is a welcome addition to the emerging field of decolonial feminist scholarship." -- Dina M. Siddiqi * Executive Committee, American Institute of Bangladesh Studies (AIBS) *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Portraits of ResistancesPart I: Representation of Resistance in Art and MediaChapter 1: Syrian Women’s Prison Art: Toward a Poetics of Creative InsurgencyStefanie SevcikChapter 2: Moving beyond Victimhood: Female Agency in Bangladeshi War MoviesFarzana AkhterChapter 3: Structuring Jinelogy within Global Feminism: Representations of Kurdish Women Fighters in Western MediaLava AsaadPart II: Literature and ResistanceChapter 4: All the Female Bodies: Female Resistance and Political Consciousness in Testimonies of the Dirty War in ArgentinaLucía García-SantanaChapter 5: The Woman from Tantoura: An Autotheoretical Reading in the Art of ResistanceDoaa OmranChapter 6: South Asian Women and Hybrid Identities: Narratives of Abduction and Displacement in Partition LiteratureMargaret HagemanChapter 7: Writing Solidarity: Women in Bapsi Sidhwa’s Cracking IndiaCarolyn OwnbeyChapter 8: Sri Lankan Postcolonial Inversion and a “Thousand Mirrors” of ResistanceMoumin QuaziPart III: Advocacy / ActivismChapter 9: Kashmiri Women Activists in the Aftermath of the Partition of IndiaNyla Ali KhanChapter 10: Teaching Narratives of Rape Survivors of the Bangladesh War in a Classroom: A Study on University StudentsShafinur NaharChapter 11: They Fear Us Because We are Fearless: Women-Led Global Environmental Advocacy and its AdversariesMatthew SpencerConclusion: Detangling ResistanceNotes on ContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisIn the global south, women have and continue to resist multiple forms of structural violence. The atrocities committed against Yazidi women by ISIS have been recognized internationally, and the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Nadia Murad in 2018 was a tribute to honor women whose bodies have been battered in the name of race, nationality, war, and religion. In the Crossfire of History:Women's War Resistance Discourse in the Global South is an edited collection that incorporates literary works, testimonies, autobiographies, women’s resistance movements, and films that add to the conversation on the resilience of women in the global south. The collection focuses on Palestine, Kashmir, Syria, Kurdistan, Congo, Argentina, Central America, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh. The essays question historical accuracy and politics of representation that usually undermine women’s role during conflict, and they reevaluate how women participated, challenged, sacrificed, and vehemently opposed war discourses that erase women’s role in shaping resistance movements.The transformative mode of these examples expands the definition of heroism and defiance. To prevent these types of heroism from slipping into the abyss of history, this collection brings forth and celebrates women’s fortitude in conflict zones. In the Crossfire of History shines a light onwomen across the globe who are resisting the sociopolitical and economic injustices in their nation-states. Trade Review“This is a timely intervention in women’s resistance from the Global South that maps the complex labyrinth of women’s opposition, agency, advocacy through various forms of art, literature, and activism. Removed from the 'strait-jacket' of organized resistance, it is a must-read for scholars, students, activists interested in women’s voices and actions from the South as they defy and negotiate with micro and macro political structures of power.” -- Swapna M. Banerjee * Professor of History, Brooklyn College and The Graduate Center of the City University of New York *"This powerful set of essays refuses conventional tropes of female agency in the liberal tradition; instead, the authors theorize a politics and poetics of “resistance” that is context-specific, place based and plural. The volume, which takes the reader to geographical spaces that are often marginalized in feminist analyses, is a welcome addition to the emerging field of decolonial feminist scholarship." -- Dina M. Siddiqi * Executive Committee, American Institute of Bangladesh Studies (AIBS) *“This is a timely intervention in women’s resistance from the Global South that maps the complex labyrinth of women’s opposition, agency, advocacy through various forms of art, literature, and activism. Removed from the 'strait-jacket' of organized resistance, it is a must-read for scholars, students, activists interested in women’s voices and actions from the South as they defy and negotiate with micro and macro political structures of power.” -- Swapna M. Banerjee * Professor of History, Brooklyn College and The Graduate Center of the City University of New York *"This powerful set of essays refuses conventional tropes of female agency in the liberal tradition; instead, the authors theorize a politics and poetics of “resistance” that is context-specific, place based and plural. The volume, which takes the reader to geographical spaces that are often marginalized in feminist analyses, is a welcome addition to the emerging field of decolonial feminist scholarship." -- Dina M. Siddiqi * Executive Committee, American Institute of Bangladesh Studies (AIBS) *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Portraits of ResistancesPart I: Representation of Resistance in Art and MediaChapter 1: Syrian Women’s Prison Art: Toward a Poetics of Creative InsurgencyStefanie SevcikChapter 2: Moving beyond Victimhood: Female Agency in Bangladeshi War MoviesFarzana AkhterChapter 3: Structuring Jinelogy within Global Feminism: Representations of Kurdish Women Fighters in Western MediaLava AsaadPart II: Literature and ResistanceChapter 4: All the Female Bodies: Female Resistance and Political Consciousness in Testimonies of the Dirty War in ArgentinaLucía García-SantanaChapter 5: The Woman from Tantoura: An Autotheoretical Reading in the Art of ResistanceDoaa OmranChapter 6: South Asian Women and Hybrid Identities: Narratives of Abduction and Displacement in Partition LiteratureMargaret HagemanChapter 7: Writing Solidarity: Women in Bapsi Sidhwa’s Cracking IndiaCarolyn OwnbeyChapter 8: Sri Lankan Postcolonial Inversion and a “Thousand Mirrors” of ResistanceMoumin QuaziPart III: Advocacy / ActivismChapter 9: Kashmiri Women Activists in the Aftermath of the Partition of IndiaNyla Ali KhanChapter 10: Teaching Narratives of Rape Survivors of the Bangladesh War in a Classroom: A Study on University StudentsShafinur NaharChapter 11: They Fear Us Because We are Fearless: Women-Led Global Environmental Advocacy and its AdversariesMatthew SpencerConclusion: Detangling ResistanceNotes on ContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisThis book integrates spatial analysis into the study and management of conflicts, and offers a model in conflict studies that incorporates theoretical explanations of conflict, its causes, and impacts, with a geospatial strategy for intervening in disputes over allocation and use of natural resources (connects theory and practice). Alongside a theoretical analysis of resource conflicts and an account of Participatory Mapping and PGIS development, this book provides a case study of GIS applications in conflict mediation. The book also lays out a practical and straightforward demonstration of PGIS applications in conflict management using a real-world case study, and traces the Participatory Mapping and PGIS movements’ evolution, compares PPGIS and PGIS practices, and makes distinctions between traditional GIS applications and PGIS practice. The approach embodies the enhanced use of spatial information and media, sets of tools for analyzing, mapping, and displaying spatial data and a platform for participatory discussions that enhances consensus-building. The book, therefore, contributes to the search for novel approaches for managing current and emerging conflicts. With this book, resource managers, development practitioners, students, and scholars of Participatory Mapping and PGIS applications and conflict studies will be equipped with the principles, skills, and the tools they need to manage non-violent resource conflicts and keep the disputes from slipping into violence. The book will also be a valuable text for basic and advanced studies in Participatory Mapping and PGIS applications, Conflict Resolution and Conflict Management. Table of ContentsPart1. Sources, impacts, and the perspectives on resource conflicts.- Chapter1. Natural Resources, Conflict of Interests and their Management.- Chapter2. Sources, Impacts and Management of Natural Resources Conflicts.- Chapter3. Perspectives on Natural Resource Conflicts.- Part2. Participatory Mapping and PGIS applications in conflict management.- Chapter4. Participatory Mapping and management of natural resource conflicts.- Chapter5. The Development of Community-based GIS Applications.- Chapter6. The impact of geospatial data processing on conflict-supporting beliefs.- Chapter7. Case study: Participatory mapping and management of conflict of interests over allocation of resources within the Aboma Forest Reserve at Kofiase, Ghana.- Part3. Assessment of Participatory Mapping and PGIS applications in conflict management.- Chapter8. Important factors in successful Participatory Mapping and PGIS applications in conflict management.- Chapter9. Appraisal of the roles of Participatory Mapping and PGIS applications in conflict management.- Chapter10. Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisForgiveness is important in international politics because it can save thousands of lives. Its opposite, vengefulness, has played a significant part in various wars of the 20th and 21st centuries. These conflicts are examined in this book, showing how forgiveness could have avoided the tremendous ensuing bloodshed. Despite its importance, in the context of international relations, forgiveness as a means of preventing the outbreak of war (as opposed to facilitating reconciliation after conflicts) has largely been neglected as a subject of study. Indeed, it has also been ignored by politicians, as a result of which there are few examples of forgiveness to study compared with those of revenge. This book reflects this reality, but also seeks to change it by raising public awareness of the importance of forgiveness in international affairs and the need to demand that political leaders explore this avenue. The book also provides a succinct, informative guide to the background of today’s international affairs. Each chapter can be read independently and highlights either forgiveness in action or the futility and loss of life caused by vengefulness, demonstrating where and how forgiveness could have made a dramatic difference.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Forgiveness and Revenge.- Part 1. Forgiveness towards a Foreign Enemy and the Futility of Revenge.- Chapter 2. Robert Schuman, Forgiveness and the Founding of the EU.- Chapter 3. 9/11: the USA's Revenge on Afghanistan.- Chapter 4. Iraq 2003: Deluded Revenge.- Chapter 5. Libya and the West: A Cycle of Revenge.- Chapter 6. USA and Iran.- Chapter 7. Is America a Vengeful Democracy?.- Part 2. The West’s Unforgiving Responses to Russia and China.- Chapter 8. Russophobia: the Ukraine Conflict, the Skripal Affair.- Chapter 9. Belarus: Forgiveness; Russophobia Impedes Mediation.- Chapter 10. Sinophobia.- Chapter 11. Political Vengeance has Harmed China’s Development.- Part 3. Forgiveness between Ethnic Groups or to an Occupying Power.- Chapter 12. Mahatma Gandhi’s Rejection of Revenge.- Chapter 13. Israel and the Palestinians: the Futility of Violent Revenge.- Chapter 14. Forgiveness and the Irish Conflict.- Chapter 15. Nelson Mandela: Faith, Force and Forgiveness.- Part 4. Forgiveness during or after Civil War.- Chapter 16. The Relevance of Forgiveness and Revenge to the Syrian Civil War.- Chapter 17. Forgiveness after Civil War: Yugoslavia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Colombia and South Sudan.- Chapter 18. A Leadership of Forgiveness.- Chapter 19. Political Apologies, Forgiveness and Reparations.- Chapter 20. The Limits of Forgiveness (1): Islamic Jihadism in Africa.- Chapter 21. The Limits of Forgiveness (2): Myanmar Under the Generals.- Chapter 22. The Forgiveness of Debts.

