Peace studies and conflict resolution Books

Book SynopsisIsraeli Palestinians make up about 20 percent of Israeli citizens and, for the most part, live separate lives from their Jewish neighbors—lives fraught with political, social, and economic divisions. Attempts to initiate interactions between Palestinians and Jews outside official frameworks have often dissolved under political and economic pressures.One lasting effort began when the School for Peace was established in 1976 in Neve Shalom/Wahat al-Salam, a joint model village set up in 1972 by a group of Jewish and Palestinian Israelis. Since its inception, the School for Peace has conducted hundreds of encounter activities to help create a more authentic and egalitarian dialogue between the Palestinian minority and Jewish majority.This volume is the product of the insight and experiences of both Arabs and Jews at the School for Peace over the last two decades. Essays address topics such as strategies for working with young people, development of effecTrade ReviewThis book contains very important insights into Israeli Arab attitudes towards citizenship in Israel. . . . The two groups need to negotiate a new social and political contract and this book offers critical guidance in this urgent process. -- Joseph V. Montville * director, Preventive Diplomacy Program, Center for Strategic and International S *This volume provides a significant contribution to the field of peace studies and conflict resolution. It captures the unique work of Neve Shalom/Wahat al Salam on identity dialogue and power relations. . . . highly recommended reading. -- Mohammed Abu-Nimer * author of Nonviolence and Peace Building in Islam: Theory and Practice *This book contains very important insights into Israeli Arab attitudes towards citizenship in Israel. . . . The two groups need to negotiate a new social and political contract and this book offers critical guidance in this urgent process. -- Joseph V. Montville * director, Preventive Diplomacy Program, Center for Strategic and International S *This volume provides a significant contribution to the field of peace studies and conflict resolution. It captures the unique work of Neve Shalom/Wahat al Salam on identity dialogue and power relations. . . . highly recommended reading. -- Mohammed Abu-Nimer * author of Nonviolence and Peace Building in Islam: Theory and Practice *Table of ContentsIntergroup conflict and its reduction: a social-psychological perspective / Arie Nadler Jewish-Palestinian relations in Israel: the planned encounter as a microcosm / Ramzi Suleiman Awareness, identity, and reality: the school for peace approach / Rabah Halabi and Nava Sonnenschein Liberate the oppressed and their oppressors: encounters between university students / Raba Halabi, Nava Sonnenschein, and Ariellla Friedman Reconstructing identity through the encounter with the other: the facilitators' training course / Rabah Halabi The courage to face a complex reality: encounters for youth / Michal Zak, Rqabah Halabi, and Wafa'a Zriek-Srour Language as a bridge and an obstacle / Rabah Halabi and Michal Zak Cofacilitation: a symmetrical dialogue in an asymmetrical reality / Michal Zak and Rabah Halabi "Home group": the uninational framework / Nava Sonnenschein and Ahmad Hijazi Identity processes in intergroup encounters / Gabriel Horenczyk Epilogue: Toward a humane and equal relationship / Rabah Halabi

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Book SynopsisImperial Affects is the first sustained account of American action-based cinema as melodrama. From the earliest war films through the Hollywood Western and the late-century action cinema, imperialist violence and mobility have been produced as sites of both visceral pleasure and moral virtue.Trade Review"Eagle skillfully juggles debates around the meaning and cultural relevance of melodrama, the relationship between sensationalism and modernity, and the cultural work done by the Western. This is a first-rate book that makes important contributions to film studies, American studies, and cultural studies more broadly." -- Sarah Hagelin * author of Reel Vulnerability *"Rich in historical and critical insights, Eagle vividly demonstrates why the intimate connection between melodrama and action/violence matters so profoundly for our thinking about the cinema, gender, race and nationalism." -- Yvonne Tasker * author of Spectacular Bodies: Gender, Genre and the Action Cinema *Table of ContentsIntroduction Making Sense: The Moral and Affective Appeals of Melodrama • The Felt Good of Melodrama • Affective Attunement and the Structuring of Feeling • Visceral Politics • Imperial Affects 1. A Rough Ride: Cinema, War, and the Strenuous Life • Theodore Roosevelt and the Discourse of the Strenuous Life • Strenuous Spectacle in the Theater of War • Strenuous Spectatorship and the Early Cinema of Assaults 2. Manifest Destiny in Action: Sensational Melodrama and the Advent of the Western • Sensational Melodrama and Western Attractions • The Visceral and Moral Thrills of Western Action • Moving Men: Heroic Action and the Morality of Motion 3. Western Weepies: The Power of Pathos in the Cold War Western • Questioning Authority: Masculinity, Morality, and the Cold War Western • The White Man’s Indian: Race and Redemption in the Pro-Indian Cycle • “What am I supposed to do, cry Feel sorry for him ” • Suffer and Be Hard: The Power of Pathos 4. The Subject of Imperiled Privilege: Victimization and Violence in Late-Century Action Cinema • Spectacular Agonies, Sensational Redemptions: Rambo as Melodrama • Lethal Weapon, Die Hard, and the New Pleasures of Action • There’s No Place Like Home: Falling Down and the Subject of Imperiled Privilege • Beyond Forgiveness: Unforgiven and the Limitations of Critique Epilogue To Be Real: Virtual Violence in the Twenty-First Century Acknowledgments Notes Selected Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisImperial Affects is the first sustained account of American action-based cinema as melodrama. From the earliest war films through the Hollywood Western and the late-century action cinema, imperialist violence and mobility have been produced as sites of both visceral pleasure and moral virtue.Trade Review"Eagle skillfully juggles debates around the meaning and cultural relevance of melodrama, the relationship between sensationalism and modernity, and the cultural work done by the Western. This is a first-rate book that makes important contributions to film studies, American studies, and cultural studies more broadly." -- Sarah Hagelin * author of Reel Vulnerability *"Rich in historical and critical insights, Eagle vividly demonstrates why the intimate connection between melodrama and action/violence matters so profoundly for our thinking about the cinema, gender, race and nationalism." -- Yvonne Tasker * author of Spectacular Bodies: Gender, Genre and the Action Cinema *Table of ContentsIntroduction Making Sense: The Moral and Affective Appeals of Melodrama • The Felt Good of Melodrama • Affective Attunement and the Structuring of Feeling • Visceral Politics • Imperial Affects 1. A Rough Ride: Cinema, War, and the Strenuous Life • Theodore Roosevelt and the Discourse of the Strenuous Life • Strenuous Spectacle in the Theater of War • Strenuous Spectatorship and the Early Cinema of Assaults 2. Manifest Destiny in Action: Sensational Melodrama and the Advent of the Western • Sensational Melodrama and Western Attractions • The Visceral and Moral Thrills of Western Action • Moving Men: Heroic Action and the Morality of Motion 3. Western Weepies: The Power of Pathos in the Cold War Western • Questioning Authority: Masculinity, Morality, and the Cold War Western • The White Man’s Indian: Race and Redemption in the Pro-Indian Cycle • “What am I supposed to do, cry Feel sorry for him ” • Suffer and Be Hard: The Power of Pathos 4. The Subject of Imperiled Privilege: Victimization and Violence in Late-Century Action Cinema • Spectacular Agonies, Sensational Redemptions: Rambo as Melodrama • Lethal Weapon, Die Hard, and the New Pleasures of Action • There’s No Place Like Home: Falling Down and the Subject of Imperiled Privilege • Beyond Forgiveness: Unforgiven and the Limitations of Critique Epilogue To Be Real: Virtual Violence in the Twenty-First Century Acknowledgments Notes Selected Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIn/Visible War addresses a paradox of twenty-first century American warfare. The editors examine how the contemporary visual American experience of war is ubiquitous and utterly present in public, popular culture, and yet war is simultaneously invisible or absent; we lack a lived sense that “America” is at war. Trade Review"In/Visible War is a timely and stimulating collection that offers a fresh and provocative insight into the impact of the 'global war on terror' on American culture and politics." -- John Bodnar * author of The Good War in American Memory *"Can a war be hidden in plain sight? Every day. This thoughtful volume explores how contemporary media are normalizing war, and why the paradoxes of war’s invisibility challenge civic spectatorship." -- Robert Hariman * co-author of No Caption Needed: Iconic Photographs, Public Culture, and Liberal Democracy *"Provocative." * H-Net *"In/Visible War: the Culture of War in Twenty-First-Century America is an amazing read about images of war and also how we really do not have a clue as to what these men and women in uniform go through on a day-to-day basis. A picture can make us see, but we can never know the 'truth.'" * Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: The Paradoxical In/visibility of War John Louis Lucaites and Jon Simons Part I: Seeing War Chapter 1: How Photojournalism Has Framed the War in Afghanistan David Campbell Chapter 2: Returning Soldiers and the In/visibility of Combat Trauma Christopher J. Gilbert and John Louis Lucaites Chapter 3: (Re)fashioning PTSD’s Warrior Project Jeremy G. Gordon Chapter 4: Unremarkable Suffering: Banality, Spectatorship, and War’s In/visibilities Rebecca A. Adelman and Wendy Kozol Transition “War Is Fun,” a Photo-Essay Nina Berman Chapter 5: Laying bin Laden to Rest: A Case Study of Terrorism and the Politics of Visibility Jody Madeira Part II: Not Seeing War Chapter 6: Digital War and the Public Mind: Call of Duty Reloaded, Decoded Roger Stahl Chapter 7: A Cinema of Consolation: Post-9/11 Super Invasion Fantasy De Witt Douglas Kilgore Chapter 8: Differential Configurations: In/visibility through the Lens of Kathryn Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker (2008) Claudia Breger Chapter 9: Canine Rescue, Civilian Casualties, and the Long Gulf War Purnima Bose Part III: Theorizing the In/visibility of War Chapter 10: The In/visibility of Liberal Peace: Perpetual Peace and Enduring Freedom Jon Simons Chapter 11: Why War? Baudrillard, Derrida, and the Absolute Televisual Image Diane Rubenstein Chapter 12: War in the Twenty-first Century: Visible, Invisible, or Superpositional? James Der Derian Notes on Contributors Photo Credits Index