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Book SynopsisThis edited book fills a void in the existing research concerning anti-communist movements in Central and Eastern Europe, outlining the linguistic implications of the cultural, social and political metamorphoses brought about by the (change of) regime. The authors included in this volume approach the topic from a variety of perspectives, but, ultimately, focus on language seen as a fundamental tool for simultaneously subjugating and liberating, concealing and revealing truth, discouraging dissidence and fostering revolt. Readers are invited to discover the linguistic implications of the many shapes and forms that the 1989 anti-communist revolutions took. Equally interesting are the investigations of the revolution aftermath, in the first years of transition to democracy. Perceived as a whole throughout the Cold War (1947-1991), the so-called "Eastern Bloc" managed to reveal its heterogeneity, the singularity of each of its comprising states and the multitude of its internal contrasts, most vividly perhaps, in the manifold manifestations of the 1989 anti-communist fight. This book will be of interest to academics and researchers from various fields, including history, (socio)linguistics, political studies, and conflict studies. Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Narratives of discord: misinformation, dissimulation, truth.- Voices from Below. Propaganda and Petitioning Power in Late Socialist Romania (Mioara Anton).- The Great Discursive Divide in Communist Romania (Veronica Manole).- “Words that Must Not Be Named”: Narratives of Language, Power, and Identity in Communist Romania (Réka Lugossy).- Compromise or Survival. Adapting the Religious Discourse and the Topics Covered in Publications of the Romanian Orthodox Church during the Communist Regime (Călin Emilian Cira).- The Founding Texts of a Revolution. Romania 1989 (Kazimierz Jurczak).- Words at war: expressive forms of resistance, dissidence and protest.- The Language of Inner Freedom for Dissent: Müller and Liiceanu before and after the Revolution (Jonathan Lahey Dronsfield).- The Rhetoric of Albanian Insurgency: Communism and Anti- Communism in Kosovo (Henrique Schneider).- The Change of Worlds and Words. The Language of Protest during and after the Romanian Revolution in 1989 (Dina Vîlcu).- Written, spoken, performed: archiving the memory of (post-)communism.- Humility and Hatred, Forgiveness and Hope. A Linguistic Approach on the Subjective Literary Experiences in the Romanian Communist Society (Maria-Zoica Eugenia Balaban).- Retrieving Memory via Desk-Drawer Literature: from Reality Escapism in Stories about Cadmav to Contemporary Reflective Writing in With My Woman’s Mind (Ioana Mudure-Iacob).- Surviving the Change, Adjusting the Language. Romanian Writers in the Cultural Media, December 1989-1990 (Magdalena Răduță, Oana Fotache).- The December 1989 Revolution in Post-Communist Romanian Drama (Anca Hațiegan).- Staging Communism in Romania: Language, Propaganda, Memory in Caryl Churchill’s Mad Forest and Matei Vișniec’s How to Explain the History of Communism to Mental Patients (Alina Cojocaru).- The Language of the Velvet Revolution versus the Anti-Language of Post- Communist Crime. A Sociolinguistic Analysis of Contemporary Czech Crime Historical Television Series (Luboš Ptáček).- Surprising Silence? Possible Reasons for Scarcity of Representation of the Velvet Revolution in Czech Film Adaptations in the 1990s (Radoslav Horák).- Comparing the Portrayal of the Fall of the Berlin Wall in Two Spanish Newspapers: A Multimodal Analysis (Samira Allani, Silvia Molina-Plaza).- Borghesia and Laibach against the Socialist Regime of Yugoslavia: Insights from a Socio-Linguistic Analysis (Mitja Stefancic).- Conclusions.