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Book SynopsisIn/Visible War addresses a paradox of twenty-first century American warfare. The editors examine how the contemporary visual American experience of war is ubiquitous and utterly present in public, popular culture, and yet war is simultaneously invisible or absent; we lack a lived sense that “America” is at war. Trade Review"In/Visible War is a timely and stimulating collection that offers a fresh and provocative insight into the impact of the 'global war on terror' on American culture and politics." -- John Bodnar * author of The Good War in American Memory *"Can a war be hidden in plain sight? Every day. This thoughtful volume explores how contemporary media are normalizing war, and why the paradoxes of war’s invisibility challenge civic spectatorship." -- Robert Hariman * co-author of No Caption Needed: Iconic Photographs, Public Culture, and Liberal Democracy *"Provocative." * H-Net *"In/Visible War: the Culture of War in Twenty-First-Century America is an amazing read about images of war and also how we really do not have a clue as to what these men and women in uniform go through on a day-to-day basis. A picture can make us see, but we can never know the 'truth.'" * Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: The Paradoxical In/visibility of War John Louis Lucaites and Jon Simons Part I: Seeing War Chapter 1: How Photojournalism Has Framed the War in Afghanistan David Campbell Chapter 2: Returning Soldiers and the In/visibility of Combat Trauma Christopher J. Gilbert and John Louis Lucaites Chapter 3: (Re)fashioning PTSD’s Warrior Project Jeremy G. Gordon Chapter 4: Unremarkable Suffering: Banality, Spectatorship, and War’s In/visibilities Rebecca A. Adelman and Wendy Kozol Transition “War Is Fun,” a Photo-Essay Nina Berman Chapter 5: Laying bin Laden to Rest: A Case Study of Terrorism and the Politics of Visibility Jody Madeira Part II: Not Seeing War Chapter 6: Digital War and the Public Mind: Call of Duty Reloaded, Decoded Roger Stahl Chapter 7: A Cinema of Consolation: Post-9/11 Super Invasion Fantasy De Witt Douglas Kilgore Chapter 8: Differential Configurations: In/visibility through the Lens of Kathryn Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker (2008) Claudia Breger Chapter 9: Canine Rescue, Civilian Casualties, and the Long Gulf War Purnima Bose Part III: Theorizing the In/visibility of War Chapter 10: The In/visibility of Liberal Peace: Perpetual Peace and Enduring Freedom Jon Simons Chapter 11: Why War? Baudrillard, Derrida, and the Absolute Televisual Image Diane Rubenstein Chapter 12: War in the Twenty-first Century: Visible, Invisible, or Superpositional? James Der Derian Notes on Contributors Photo Credits Index