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Book SynopsisThis timely book offers a comprehensive examination of the current state of nuclear stability postures worldwide, effectively highlighting their inherent limitations. Through their analysis, the authors illustrate how the seemingly contradictory perspectives of deterrence optimists, disarmament idealists, and warfighting pessimists can be reconfigured into a unified approach towards achieving regional and global peace. They suggest that these strategies can be reconciled as complementary, rather than substitute approaches, to achieve the common goal of nuclear stability.To achieve this objective, the book employs a game-theoretical framework to analytically define the conditions for nuclear war. Drawing from extensive observations of significant crises, the model incorporates identifiable systemic regularities that influence the strategic decision-making process during severe crises and establish the prerequisites for different levels of nuclear confrontation. Additionally, by tracing the strategic-technological trajectories of nuclear powers, the authors present a novel analysis that explores the potential for stable coexistence to replace unstable confrontation between global powers, ultimately fostering nuclear peace.The author's theoretical explorations lead to the policy conclusion that establishing a nuclear oligopolistic hierarchy, under the leadership of preponderant global powers committed to a no-first-use pledge, presents the most effective international system for enhancing both regional and global nuclear stability. This book aims to surpass the Cold War origins of current nuclear strategy and develop a comprehensive policy framework that guarantees enduring nuclear stability in the contemporary world.Table of ContentsForeword by Ronald Tammen1. IntroductionThis chapter overviews currently contradictory nuclear arguments by advocates of disarmament, deterrence, and warfighting. Outside of the realm of deterrence looms the possibility that non-state agents will acquire and use dirty bombs. Strategies to deal with this increasingly likely contingency are not in place. As we move to a nuclear world beyond deterrence, we emphasize a need for the new strategic guidance to prevent the critical threats to human existence as we face an increasingly complex array of nuclear challenges. 2. 2. The Size and Scope of Nuclear Arsenals This chapter provides a chronological snapshot of nuclear proliferation. We show that evolving technology and lack of commitment to established deterrence strategies causes the drastic rise in the size and composition of nuclear arsenals. We e valuate the implications of primary events of nuclear competitions, including the arms race of strategic weapons, the deployment of tactical warheads, the transfer of weapons to regional powers. The decision of voluntary denuclearization is an important step that because of the lack of commitment by global nuclear powers has not secured societies that choose to do so. 3. 3. The Evolution of Nuclear Deterrence in Theory and Practice This chapter documents and analytically defines how and why the nuclear deterrence postures have shifted from Bernard Brodie's no-first-use doctrine under Massive Retaliation (MR) to Kenneth Waltz's neorealist principle of balance of terror under Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD). We identify theoretical and practical inconsistency shared by both perspectives and evaluate the recent emergence of nuclear warfighting philosophy. 4. 4.The Evolution of Disarmament in theory and Practice Past works view deterrence and disarmament as alternate but contradictory paths to nuclear stability. We show that they are two sides of the similar attempts to reduce the likelihood of nuclear war. Although the Global Zero movement has been endorsed by a vast number of academics and practitioners, this chapter shows that a major obstacle to such a disarmament proposal is the lack of trust among global powers that voids any attempts at enforceability. The practical alternative are regional nuclear-free zones first implemented after the Treaty of Tlatelolco that have now been adopted by the majority of nations south of the Equator. We show how and why NFZ can complement nuclear stability provided that the global nuclear powers guarantee regional stability. 5. 5. The Rise of Nuclear Warfighting Strategies This chapter investigates the dynamics of nuclear escalation and the development of tactical nuclear strategies. Exploring the evolution of warfighting strategies from their early inception, we first examine salient aspects of early counterforce and countervalue strategies. We then assess the tactical aspects of escalation theory evaluating the likely success if tactical nuclear strikes to prevent escalation. 6. Based on discussions from previous chapters, we develop a novel model that identifies and addresses all domains of nuclear challenges capable of inflicting grave loss of life and economic devastation. Unlike previous perspectives, our specification incorporates (a) the interaction between conventional and nuclear capabilities, (b) the policy motivation based on status quo evaluations and inter-state trust that can alter the perception of the security environment, and (c) the physical exposure to retaliation as the measurable component in the calculus of war. Our model Integrating Deterrence, Disarmament and War Fighting Strategies identifying the necessary but not sufficient conditions for different levels of nuclear war and those required for peace. requirements 7. 6. Long Term Stability Beyond Deterrence This chapter summarizes the implications of our perspective on nuclear stability. We show that deterrence under Massive Retaliation (MR) is unstable since a dissatisfied challenger with military superiority likely makes nuclear blackmail. Deterrence under Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD) is tenuous at global or regional levels since only under the balance of terror generated by nuclear parity military disputes can escalate to massive all-out nuclear war. We show that formulating and adopting warfighting strategies may potentially reduce costs of limited nuclear war but is unlikely to avert escalating conflicts at nuclear parity. Lack of experience at this level of carnage and the lack of effective escalation theory identifying the cost threshold when war would stop is still missing (conventional conflict seldom exceeded 25% loss in any nation – such levels can be achieved in the nuclear era in days not years). On the positive side we show that disarmament at the regional level can induce regional stability. We show that particularly to the Middle East a NFZ can enhance stability. To generalize the benefits of NFZ we advocate the creation of a new, veto free Nuclear Security Council composed only of the few global nuclear powers. Once in place this institution would allow any global nuclear power to respond to a first strike in any region and particularly against any member of an NFZ. On a less optimistic note, we show that “global-zero” is not a feasible option today and can be considered only after establishing a trust-based security scheme. The preconditions for such a venture are simply not in place. Appendix 1: Systematic Analysis of Nuclear Crisis Outcomes This work summaries using an agent-based perspective the evolution and resolution of all nuclear crisis. We refer to these cases throughout the book. The overall analysis shows that outcomes of crisis where threats of nuclear weapons use were involved did not differ from those where no such threats were used. Based on structural conditions, the the number, intensity, and structure of outcomes do not differ from those in the pre-nuclear period. 8. Appendix 2. Formal Model specification and derivations This section lays out theoretical justifications for our assumptions and specifications of the game-theoretic model of deterrence and disarmament. For interested readers, full equilibrium outcomes and their derivations are presented. 9. References 10. Subject Index 11. Glossary of Terms