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Book SynopsisIn The Power of Dialogue between Israelis and Palestinians, scholar and activist Nava Sonnenschein shares a collection of twenty-five powerful interviews she conducted with Palestinian and Jewish Israeli alumni of peacebuilding courses, showing the potential for a sustainable path to peace with equality in Israel and Palestine. Trade Review"This anthology of Israeli Jewish and Palestinian narratives expressed through in-depth interviews reveal the meaningful process of dialogue that changed participants’ life-experiences, perspectives and even aspects of identity, and demonstrates how seeds of change begin in questioning long-lasting social convictions." -- Yona Teichman * Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya, Israel *Table of ContentsForeword Chapter 1: When Groups Meet: Understanding How Power Dynamics Shape Intergroup Encounters PART ONE: HUMAN RIGHTS & POLITICAL ACTIVISM Chapter 2: Michael Sfard - Lawyer and human rights activist specializing in human rights law and the laws of war Chapter 3: Suhad Hammoud Dahleh - Lawyer focusing on the human rights of East Jerusalem’s 260,000 Palestinians; co-founder of the law firm Dahleh, Hammound and Associates Chapter 4: Mohammad Abu Snineh - Lawyer with the Jerusalem Legal Aid and Human Rights Center Chapter 5: Yonatan Shapira - Activist and musician with music available on Spotify and iHeartRadio; member of Boycott from Within PART TWO: COMMUNITY ORGANIZING, EDUCATION & PLANNING Chapter 6: Ayelet Roth - School Network Director of Hand in Hand bilingual school Chapter 7: Harb Amara - Program Director for the School for Peace Chapter 8: Youval Tamari Chapter 9: Rachela Yanay Chapter 10: Nazih Ansaari Chapter 11: Sebastian Wallerstein - Executive Director of the Affordable Housing Center at Tel Aviv University PART THREE: FAMILY & COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH Chapter 12: Wassim Biroumi - Program Coordinator of ICCI and coordinates a program called “From Memory to Reconciliation” for Youth and Young Adults with the Interreligious Coordinating Council in Israel Chapter 13: Yoav Lurie - Psychotherapist with both individuals and groups; Occupational Therapist; Works in private practice and the Center for the Victims of Sexual Assaults in Tel Aviv; Teaches in Occupational Therapy Department in Tel-Aviv University; Board member of the Israeli Association of Group Therapy Chapter 14: Dina Zarega - Clinical social worker and psychotherapist in Jerusalem Chapter 15: Slieman Halabi - Coordinator of Internal Events at the Salaam-Shalom Initiative; Research Associate at Jacobs University in Bremen; Current Ph.D. candidate at Friedrich Schiller University Jena at the International Max Planck Research School on Adapting Behavior in a Fundamentally Uncertain World PART FOUR: UNIVERSITY TEACHING & RESEARCH Chapter 16: Norma Musih - Member of the Advisory Board for the Center for Comparative Conflict Studies at the Faculty of Media and Communications at Belgrade Singidunum University; Ph.D. candidate the Indiana University Chapter 17: Roi Silberberg - Program Director of the School for Peace Chapter 18: Nada Matta - Ph.D. candidate in the sociology department at New York University; Assistant Professor in the Department of Global Studies and Modern Languages and the Department of Sociology at Drexel University Chapter 19: Sarab Abu-Rabia-Queder - Senior Lecturer on the sociology of gender and education at Ben-Gurion University Chapter 20: Maram Masarwi - Member of the Advisory Board for the Center for Comparative Conflict Studies at the Faculty of Media and Communications at Belgrade Singidunum University; Head of the early childhood education department at Al-Qasemi College of Education; Lecturer in the faculty of Education at the David Yallin College in Israel PART FIVE: PIONEERING NEW ORGANIZATIONS Chapter 21: Eitan Bronstein - Co-Director, Video Director, and Editor of De-Colonizer, a research and art laboratory Chapter 22: Amin Khalaf - Leader of the East & West Center for language study in Jerusalem Chapter 23: Maya Mukamel Chapter 24: Badria Biromi Chapter 25: Avi Levi Chapter 26: Amal Elsana Alh’jooj Afterword: A Critical Analysis of the Interviews References

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Book SynopsisIn The Power of Dialogue between Israelis and Palestinians, scholar and activist Nava Sonnenschein shares a collection of twenty-five powerful interviews she conducted with Palestinian and Jewish Israeli alumni of peacebuilding courses, showing the potential for a sustainable path to peace with equality in Israel and Palestine. Trade Review"This anthology of Israeli Jewish and Palestinian narratives expressed through in-depth interviews reveal the meaningful process of dialogue that changed participants’ life-experiences, perspectives and even aspects of identity, and demonstrates how seeds of change begin in questioning long-lasting social convictions." -- Yona Teichman * Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya, Israel *Table of ContentsForeword Chapter 1: When Groups Meet: Understanding How Power Dynamics Shape Intergroup Encounters PART ONE: HUMAN RIGHTS & POLITICAL ACTIVISM Chapter 2: Michael Sfard - Lawyer and human rights activist specializing in human rights law and the laws of war Chapter 3: Suhad Hammoud Dahleh - Lawyer focusing on the human rights of East Jerusalem’s 260,000 Palestinians; co-founder of the law firm Dahleh, Hammound and Associates Chapter 4: Mohammad Abu Snineh - Lawyer with the Jerusalem Legal Aid and Human Rights Center Chapter 5: Yonatan Shapira - Activist and musician with music available on Spotify and iHeartRadio; member of Boycott from Within PART TWO: COMMUNITY ORGANIZING, EDUCATION & PLANNING Chapter 6: Ayelet Roth - School Network Director of Hand in Hand bilingual school Chapter 7: Harb Amara - Program Director for the School for Peace Chapter 8: Youval Tamari Chapter 9: Rachela Yanay Chapter 10: Nazih Ansaari Chapter 11: Sebastian Wallerstein - Executive Director of the Affordable Housing Center at Tel Aviv University PART THREE: FAMILY & COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH Chapter 12: Wassim Biroumi - Program Coordinator of ICCI and coordinates a program called “From Memory to Reconciliation” for Youth and Young Adults with the Interreligious Coordinating Council in Israel Chapter 13: Yoav Lurie - Psychotherapist with both individuals and groups; Occupational Therapist; Works in private practice and the Center for the Victims of Sexual Assaults in Tel Aviv; Teaches in Occupational Therapy Department in Tel-Aviv University; Board member of the Israeli Association of Group Therapy Chapter 14: Dina Zarega - Clinical social worker and psychotherapist in Jerusalem Chapter 15: Slieman Halabi - Coordinator of Internal Events at the Salaam-Shalom Initiative; Research Associate at Jacobs University in Bremen; Current Ph.D. candidate at Friedrich Schiller University Jena at the International Max Planck Research School on Adapting Behavior in a Fundamentally Uncertain World PART FOUR: UNIVERSITY TEACHING & RESEARCH Chapter 16: Norma Musih - Member of the Advisory Board for the Center for Comparative Conflict Studies at the Faculty of Media and Communications at Belgrade Singidunum University; Ph.D. candidate the Indiana University Chapter 17: Roi Silberberg - Program Director of the School for Peace Chapter 18: Nada Matta - Ph.D. candidate in the sociology department at New York University; Assistant Professor in the Department of Global Studies and Modern Languages and the Department of Sociology at Drexel University Chapter 19: Sarab Abu-Rabia-Queder - Senior Lecturer on the sociology of gender and education at Ben-Gurion University Chapter 20: Maram Masarwi - Member of the Advisory Board for the Center for Comparative Conflict Studies at the Faculty of Media and Communications at Belgrade Singidunum University; Head of the early childhood education department at Al-Qasemi College of Education; Lecturer in the faculty of Education at the David Yallin College in Israel PART FIVE: PIONEERING NEW ORGANIZATIONS Chapter 21: Eitan Bronstein - Co-Director, Video Director, and Editor of De-Colonizer, a research and art laboratory Chapter 22: Amin Khalaf - Leader of the East & West Center for language study in Jerusalem Chapter 23: Maya Mukamel Chapter 24: Badria Biromi Chapter 25: Avi Levi Chapter 26: Amal Elsana Alh’jooj Afterword: A Critical Analysis of the Interviews References

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Book SynopsisContending that conflict is inevitable when an established power does not make sufficient room for a rising power, some conclude that the United States and China are on a collision course. In this timely new work, renowned professor of international relations Amitai Etzioni points to the paths by which the two nations can avoid war.Trade ReviewDrawing on his encyclopedic knowledge of the history and current state of U.S.-China relations, Etzioni sorts out the many myths and common misconceptions and contrasts them with reality. His book outlines the truly essential issues concerning competition and cooperation between the two countries. His proposal for realistic ways to construct a more peaceful relationship is poised to inspire important debates over U.S.-Asia policy.- Ho-fung Hung, Johns Hopkins University, author of The China Boom: Why China Will Not Rule the World;""Etzioni has written a brilliant little book that meticulously examines the issues between the United States and China and the interests and emotions that bear on them. There is no better way to get up to speed on the increasingly tense relations between Washington and Beijing than to read Avoiding War with China.""- Ambassador Chas W. Freeman Jr., former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs;""If the United States and China ever go to war, everybody on this earth stands to lose. And if the United States and China are friends, the entire world stands to gain. Indeed, things that make the United States and China interdependent in this world are much more and far greater than things that divide the two. In this book, Etzioni clearly points out that in this globalized world, relationships between great powers should adopt geoeconomic principles, which often result in a win-win situation, and should shy away from geopolitical considerations, which are always zero-sum games.""- Patrick C. P. Ho, Deputy Chairman and Secretary General of the China Energy Fund Committee;""In a short book pointedly titled Avoiding War with China, Amitai Etzioni has a more concrete idea of how China should be accommodated. Etzioni, a professor at George Washington University, is no softie. Having escaped from Nazi Germany as a child, he served as a commando in the Arab-Israeli war of 1948. Etzioni knows what war is like, in contrast to most armchair warriors in Washington or indeed Beijing.... [E]minently sensible.""- The New Yorker;""In Avoiding War With China, Amitai Etzioni says that even optimists give the U.S. and China only a one-in-four chance of peace. He thinks those odds can be improved.""- The Daily Beast;""Prepare for back-to-school political debates: Avoiding War with China – Amitai Etzioni. Without classes, club meetings and homework assignments taking up your time, summer is the perfect opportunity to catch up on current events around the world, and Avoiding War with China will help you do just that. From the first chapter, readers will begin to learn everything about the U.S. relationship with China and why Etzioni thinks that war between the two countries could be coming sooner than we think.""- The GW Hatchet;""Anyone considering how the United States and China might avoid a devastating war will want to read this timely book. Stimulating and engaging, this elegant work not only offers a fresh look at these two nation's multifaceted relationship, but dissects major issues with precision. This is a must read for today's national debate on America’s China policy.""- Chunjuan Nancy Wei, University of Bridgeport;""The originality of this work is that it addresses numerous policy recommendations to the United States, instead of to China, as is the case with the vast majority of publications, in order to ensure what is called a peaceful ‘transition of power’ between Washington and Peking, while not jeopardizing the fundamental interests of the United States in East Asia.""- Phébé (published by Le Point);""[A]n important contribution to the burgeoning literature on the future of Sino?U.S. relations.... Etzioni's call for a 'vigorous, comprehensive public debate about U.S.?China policy' that can avoid 'a drift to war without compromising any of the core interests of the United States and its allies' is a valuable counterweight to the structural pessimism that infuses much of academic and public discussions of the future of Sino?U.S. relations today.""- Political Science Quarterly

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Book SynopsisAlthough the concept of credibility has been identified by the United Nations as a significant factor in successful peacekeeping operations, its role has largely been ignored in the literature on peacekeeping at the local level. In this book, Newby provides the first detailed examination of credibility's essential place in peacekeeping.

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Book SynopsisDelves into the historical, political, and geopolitical background of Turkey's decline. Providing a comprehensive portrait of the Turkish state's turmoil, Aras creates a blueprint for the ways in which much-needed reforms can break vicious cycles of political polarization, rising authoritarianism, and weak state institutions.

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Book SynopsisDelves into the historical, political, and geopolitical background of Turkey's decline. Providing a comprehensive portrait of the Turkish state's turmoil, Aras creates a blueprint for the ways in which much-needed reforms can break vicious cycles of political polarization, rising authoritarianism, and weak state institutions.

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Book SynopsisIllustrates how Gandhian principles of multicultural belonging and pluralism are key to resolving conflicts, not just in South Asia but across the world. Beyond Othering is a timely and relevant contribution to the discourse on conflict resolution.