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Book SynopsisThis book makes a compelling case that lethal drone deployment as a counterterrorism tool and instrument of statecraft in targeted states engenders far-reaching consequences for US grand strategy. By examining how successive US administrations since 9/11 have deployed drones in pursuant of different typologies of US grand strategic objectives, the book probes the putative political and strategic goals drones supposedly advance, and the impact of its continued proliferation for US for international security. The book provides a powerful base of evidence for policy makers and researchers by pointing to the perils of deployment of drone technology beyond their immediate or short-term objectives. It also explores how non-state actors and authoritarian regimes such as armed groups are harnessing armed drone technologies for their own political and military ends, as well as the underlying implications for US grand strategy and international security at large.Table of ContentsTABLE OF CONTENTS PREFACE.. ii ACKNOWLEDGMENT.. iii ENDORSEMENTS.. iv LIST OF TABLES.. vii LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS.. viii INDEX.. x CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION.. 1 1.0 Introduction.. 1 1.1 Drones in Contemporary World Politics. 2 1.2 Key Considerations: Drones and US Grand Strategy?. 6 1.3 Chapter Outline. 11 CHAPTER TWO: Unmasking the Nexus: Exploring US Grand Strategy and the Dynamic Role of Drones. 13 2.0 Introduction.. 13 2.1 Grand Strategy in perspective. 14 2.2 Does the US have a Grand Strategy?. 18 2.3 Typologies of US Grand Strategy and Drones. 20 2.4 Drones and US Grand Strategy: The nexus. 30 2.4.1 US Grand Strategy: Balancing Offensive and Defensive Interpretations. 34 2.5 US Grand Strategy - A Dynamic Pendulum... 40 2.6 The drawbacks of drones for US grand strategy. 42 Chapter Three: Historicising the role of drones in US Grand Strategy. 52 3.0 Introduction.. 52 3.1 The Evolutionary Phases of Drone Development (1909-1917). 53 3.2 UAVs in the Interwar Period (1918-1938). 54 3.3 UAVs, WWII, and US Grand Strategy (1939-1945) 56 3.4 UAVs and US Grand Strategy in the Early Cold War (1947-1950). 59 3.5 Drones during the Early Cold War. 61 3.6 Drones, Détente, and the Second Cold War. 66 3.7 Drones, George H.W. Bush Administration, and the Persian Gulf War. 68 3.8 Drones, Clinton’s Grand Strategy, and the Bosnian War. 70 Chapter Four: Drone Warfare and US Grand Strategy during the Bush Administration.. 74 4.0 Introduction.. 74 4.1 George W. Bush’s Foreign Policy Before and After 9/11. 75 4.2 Bush and the evolution of Lethal Drone Warfare 2001-2008. 77 4.3 Conjuring Drone use During the Bush Administration.. 80 Chapter Five: Obama’s Drone Wars and US Grand Strategy. 88 5.0 Introduction.. 88 5.1 The Making of the Obama Doctrine. 89 5.1.1 Obama’s Second Term and the Rise of ‘Neo-Realism’ 95 5.2 Obama’s Hybrid Defensive grand strategy. 97 5.3 The Elements, Character, and Phases of Obama’s Drone Warfare. 98 5.4 Phases of Obama’s drone war. 103 5.5 The Utility of Drones in Obama’s Grand Strategy. 106 5.6 Dilemma of Obama’s Drone Warfare for US grand strategy. 111 Chapter Summary. 121 Chapter Six: The Trump Administration, Drones and US Grand Strategy. 123 6.0 Introduction.. 123 6.1 Deciphering Trump’s Doctrine. 124 6.2 The Grand Strategy of the Trump Administration.. 128 6.3 Trump’s Drone Warfare. 131 6.4 Phases of Trump’s Drone Wars. 136 6.6 Dilemma of Drone Warfare for Trump’s Grand Strategy. 140 Chapter Seven: The Dialectics and Dilemma of US Drone Warfare in Afghanistan and Pakistan 146 7.0 Introduction.. 146 7.1 US Drone Targets in Afghanistan and Pakistan.. 147 7.3 Arguments for Drone use in Targeted States. 152 7.4 Assessing the Impact of Drone Strikes in Pakistan and Afghanistan.. 157 7.5 Illusion of US Strategy in Afghanistan and Pakistan.. 173 Chapter Eight: The Implications of Drone Proliferation for US Grand Strategy. 176 8.0 Introduction.. 176 8.1 Race to Drones. 177 8.2 US Drone Policy on Proliferation.. 181 8.3 Debate on Drone Proliferation and Impact on US Objectives. 183 8.4 The Implications of Drone Proliferation for US Grand Strategy. 187 8.5 The Lessons from US Drone Policy and Implications for Emerging and Superpowers 197 Chapter Nine: Conclusion.. 201 9.1 Drones and the Future of US Grand Strategy. 207 REFERENCES.. 209