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Book SynopsisIllustrates how Gandhian principles of multicultural belonging and pluralism are key to resolving conflicts, not just in South Asia but across the world. Beyond Othering is a timely and relevant contribution to the discourse on conflict resolution.Table of Contents Preface Introduction: Partition, South Asian Conflict, and Gandhi 1. Gandhian Conflict Resolution 2. Othering, Clash of Visions, and Partition 3. Post-partition South Asia 4. Promoting Belonging Conclusion: Beyond Othering Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"A major contribution to our understanding of nonviolent social change."—Mobilization"Kurt Schock’s edited volume provides an excellent overview of some of the latest research findings and theoretical developments of the rapidly growing subfield of strategic nonviolent action. Civil Resistance reminds us why the study of civil resistance has become mainstream in political science and related fields."—Perspectives on PoliticsTable of ContentsContentsIntroduction. Civil Resistance in Comparative PerspectiveKurt SchockPart I. Dynamics of Civil Resistance1. “We Do Not Work for Peace”: Reframing Nonviolence in Post-Oslo PalestineJulie M. Norman2. Nonviolent Action as the Interplay between Political Context and “Insider’s Knowledge”: Otpor in SerbiaJanjira Sombatpoonsiri3. Youth Mobilization before and during the Orange Revolution: Learning from LossesOlena Nikolayenko4. How Regimes Counter Civil Resistance Movements: The Cases of Panama and KenyaSharon Erickson Nepstad5. From Political Jiu-jitsu to the Backfire Dynamic: How Repression Can Promote MobilizationBrian Martin6. Sources, Functions, and Dilemmas of External Assistance to Civil Resistance MovementsVéronique DudouetPart II. Frontiers of Civil Resistance7. Defending Freedom with Civil Resistance in the Early Roman RepublicDustin Ells Howes8. Making Sense of Civil Resistance: From Theories and Techniques to Social Movement PhronesisSean Chabot9. Four Dimensions of Nonviolent Action: A Sociological PerspectiveStellan Vinthagen10. Overcoming Illusory Division: Between Nonviolence as a Pragmatic Strategy and a Principled Way of LifeChaiwat Satha-Anand11. Civil Resistance in the Twenty-First CenturyKurt SchockAcknowledgmentsContributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisPeacebuilding, Power, and Politics in Africa is a critical reflection on peacebuilding efforts in Africa. The authors expose the tensions and contradictions in different clusters of peacebuilding activities, including peace negotiations; statebuilding; security sector governance; and disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration.Trade Review“What makes (Peacebuilding, Power, and Politics in Africa) particularly interesting is the emphasis on peacebuilding as a process in which local and global ideas interact: ideas that are mediated by local, national, and regional actors…. This is topical and relevant, as it is becoming more and more clear that local actors may not necessarily share the objectives, strategies and priorities of externally driven peace-building programmes.” * International Affairs *“This edited work brings together a rich mix of scholarship, from different disciplinary perspectives, on the politics and checkered outcomes of peacebuilding in Africa…Its breadth and the rigor of certain chapters should place this volume on obligatory reading lists for students of conflict and peace, particularly in Africa, for years to come.” * Canadian Journal of African Studies *“This volume is a must for anyone interested in developing further understanding of security, peacebuilding and the politics of Africa. It would make an excellent contribution to any senior-level politics/international relations course on the topic and promises to be relevant well into the foreseeable future.” * South African Journal of International Affairs *“The contributors represent a rich variety of nationalities, areas of expertise, analytical approaches, and policy perspectives…. It will be of interest to advanced students. and to peace and conflict studies professionals in the academy and the third sector. Highly recommended for college, university, and larger public libraries, and collections specializing in Africana and international studies.” * Choice *“This is a fine work of collective, substantiated scholarship. Particularly praiseworthy is its list of authors. Many are extremely well known in the field and highly regarded. Many are also African scholars, which is a major contribution of its own, introducing them to a non-Africanist peace building audience and implementing a widely shared, current goal in the field of creating ‘north-south’ networks of scholars.”“Taken together, the chapters in this excellent book caution international leaders to be prepared to be surprised by the twists and turns that attend their peacebuilding efforts, to be modest concerning their expectations and, above all, to be flexible, as they learn more about the conditions and social, political and economic dynamics in the countries they would seek to assist.” * Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations *“Although competition for resources in a peacebuilding process has often been discussed in the literature, the competition for meaning that this volume addresses adds a new dimension to the discussion…. The additional critical Africanist lens employed by mostly African scholars offers an important and necessary perspective that has not been so readily available in the literature thus far.” * Strategic Review for Southern Africa *“This timely collection indicates how complex and problematic peacebuilding has become in the run-up to a post-2015 world of development.” * Journal of Modern African Studies *“Devon Curtis and Gwinyayi A. Dzinesa's Peacebuilding, Power, and Politics in Africa is an educational and timely collection of essays about peacebuilding, power, and politics in contemporary Africa.” * H-Diplo *“All the chapters are relevant, and give the book coherence as a source of up-to-date information and knowledge on peacebuilding in Africa. Equally important is the emphasis that the chapters bring to bear on a critical reading of international peace building efforts in Africa.” * Program Director of the African Peacebuilding Network at the Social Science Research Council *Table of Contents* Foreword Adekeye Adebajo * Acknowledgments * Abbreviations * Introduction The Contested Politics of Peacebuilding in Africa Devon Curtis * Part I PEACEBUILDING: THEMES AND DEBATES * 1. Peace as an Incentive for War David Keen * 2. Statebuilding and Governance The Conundrums of Legitimacy and Local Ownership Dominik Zaum * 3. Security Sector Governance and Peacebuilding Eboe Hutchful * 4. The Limits of Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration Paul Omach * Part II INSTITUTIONS AND IDEOLOGIES * 5. The Role of the African Union, New Partnership for Africa's Development, and African Development Bank in Postconflict Reconstruction and Peacebuilding Gilbert M. Hhadiagala * 6. Peacebuilding as Governance The Case of the Pan-African Ministers Conference for Public and Civil Service Chris Landsberg * 7. The United Nations Peacebuilding Commission Problems and Prospects 'Funmi Olonisakin and Eka Ikpe * 8. Financing Peace? The World Bank, Reconstruction, and Liberal Peacebuilding Graham Harrison * 9. The International Criminal Court A Peacebuilder in Africa? Sarah Nouwen * Part III CASE STUDIES * 10. The Politics of Negotiating Peace in Sudan Sharath Srinivasan * 11. Peacebuilding in the Great Lakes Region of Africa Rene Lemarchand * 12. Peacebuilding through Statebuilding in West Africa? The Cases of Sierra Leone and Liberia Comfort Ero * 13. Oil and Peacebuilding in the Niger Delta Aderoju Oyefusi * 14. Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration in Southern Africa Namibia, Angola, and Mozambique Gwinyayi A. Dzinesa * 15. Peacebuilding without a State The Somali Experience Christopher Clapham * Bibliography * Contributors * Index

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Book SynopsisBy taking students out of their comfort zone, field-based courses—which are increasingly popular in secondary and postsecondary education—have the potential to be deep, transformative learning experiences. But what happens when the field in question is a site of active or recent conflict?Trade Review“At a time when local peacebuilding is all the rage, this book asks us to question how we do that kind of work. In the best tradition of Mary Anderson’s idea of ‘do no harm,’ Conflict Zone, Comfort Zone leads readers to ask tough questions about how they do their work, whether that is in far off places or around the corner in their own communities.”

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Book SynopsisBy taking students out of their comfort zone, field-based courses—which are increasingly popular in secondary and postsecondary education—have the potential to be deep, transformative learning experiences. But what happens when the field in question is a site of active or recent conflict?Trade Review“At a time when local peacebuilding is all the rage, this book asks us to question how we do that kind of work. In the best tradition of Mary Anderson’s idea of ‘do no harm,’ Conflict Zone, Comfort Zone leads readers to ask tough questions about how they do their work, whether that is in far off places or around the corner in their own communities.”

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Book SynopsisThe often-violent realities of international relations in the post–World War II era have challenged Winston Churchill’s characterization of the United Nations as a “temple of peace.” In this volume, nine experts examine the modern history of international relations in order to shed light on their prospective futures.Trade Review“As the consensus around global institutions and alliances shatters around us, this marvelous volume is a timely intervention. Trauschweizer gathers a stellar team of historians to recover the forces that produced the postwar liberal international order and to help us understand the structural and ideational challenges it faces today.” -- Mark Philip Bradley, Bernadotte E. Schmitt Distinguished Service Professor of International History, University of Chicago“An optimistic volume that concludes it is quite premature to talk about the imminent demise of the liberal postwar order. Anyone with a serious interest in global affairs will benefit from reading these inspiring contributions.” -- Klaus Larres, coeditor of Understanding Global Politics: Actors and Themes in International Affairs“At a time when the value of international organizations, including the United Nations and NATO, is increasingly questioned, the contributors present stimulating, balanced and insightful accounts of the limits and possibilities of international cooperation. A must-read for everyone who is curious about the past, present, and future of the liberal international order.” -- Nukhet A. Sandal, author of Religious Leaders and Conflict Transformation: Northern Ireland and BeyondTable of ContentsIntroduction (INGO TRAUSCHWEIZER) 1. The New Deal as Grand Strategy: Constructing the Postwar Institutional Order (ELIZABETH BORGWARDT) 2. SACEUR as Statesman: Politico-Military Leadership in NATO, 1951–67 (SETH GIVENS) 3 Forgotten Institution: The Role of the OEEC in European Post–World War II Reconstruction and Integration (ARMIN GRÜNBACHER) 4. Shaping Australia into a Neighborhood Power: Decolonization, Vulnerability, and the Cold War (LAURA M. SEDDELMEYER) 5. A “Controlled Revolution”: The UN during the Congo Crisis as Public Stage, Actor, and Incubator for Ideas (ALANNA O’MALLEY) 6. Insurgency’s Three Waves (STEVEN METZ) 7. The Ability to Adapt: NATO’s Statecraft and Europe’s Transformation, 1966–94 (STEPHAN KIENINGER) 8. Russia and the Erosion of the Liberal Order (JENNIFER BRUSH) 9. Erosion of the Liberal Order? (MARY NOLAN) Postscript (INGO TRAUSCHWEIZER) Index

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Book SynopsisThis volume of essays assembles a diverse array of approaches to the problems of ethnic conflict, with researchers and scholars using pure theory, comparative case studies, and aggregate data analysis to approach the complex questions facing today's leaders.