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Book SynopsisChapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Solution-Focused Negotiation.- Chapter 3. The Mediator's Trap.- Chapter 4. Three Modes of Negotiation.- Chapter 5. Transformation.- Chapter 6. Practicality.- Chapter 7. Discovery

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Book SynopsisThis book sheds new light on the security challenges for failed states posed by violent non-state armed actors (VNSAs). By focusing on the Syrian Civil War, it explores the characteristics, ideologies and strategies of the Islamic State (ISIS) and the People’s Protection Units (YPG), as well as the regional and geopolitical impacts of these VNSAs. The contributors also cover topics such as the re-imagination of borders, the YPG’s demands for national sovereignty, and the involvement of regional and global powers in the Syrian crisis. “This timely volume by regional scholars and experts examines various aspects of the emergence and expansion of violent non-state actors in the Syrian/Iraqi conflict. The wealth of detail and approaches enhance our understanding of the transformation and dynamics of contemporary conflicts within and beyond the region.” Keith Krause, The Graduate Institute, Geneva “This book opens fascinating glimpses into contrasting forms of “state-like” governance established by non-state actors, ISIS and the Kurdish PYD. [...] It is an important source for students of the Syrian conflict, civil wars, failed states and hybrid governance.”Raymond Hinnebusch, Director Centre for Syrian Studies, University of St. Andrews “This book is an excellent resource for those looking for an interdisciplinary account of VNSAs during the Syrian civil war. It makes a nice contribution to the study of violent non state actors and poses a set of new and pressing questions.” Max Abrahms, Northeastern University.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Reframing and Reassessing the VNSAs in Syrian Conflict: An Introduction.- Part 1: Actorness.- Chapter 2: Contested Geographies: How ISIS and YPG Rule ‘No-Go’ Areas in Northern Syria.- Chapter 3: Making Sense of the Territorial Aspirations of ISIS: Autonomy, Representation, Influence.- Chapter 4: How to Profile PYD/YPG as an Actor in the Syrian Civil War: Policy Implications for the Region and Beyond.- Chapter 5: The Islamic State versus the Popular Protection Units: Reciprocal Mobilization of Violent Non-State Actors in the Syrian Civil War.- Part 2: Powerfulness.- Chapter 6: ISIS as an Actor Controlling Water Resources in Syria and Iraq.- Part 3: Effectiveness.- Chapter 7: ’Surrogate Warfare’ in Syria and the Pitfalls of Diverging US Attitudes Towards ISIS and PYD.- Chapter 8: External Actors and VNSAs: An Analysis of the United States, Russia, ISIS and PYD/YPG.- Chapter 9: The EU’s Stance Towards VNSAs in dealing with the Syrian Crisis and its Effects.- Chapter 10: Understanding Iran’s Approach to Violent Non-State Actors: ISIS and YPG Cases.- Chapter 11: The Contagion of the Syrian Civil War into Turkey Under the Impact of ISIS and YPG Cases: Conditioning Factors and Diffusion Mechanisms.

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Book SynopsisChristian Braun analysiert die Wirkung von Mechanismen der Vergangenheitsaufarbeitung auf das Zusammenleben der ethnischen Bevölkerungsgruppen in gespaltenen Gesellschaften. Er verdeutlicht, dass diese Mechanismen niemals getrennt von den bestehenden Strukturen vor Ort betrachtet werden können und erklärt somit die Herausforderungen für eine friedliche Entwicklung dieser Gesellschaften. Durch die Fokussierung auf zwei in den jugoslawischen Zerfallskriegen am stärksten betroffen Regionen, Vukovar in Kroatien und Srebrenica in Bosnien-Herzegowina, ermöglicht er einen weitgehenden Einblick in tief gespaltene Gesellschaften und die Probleme der Konfliktregelung. Table of ContentsSrebrenica und Vukovar als Beispiele gespaltener Gesellschaften.- Die Gedenkstätten von Srebrenica und Vukovar.- Der Internationale Strafgerichtshof für das ehemalige Jugoslawien.- Die Wirkung von öffentlichen Entschuldigungen.