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Book SynopsisA study of a representative group of Japanese New Religions, exploring their concepts and practices of peace and pacifism. Robert Kisala advocates a more positive engagement in the debate on Japan's role in international security arrangements.

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Book SynopsisA valuable collection of articles, which should be widely read. DEVELOPMENT AND CHANGE Studies on war and violence in Bosnia, Somalia and other regions, their effect on ethnic minorities, and the intervention of political and other agencies.Table of ContentsIntroduction - war and ethnicity, David Turton; my neighbour, my enemy - the manipulation of ethnic identity and the origins and conduct of war in Yugoslavia, Tom Gallagher; an ethnic war that did not take place - Macedonia, its minorities and its neighbours in the 1990s, Stefan Troebst; Oromo national liberation, ethnicity and politics mythomoteurs in the Horn of Africa, Thomas Zitelman; war in the post-World War II world - some empirical trends and a theoretical approach, Klaus Jurgen Gantzel; nationalism and ethnicity - ethnic nationalism and the regulation of ethnic conflict, Jakob Rosel; ethnic mobilization, war and multi-culturalism, Harry Goulbourne; clan conflict and ethnicity in Somalia - humanitarian intervention in a stateless society, Iaon Lewis; ethnic war and international humanitarian intervention - a broad perspective, Mark Duffield;

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Book SynopsisThe Handbook on the Economics of Conflict conveys how economics can contribute to the understanding of conflict in its various dimensions embracing world wars, regional conflicts, terrorism and the role of peacekeeping in conflict prevention.Trade Review’Conflict and the need for defense against conventional and nonconventional threats are as important today as they have ever been owing to nuclear proliferation, terrorism, and myriad conflicts. The Handbook offers a new look at many of the key conflict concerns that challenge the world today. The papers are authored by many of the best researchers in the field and is a must read for any policymaker, scholar, or student interested in cutting-edge treatment of these problems.’ -- Todd Sandler, University of Texas at Dallas, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction Derek L. Braddon and Keith Hartley 2. The History of Economic Thought on Conflict Fanny Coulomb PART I: THEORY 3. A Bargaining Theory Perspective on War Charles H. Anderton and John R. Carter 4. Modeling Mass Killing: For Gain or Ethnic Cleansing? Attiat F. Ott and Sang Hoo Bae 5. The Economics of Destructive Power Mehrdad Vahabi 6. The Government Budget Allocation Process and National Security: An Application to the Israeli–Syrian Arms Race Itay Ringel and Asher Tishler 7. Characteristics of Terrorism Karen Pittel and Dirk Rübbelke 8. Conflict and Corruption John R. Hudson 9. Conflict in Space Vasilis Zervos 10. The Economics of Peacekeeping Vincenzo Bove and Ron Smith 11. Peacekeeping, Private Benefits and Common Agency Ugurhan G. Berkok and Binyam Solomon 12. The Long-term Costs of Conflict: The Case of the Iraq War Linda J. Bilmes and Joseph E. Stiglitz 13. Macroeconomics and Violence Jurgen Brauer and J. Paul Dunne PART II: CASE STUDIES 14. The Macroeconomic Effects of Conflict: Three Case Studies Christos Kollias and Suzanna-Maria Paleologou 15. Economics of Conflict: Turkey’s Experience Sennur Sezgin and Selami Sezgin 16. Terrorism: The Case of ETA Carlos P. Barros and Luis A. Gil-Alana 17. Helping Secure the ‘Biggest Bang for the Taxpayers’ Buck’: Defence Resource Management in the United Kingdom Neil Davies, Tony Turner, Andrew Gibbons, Stuart Davies, David Jones and Nick Bennett 18. The Economic Impact of the Conflict in the Balkans: The Case of Serbia Derek L. Braddon, Jonathan Bradley and Paul Dowdall 19. The Strategic Bombing of Germany in the Second World War: An Economic Perspective Keith Hartley 20. The Reprivatization of War Stefan Markowski and Peter Hall Index

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Book SynopsisThe overall nexus between security and development poses some formidable questions about the multiple forms of violence which afflict the international community: Why are some places peaceful whilst others are violent? This important book tackles some of the main security challenges facing the international development community today.Table of ContentsContents: 1. Security and Development: Delving Deeper into the Nexus George Mavrotas 2. Security and Development: Some Reflections Michael Spence 3. Globalization and the Challenges of Inclusion and Climate Change Graeme Wheeler 4. Prevention of Threats and Emergency Responses: Challenges to Policy Making Paul Collier 5. The Conflict–Development Nexus: A Survey of Armed Conflicts in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1980–2005 Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Maximillian Ashwill, Elizabeth Chiappa and Carol Messineo 6. National Security: Deterring and Surviving Civil Conflicts Marta Reynal-Querol 7. Violence, Development and the Rule of Law Martin Krygier and Whit Mason 8. Securing Against Natural Disasters: Better Preparedness and Better Development Ajay Chhibber and Rachid Laajaj 9. Infectious Diseases: Responses to the Security Threat Without Borders Mark Gersovitz Index

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Book SynopsisIn the village of Funar, located in the central highlands of Timor-Leste, the disturbing events of the twenty-four-year-long Indonesian occupation are rarely articulated in narratives of suffering. Instead, the highlanders emphasize the significance of their return to the sacred land of the ancestors, a place where gold is abundant and life is thought to originate. On one hand, this collective amnesia is due to villagers'' exclusion from contemporary nation-building processes, which bestow recognition only on those who actively participated in the resistance struggle against Indonesia. On the other hand, the cultural revival and the privileging of the ancestral landscape and traditions over narratives of suffering derive from a particular understanding of how human subjects are constituted. Before life and after death, humans and the land are composed of the same substance; only during life are they separated. To recover from the forced dislocation the highlanders experienced under Trade Review"The Land of Gold is an ethnography of postconflict life in East Timor that is at once lyrical and devastating. By tracing how diverse relationships to the land—loss, reclamation, and reimagination—shape and are shaped by survivors, Judith Bovensiepen offers a new understanding of the long years of war that captures both the personal and the political." -- Tyrell Haberkorm, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific"In The Land of Gold, Judith Bovensiepen brings a much needed ethnographic perspective to the study of social life in rural, postoccupation Timor-Leste. Villagers who returned to their ancestral origin place after a lengthy period of forced displacement had to reestablish social relations and restore their connections with the spiritual powers of the land. Bovensiepen demonstrates that the ritual processes in which these two imperatives were entangled were fraught with conflicts, tensions, and dilemmas. She argues persuasively that ritual performances brought the traumatic past into the present. As an analysis of how historical experience of political violence both shapes and is shaped by local cultural forms, the book has relevance beyond the region and beyond anthropology." -- Elizabeth G. Traube, Wesleyan University

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Book SynopsisThe most comprehensive, up-to-date book on Salvadoran politics of the last twenty-five years.Trade Review“Those who study El Salvador closely recognize more deeply the limitations of the peace accords in transforming its politics, economics, and society. This book does a fabulous job explaining how the peace accords failed in several important ways primarily because of the intransigence of local elites…Christine Wade has produced the most comprehensive, up-to-date book on Salvadoran politics of the last twenty-five years.”“[Wade] effectively uses the concept of ‘compromised peacebuilding’ from the work of Michael Barnett and Christoph Zürcher1 to guide her analysis of how ‘state and local elites are able to redirect the distribution of assistance so that it maximizes their interests’…Could the elite capture of the Salvadoran peace process have been otherwise? Wade draws several important lessons.” * Latin American Research Review *“There is no other book like this on the market…It would not surprise me if, after reading this book, scholars working on postwar El Salvador adopted the phrase ‘captured peace’ to refer to the period.”

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Book SynopsisThe most comprehensive, up-to-date book on Salvadoran politics of the last twenty-five years.Trade Review“Those who study El Salvador closely recognize more deeply the limitations of the peace accords in transforming its politics, economics, and society. This book does a fabulous job explaining how the peace accords failed in several important ways primarily because of the intransigence of local elites…Christine Wade has produced the most comprehensive, up-to-date book on Salvadoran politics of the last twenty-five years.”“[Wade] effectively uses the concept of ‘compromised peacebuilding’ from the work of Michael Barnett and Christoph Zürcher1 to guide her analysis of how ‘state and local elites are able to redirect the distribution of assistance so that it maximizes their interests’…Could the elite capture of the Salvadoran peace process have been otherwise? Wade draws several important lessons.” * Latin American Research Review *“There is no other book like this on the market…It would not surprise me if, after reading this book, scholars working on postwar El Salvador adopted the phrase ‘captured peace’ to refer to the period.”

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Acting Together places before us the human story unfolding. It invites us to penetrate through the mask to the source and the vibrating essence of voice on the journey to find our way back to humanity." -- John Paul Lederach, Professor of International Peacebuilding, University of Notre Dame"An invaluable resource for the community of practitioners, students, scholars, and activists who are interested in the role of the arts in overcoming the worst of contemporary violence, war, and disaster." -- James Thompson, Professor of Applied and Social Theatre, University of Manchester"Thanks to the vision and the courageous creativity of the theatre artists across the world who have been willing to share their practice, we in Northern Ireland have new tools to help us excavate our truths and our troubled pasts, to speak to them and to dare to envision a future where our broken world will be healed." -- Pauline Ross, Artistic Director, Derry Playhouse, Northern Ireland"This publication is long overdue and will serve theatre students, directors, foundations, community-based theatres, and artist-based theatres as a much-needed guide to the complex, multilayered world of intercultural performance and conflict resolution." -- Frank Hentschker, Executive Director, Martin E. Segal Theatre Center, The CUNY Graduate Center"A significant addition to an emerging field of expertise―performance and conflict. It is difficult not to be inspired by the sheer diversity and versatility of the practices explored." -- Michael Balfour, Chair in Applied and Social Theatre, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia"Acting Together will shift perspectives and change lives. It could transform the trajectory of human conflicts." -- Dr. Michelle LeBaron, University of British Columbia School of Law, Canada"For the first time, the anthology and the Acting Together project provide a platform for peace-building artists to connect and to reflect on their work together with other scholars and practitioners. That in itself is already a significant achievement of the editors and curators of this complex and fascinating collection." -- Serge Loode, Applied Theatre Research

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Book SynopsisPublished in conjunction with a major exhibition, Aftermath: The Fallout of War - America and the Middle East captures the response of artists to the impact of war on people and their environments. The collection of photographs, essays, and poems offers an immersion in the human costs of war, revealing the toll war takes on individuals and families.

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Book SynopsisThis innovative Handbook offers a new perspective on the cutting-edge conceptual advances that have shaped â and continue to shape â the field of intervention and statebuilding.Trade Review‘Starting from the premise that international statebuilding efforts over the past three decades have relied on flawed theoretical assumptions and failed to achieve many of their objectives, this Handbook is a cornucopia of critical analyses and perspectives. With an emphasis on peace and conflict, it encompasses a wide array of international interventions where statebuilding is a component, like peacebuilding, military intervention, counterinsurgency, security sector reform, civilian protection, transitional justice, development and humanitarian action.’Table of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction to the Handbook on Intervention and Statebuilding: moving beyond the current orthodoxy 1 Nicolas Lemay-Hébert 2 Intervention and statebuilding beyond the human 10 David Chandler 3 Knowledge, expertise and the politics of intervention and statebuilding 19 Berit Bliesemann de Guevara and Roland Kostić 4 Post-conflict reconstruction, the local, and the Indigenous 30 Elisa Randazzo 5 Data in the context of intervention and statebuilding 41 Isabel Rocha de Siqueira 6 The ambiguity of statebuilding 50 Florian P. Kühn 7 International statebuilding interventions and the politics of scale 61 Shahar Hameiri and Fabio Scarpello 8 Intervening in a diverse world: revisiting the ‘problem’ of difference in international statebuilding 71 Pol Bargués-Pedreny and Xavier Mathieu 9 Decolonial ‘interventions’? Potentials and challenges of decolonial perspectives 82 Philipp Lottholz 10 Democracy promotion and statebuilding 93 Sonja Grimm 11 Post-conflict statebuilding as contentious politics 104 Outi Donovan 12 State formation in the context of hybrid political orders 113 Volker Boege 13 The everyday politics of international intervention 124 Janosch Neil Kullenberg 14 Non-state actors, service delivery and statebuilding 137 Claire Mcloughlin 15 Clear, hold, build … a ‘local’ state: counterinsurgency and territorial orders in Somalia 151 Louise Wiuff Moe 16 International political sociology of interventions 161 Médéric Martin-Mazé 17 From international justice and statebuilding to international justice as statebuilding 175 Sara Dezalay 18 Mapping the nexus of transitional justice and peacebuilding 184 Catherine Baker and Jelena Obradovic-Wochnik 19 Civilian protection in the context of interventions 198 Cecilia Jacob 20 The spatial dimensions of statebuilding 210 Annika Björkdahl and Stefanie Kappler 21 The temporal dimension in the study of interventions 220 Róisín Read and Roger Mac Ginty 22 Statebuilding and narrative 231 Josefin Graef and Raquel da Silva 23 Myths and the international politics of intervention and statebuilding 240 Berit Bliesemann de Guevara and Catherine Goetze 24 Cyber security: states, development and intervention 249 Kristan Stoddart 25 The plain drone, the armed drone and human security 260 Astri Suhrke 26 New forms of intervention: the case of humanitarian refugee biometrics 270 Katja Lindskov Jacobsen 27 Transnational environmental crime: from securitization to intervention and statebuilding 282 Lorraine Elliott 28 The aid bunker: security risk management in conflict zones 294 Florian Weigand 29 From gendered war to gendered peace? Feminist perspectives on international intervention in sites of conflict 303 Maria O’Reilly 30 Romanticising the locals and the externals? Identifying challenges to a gendered SSR 314 Nina Wilén 31 The political economy of gender and peacebuilding 323 Yasmin Chilmeran and Jacqui True Index 339