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Book SynopsisDer Begriff des gerechten Friedens impliziert engen Zusammenhang von Frieden und Gerechtigkeit. Auch in biblischen Traditionen wird die Verknüpfung beider Begriffe deutlich. So umfasst der biblische Friedensbegriff Schalom stets auch Dimensionen der Gerechtigkeit. Das Zusammendenken von Frieden und Gerechtigkeit hat seine Wurzeln in der alttestamentlichen Tradition und zieht sich als roter Faden durch die kirchlichen Traditionen. Frieden und Gerechtigkeit können aber auch in einem Spannungsverhältnis stehen und zueinander in Widerspruch geraten. So kann die Umsetzung von Gerechtigkeit den Frieden gefährden (Kriege im Namen der Gerechtigkeit), und auch umgekehrt kann die Verwirklichung von Frieden als ungerecht empfunden werden.Table of Contents„Gerechter Frieden“ – mehr als ein weißer Schimmel? Überlegungen zu einem Leitbegriff der neueren theologischen Friedensethik.- Gerechtigkeit und Frieden in der Bibel: Eine schwierige Partnerschaft.- Frieden und Gerechtigkeit. Überlegungen zu ihremVerweisungszusammenhang im Horizont der christlichen Tradition.- Zwischen Frieden und Gerechtigkeit. Dimensioneneines Spannungsverhältnisses.- Gerechter Frieden als moralischer Maximalismus.- Wie weiter mit dem gerechten Frieden?Ein Ausblick

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Book SynopsisDer Zusammenhang und das Verhältnis von Ethik und Recht gehören zu den fundamentalethischen Herausforderungen und werden seit der Antike diskutiert. Dennoch stellt sich dieses Problem je nach aktueller Situation immer wieder neu. Fragt man nach der Stellung des Rechts in der biblischen Überlieferung, dann fällt seine Vielgestaltigkeit auf. Es trägt in sich selbst geschichtlichen Charakter und hat sich seinerseits in verschiedener Weise auf das Rechtsdenken unterschiedlicher Epochen und Regionen ausgewirkt. Über den biblischen Befund hinaus diskutiert der Band die kirchlichen Traditionen, die sich auf sehr unterschiedliche Art und Weise mit dem vorfindlichen (staatlichen) Recht auseinandersetzen.Table of ContentsMit Beiträgen von Frank Crüsemann, Friedrich Lohmann, Thomas Hoppe und Stefan Oeter

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Book SynopsisGerechter Frieden wird im deutschen Diskurs, anders als im ökumenischen Kontext, als politisch-ethisches Leitbild verstanden. Im Mittelpunkt des Bandes steht die Auseinandersetzung mit dem Begriff des Leitbildes. Dieses bewegt sich zwischen handlungsleitender normativer Orientierung und Interpretationsoffenheit wie zwischen Träger- und Adressatenkreisgebundenheit und allgemeiner Geltung. Damit verbinden sich zugleich Fragen nach der theologischen Verortung und empirischen Anwendbarkeit des gerechten Friedens in konkreten politischen Entscheidungssituationen.Table of ContentsPolitik und gerechter Frieden. Überlegungen aus ethischer Sicht.- Leitbild. Theoretischer Anspruch und moralische Orientierung.- Theologische Verankerung des Leitbildes und friedensethische Maximenbildung.- Friedenspraxis - Der Praxisbezug der Friedensdenkschrift.- Die Rolle des Gewissens im politisch-ethischen Leitbild des gerechten Friedens.- Frieden – Ethik – Politik. Versuch einer Zusammenschau

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Book SynopsisDie Anerkennung kultureller Vielfalt zählt neben dem Schutz vor Gewalt, vor Not und der Freiheit zu den Dimensionen eines gerechten Friedens. Aber was bedeutet kulturelle Vielfalt konkret? Was geschieht, wenn sie in Widerspruch zu den anderen Friedensdimensionen gerät? Die Autorinnen und Autoren dieses Bandes widmen sich diesen Fragen. Sie beleuchten aus verschiedenen disziplinären Perspektiven die Chancen und Herausforderungen, die in diesem Konzept liegen.Table of ContentsZum theologischen Bedeutungshorizont des Begriffs der Anerkennung.- Die kulturelle Dimension von Gewalt und Friedenbei Johan Galtung.- Kulturelle Verschiedenheit.- Zusammenleben in Differenz.- Postkoloniale Perspektiven auf die „Anerkennung kultureller Vielfalt und Identität“ als Dimension des gerechten Friedens.- Gerechter Frieden angesichts kulturell-religiöser Diversität von Geschlechterkonzeptionen.

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Book SynopsisDer Band nimmt eine umfassende Bestandsaufnahme der gegenwärtigen Lage der Kaukasus-Region vor. Er gibt einen breiten Überblick über die innenpolitische und gesellschaftliche Situation in Aserbaidschan, Armenien und Georgien, behandelt zugleich aber auch länderübergreifende Themen und nimmt die Politik der angrenzenden Staaten sowie der Europäischen Union in den Blick. Auf diese Weise entsteht ein komplexes Bild einer vielfältigen, jedoch politisch, sozial und militärisch instabilen Region. Deutsche und einheimische Wissenschaftler erarbeiten Zukunftsperspektiven für eine Region zwischen Tradition und Transformation.Der InhaltPolitik im Südkaukasus • Soziale Entwicklung und Minderheiten • Die Kaukasus-Region im außenpolitischen Fadenkreuz • AusblickDer HerausgeberDr. Olaf Leiße ist außerplanmäßiger Professor für Europäische Studien am Institut für Politikwissenschaft der Universität Jena.Table of ContentsPolitik im Südkaukasus.- Soziale Entwicklung und Minderheiten.- Die Kaukasus-Region im außenpolitischen Fadenkreuz.- Ausblick.

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Book SynopsisGregor Peter Hofmann untersucht, wie Gerechtigkeitskonflikte zwischen Staaten die Entwicklung internationaler Normen beeinflussen. Er analysiert hierfür die Debatte über humanitäre Interventionen und das umstrittene Normbündel der internationalen Schutzverantwortung (Responsibility to Protect, R2P). Die R2P hält Staaten dazu an, Völkermord, Verbrechen gegen die Menschlichkeit, Kriegsverbrechen und ethnische Säuberungen zu verhindern. Anknüpfend an die konstruktivistische Normenforschung in den Internationalen Beziehungen, zeichnet der Autor detailliert empirisch nach, wie konträre Vorstellungen über eine gerechte Weltordnung im Spannungsfeld zwischen individuellen Menschenrechten, staatlichen Souveränitätsansprüchen und Forderungen nach prozeduraler Gerechtigkeit das Normbündel der R2P prägen.Table of ContentsUmstrittene Entwicklung internationaler Normen.- Gerechtigkeit und Normkontestation.- Entwicklung der Schutzverantwortung / Responsibility to Protect (R2P).- Gerechtigkeitskonflikte und deren Einfluss auf die R2P

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Book SynopsisDirk Baehr untersucht anhand der in sieben Gerichtsverfahren gesammelten und ausgewerteten empirischen Daten die Radikalisierungsursachen von neun dschihadistischen Straftätern. Bei den Angeklagten handelt es sich um Extremisten, die entweder wegen der Werbung und Unterstützung von terroristischen Vereinigungen oder wegen der Mitgliedschaft in terroristischen Vereinigungen in Deutschland zu hohen Haftstrafen verurteilt wurden. Um die Radikalisierungsprozesse von Dschihadisten exemplarisch darzulegen, werden die Radikalisierungsverläufe von zwei Straftätern in Einzelfallanalysen rekonstruiert und die wichtigsten Radikalisierungsfaktoren aufgezeigt. Table of ContentsGrundlegende Vorbemerkungen zur Radikalisierungsforschung.- Ursachenanalyse von Radikalisierungen.- Hauptursachen für Radikalisierungsprozesse.- Zwei Einzelfallanalysen von Radikalisierungen.

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Book SynopsisBereits seit dem Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs ist der Status der Souveränitätsrechte über die Paracel- und Spratly-Inselgruppen ungeklärt. Doch in den letzten Jahrzehnten wurde der Disput mitunter kriegerisch ausgetragen und die Region sukzessiv militarisiert. Dies lässt sich insbesondere auf die wirtschaftlichen, innenpolitischen und geopolitischen Interessen der Konfliktparteien zurückführen, die dieses essential in einem Überblick analysiert. Wiewohl die Region von China als genuiner Einflussbereich reklamiert wird, versuchen die USA mit ihrem pivot to Asia ihrerseits die freie Seefahrt und die Interessen der ohnmächtigen ASEAN-Staaten zu vertreten. Nebst dem regionalen Konflikt impliziert die Auseinandersetzung infolgedessen eine geopolitische Dimension im Kampf um Suprematie zwischen den beiden Hegemonen. Table of ContentsDie wirtschaftliche Dimension des Konflikts.- Gründungsmythos und Nationalismus: der innenpolitische Druck.- Das Dilemma des internationalen Rechts.- Die (geo-)politische Aufladung des Konflikts.

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Book SynopsisDas Handbuch untersucht interdisziplinär einen Schlüsselbegriff der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften. Es arbeitet für verschiedene Bereiche den Forschungsstand zu ‚Krisen‘ als politischen Handlungssituationen auf und betont zugleich die enge Verbindung zur politischen Praxis, die sich in der Verwendung des Krisenbegriffs beobachten lässt. Während die Erforschung einzelner Krisenereignisse und -phänomene in vielen Disziplinen zum Tagesgeschäft gehört, sind übergreifende konzeptionelle Überlegungen zu Krisen meist auf organisatorische Aspekte des Krisenmanagements oder auf Krisendiskurse beschränkt. An diese Forschungsstände anknüpfend, aber über sie hinausweisend, bearbeitet das Handbuch ‚Krisenforschung‘ aus verschiedenen konzeptionellen und methodischen Perspektiven und plädiert dabei für einen reflexiven Ansatz, der den Begriff der ‚Krise‘ selbst als zu beobachtenden Begriff versteht.Table of ContentsZugänge zum Krisenbegriff.- Perspektivierungen von Krisen.- Felder der Krisenbewältigung.- Techniken der Krisenbewältigung.

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Book SynopsisDas Völkerrecht gilt als eine der zentralen Friedensstrategien. Zugleich ist das Paradigma „Frieden durch Recht“ nicht unumstritten. Es speist sich aus verschiedenen Rechtstraditionen, die jeweils einen eigenen Interessenschwerpunkt vornehmen.Welche Aspekte hierbei zentral sind und welche Implikationen sich aus den jeweiligen juristischen Diskursen in der Rechtstradition für die Debatte um die rechtserhaltende Gewalt ergeben, steht im Zentrum des Bandes. Er nimmt verschiedene Rechtstraditionen vergleichend in den Blick. Dabei wird der Fokus insbesondere auf die ständigen Mitglieder des UN-Sicherheitsrates und Deutschland gelegt. Table of ContentsRechtstraditionen und Verortungen.- Modelle evangelischer Rechtsethik im Horizont globaler Ordnungssuche.- Die deutsche Sprache des Rechts.- Frieden durch Recht im Lichte unterschiedlicher Rechtstraditionen.- „Frieden durch Recht“ aus französischer Perspektive.- Das Paradigma Frieden durch Recht im Völkerrechtsverständnis Russlands.- Frieden, Recht und Good Governance im alten und neuen China.- Rechtstraditionen, Legitimierung von Gewalteinsatz und gerechter Frieden

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Book SynopsisJosua Schneider analysiert die Bedeutsamkeit narrativer (De-)Legitimationsstrategien in langanhaltenden und gewaltsamen Konflikten am Beispiel des kolumbianischen Bürgerkrieges. Dabei untersucht er an einem interdisziplinären Schnittpunkt von Philologie, Friedens- und Konfliktforschung und Sozialwissenschaft die Funktion von Narrativen bei der Verstetigung und Beilegung von Konflikten. Konkret werden die Beschaffenheit und der Wandel narrativer Legitimationsprozesse der Bürgerkriegsakteure FARC-Guerilla und kolumbianischer Staat analysiert, und die darin verborgenen Machtmechanismen und Neutralisierungstechniken sowie das zum Ausdruck kommende Ringen um die Deutungsmacht in der diskursiven Auseinandersetzung über die Ursachen und den Verlauf des bewaffneten Konflikts aufgezeigt. Durch den Blick auf die Schlüsselfunktion von (De-)Legitimationsstrategien bei der theoretischen und empirischen Analyse von Bürgerkriegserzählungen kann zugleich aus konfliktsoziologischer Perspektive erklärt und verstanden werden, welche Relevanz die verbale Abrüstung, die Abkehr von Kriegsrhetoriken und der Abbau von Feindbildern für eine nachhaltige Friedensstiftung besitzt.Table of ContentsTeil I Einführung.- Teil II Forschungsstand.- Teil III Theoretischer Rahmen.- Teil IV Historische Einordnung.- Teil V Empirie.- Teil VI Fazit.

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Book SynopsisDer Nahost-Konflikt ist ein Schlüsselelement der internationalen Beziehungen. In diesem Buch werden sowohl der Kern des Konflikts als auch die internationalen Dimensionen auf knappem Raum dargestellt.Table of ContentsEntstehung und Entwicklung des Konflikts.- Der Friedensprozess.- Konfliktanalyse.- Perspektiven.

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Book SynopsisIntroduction.- Origin and development of the conflict.- The peace process.- Analysis of the Conflict.- Summary and Perspectives.- Literature.

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Book SynopsisThe peace agreement, major reconstruction efforts and UN-supervised elections that followed Cambodia's dark period of civil war and genocide have not brought the democracy and reconstruction that was hoped for. Political stability has emerged but seemingly only at the expense of democracy. Moreover, reconstruction efforts appear to be at odds with processes of liberal democratization.This volume (written by a broad mix of Khmer and non-Khmer researchers) is the first study to assess the post-conflict democratization and reconstruction process in Cambodia in a systematic and in-depth empirical way. In going beyond a one-dimensional view of democracy, the full complexity of this process is illuminated and an assessment is made about the viability of such post-conflict strategies elsewhere round the globe.Table of ContentsBeyond Democracy in Cambodia (Joakim Ojendal and Mona Lilja); Reconstructing Legitimate Political Authority through Elections? (Caroline Hughes); The Judicial System and Democratization (Kheang Un); Decentralization as a Strategy for State Reconstruction (Kim Sedara and Joakim Ojendal); Globalization, Women's Political Participation and the Politics of Legitimacy and Reconstruction (Mona Lilja); The Political Economy of Aid and Regime Legitimacy (Sophal Ear); (Re) creating Local Political Legitimacy Through Governance Intervention? (Malin Hasselskog); Cambodian Religion since 1989 (John Marston); Re-establishing Legitimacy through the 'Extraordinary Chambers' in the Courts of Cambodia (Laura McGrew); The Never-Ending Hunt for Political Legitimacy in a Post-Conflict Cambodia (Mona Lilja and Joakim Ojendal).

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Book SynopsisThis publication addresses the issue of military spending from various angles by examining the impact of military expenditures on security; the relationship between military spending and the achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development; the importance of gender perspectives in rethinking unconstrained military spending; and lessons learned from economic conversion movements. It has been published in support of the Sustainable Development Goals and the Secretary-General's Agenda for Disarmament to encourage renewed research and analysis on the relationship between military spending and economic and social development.

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Book SynopsisIn recent years, non-governmental organisations and other members of civil society have had an ever greater impact on the international agenda. Four delegates from Australia, Costa Rica, Japan, and Mexico, and who worked at the United Nations, share their personal views on the impact civil society stakeholders have had in matters relating to disarmament and arms control.

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Book SynopsisThis book conceptualizes the politics of Bangladesh through an Islamic concept called ummah or the global brotherhood of Muslims. It demonstrates that, against the backdrop of geopolitics, capitalism and free flow of ideas, localization of this global religious concept at individual level, institutional level, major party platforms and state has cemented the current political condition in Bangladesh in which religiosity, religious intolerance, Islamization and extremism take place. By exploring the effects of ummah in Bangladeshi politics, this book shows how major political parties have mainstreamed political Islam in the country. The book rejects the long standing scholarly claim of religious-secular distinction in Bangladeshi politics and argues that with most Muslim-dominated states, there are no major secular parties in Bangladesh. There are only Islamic parties, which are more or less Islamic. The purely ‘rational’ domain of politics in Bangladesh is long lost, and political Islam sets the framework for politics in the country. The reason behind this logic of Bangladeshi politics is formed, contained and expanded by ummah. Table of Contents1. Introduction2. Beyond Clash of Civilizations and Post Islamism: Ummah(s) and the Muslim World3. Geopolitics of Ummah(s) in Bangladesh- A Historic Narrative4. Awami League, Ummah, and Political Islam5. The BNP, Ummah, and Politics in Bangladesh6. Islamization, Ummah Consciousness and Mass Support forPolitical Islam7. Globalization and Transnational Ummah(s) in Contemporary Bangladesh8. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThis edited book is written by six authors from Asia and Africa. The individual authors focus on their own country's case or cases that they have been working on. The book features local conflicts in six countries in Asia and Africa and identifies how the local conflicts are affected by the forces of globalization. Cases include Nigeria's oil-related conflicts, the Democratic Republic of Congo's timber conflicts, continuing instability in Mozanbique, Thailand's conflict with regard to AIDS medicine, Myanmar's local conflicts after its reforms, and the Afghanistan’s conflicts over minerals. From these diverse case studies, the book examines how globalization and international politics affect local politics and conflicts, and vice versa. Even seemingly internal conflicts are shown to be significantly influenced by globalization forces and to create new dynamism in local politics. While there are other books that explore globalization and conflicts, many of them are conceptually organized with a small number of case studies. The present volume examines local conflicts in relation to globalization and demonstrates how structural inequality vis-a-vis weak stateness and statehood are significantly affected by global political economy.Table of Contents1. Introduction Yukiko Nishikawa 2. Globalization and the Nation-State in Africa and Asia Yukiko Nishikawa Part I Globalization and Local Conflict in Africa 3. Energy Security and the Paradox of Global Peacebuilding Interventions in Nigeria’s Niger Delta Tubodenyefa Zibima 4. International Policies and Illegal Logging Exploitation Sustaining Local Conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo Bosakaibo Bomino Georges 5. The Politics and Political Economy of Violent Conflicts in Post-War Mozambique Manuel Francisco Sambo Part II Globalization and Local Conflict in Asia 6. Local Conflicts in Post-Reform Myanmar Yukiko Nishikawa 7. Battles on AIDS Drugs in Thailand Benjamas Nillsuwan 8. Afghanistan and the Curse of Resources: Taliban’s Greed-based Jihad in the Heart of Asia Mohammad Reza Qasemi 9. Conclusion Yukiko Nishikawa

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