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: peace entrepreneurship, life narratives, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict 1 Amalya Oliver-Lumerman, Yosepha Tabib-Calif, Tammar B. Zilber, Tammy Rubel-Lifschitz, and Haneen Sameer Magadlah 1 Jewish–Arabic collaboration through education 17 Amin Khalaf 2 No one can conquer you because when you are free inside, you live in peace 29 Bassam Aramin 3 Peace, a mission for generations 50 Eliaz Cohen 4 A Jewish radical 68 Gershon Baskin 5 Small initiatives with great impact 88 Ghadeer Hani 6 The freedom to choose 102 Hadassah Froman 7 No one can occupy my heart, my mind, and my identity 113 Huda Abu Arqoub 8 To solve the puzzle 126 Khaled Abu Awwad 9 To make a change, we must be willing to change 143 Shiri Levinas 10 A life of peace is not whole: peace is not whole – it is broken 163 Yakir Englander 11 I am me because Arik was Arik 181 Yitzhak Frankenthal 12 Discussion: peace entrepreneurship – insights and reflections 202 Haneen Sameer Magadlah, Tammy Rubel-Lifschitz, Yosepha Tabib-Calif, Amalya Oliver-Lumerman, and Tammar B. Zilber Glossary 223 References 243

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Book SynopsisWritten by top practitioner-scholars who bring a critical yet empathetic eye to the topic, this textbook provides a comprehensive look at peace and violence in seven world religions. Offers a clear and systematic narrative with coverage of Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, and Native American religions Introduces a different religion and its sacred texts in each chapter; discusses ideas of peace, war, nonviolence, and permissible violence; recounts historical responses to violence; and highlights individuals within the tradition working toward peace and justice Examines concepts within their religious context for a better understanding of the values, motivations, and ethics involved Includes student-friendly pedagogical features, such as enriching end-of-chapter critiques by practitioners of other traditions, definitions of key terms, discussion questions, and further reading sections Trade Review‘Peacemaking’s approach makes it ideal for peace activists, people working on interreligious dialogue, undergraduates studying comparative religion, and even laypeople. It is both a realistic book and a very hopeful book… Omar and Duffey have taken a commendable first step in putting the possibility of peace front and center.’ (Jason Wyman, Fellowship, Vol. 81 No. 1-6).Table of ContentsAcknowledgments xi Introduction 1Irfan A. Omar and Michael K. Duffey 1 Jihad and Nonviolence in the Islamic Tradition 9Irfan A. Omar Overview of the Islamic tradition 10 Ways of Understanding Violence and Nonviolence 13 Jihad in the Qur’an 15 Peacemaking and the challenge of violence 21 Nonviolent Activism: Key Muslim Figures 26 Conclusion 33 Questions for Discussion 35 Notes 35 References 36 Further Reading 38 Muslim Peacemaking and Civil Rights Organizations/Resources 39 Glossary 40 1.1 A Confucian Response 41Sin Yee Chan 1.2 A Jewish Response 44Joshua Ezra Burns 2 Christianity: From Peacemaking to Violence and Home Again 47Michael K. Duffey Who was Jesus? 49 Jesus, Nonviolence, and Peacemaking 50 A Brief History of Christian Nonviolence and Violence 55 Christian conscience 63 Peace through Nonviolence 65 Conclusion 69 Questions for discussion 70 Notes 70 References 72 Further Reading 73 2.1 A Buddhist Response 75Eleanor Rosch 2.2 A Muslim Response 80Irfan A. Omar 3 Jewish Ideologies of Peace and Peacemaking 83Joshua Ezra Burns What is Judaism? 84 Jewish Terms for Peace and Peacemaking 87 War and Peace in the Hebrew Scriptures 90 Pacifism in the Rabbinic Tradition 92 The State of Israel 95 Pursuing Peace 98 Conclusions and Future Prospects 101 Questions for Discussion 102 References 102 Further Reading 104 Glossary 105 3.1 A Christian Response 107Michael K. Duffey 3.2 A Native American Response 109Tink Tinker 4 From Sincerity of Thought to Peace “All Under Heaven” (Tianxia �V‰º): The Confucian Stance on Peace and Violence 112Sin Yee Chan Introduction to Confucianism 113 Meanings of peace 117 Peace on the ground 120 Violence and war 122 Conclusion 129 Questions for discussion 130 Notes 131 References 132 Further reading 133 Glossary 134 4.1 A Buddhist Response 135Eleanor Rosch 4.2 A Jewish Response 139Joshua Ezra Burns 5 “Peace is the Strongest Force in the World”: Buddhist Paths to Peacemaking and Nonviolence 142Eleanor Rosch Overview of Buddhism 143 Historical Development of the Meanings of Peace, Nonviolence, and War 149 Moral Teachings Regarding Violence and Nonviolence 152 History of Buddhism’s Responses to Violence 154 Emerging Innovative Peacemaking Practices 158 Conclusions: What in Buddhism Provides the Means for Nonviolent Peacemaking? 161 Questions for Discussion 164 Notes 165 References 166 Further Reading 167 Buddhist Peacemaking Organizations and Resources 169 Glossary 170 5.1 A Hindu Response 173Kalpana Mohanty 5.2 A Native American Response 175Tink Tinker 6 Peacemaking and Nonviolence in the Hindu Tradition 178Kalpana Mohanty Introduction to the Hindu tradition 179 Peace, war, and nonviolence 180 Hinduism’s Response to Violence 182 Traditional Methods of Conflict Resolution 184 Mohandas K. Gandhi and the Satyagraha Movement 185 Practices and Disciplines that Contribute to Peacemaking 188 Hindu Peace Groups and Organizations 189 Innovative and Emerging Peacemaking Practices 190 Hindu Saints and Seminal Thinkers 192 Conclusion 195 Questions for Discussion 196 Notes 196 References 196 Further Reading 197 Hindu Peace Organizations 198 Glossary 198 6.1 A Christian Response 200Michael K. Duffey 6.2 A Muslim Response 202Irfan A. Omar 7 The Irrelevance of euro]christian Dichotomies for Indigenous Peoples: Beyond Nonviolence to a Vision of Cosmic Balance 206Tink Tinker Religion 207 Balance as Reciprocal Dualism 210 Warfare 210 Nonviolence as Incompatible 215 World Incommensurability: the Dissimilitude of Otherness 216 Relationship = Less Extraneous Violence 219 Questions for discussion 220 Notes 221 References 223 Further reading 224 7.1 A Confucian Response 226Sin Yee Chan 7.2 A Hindu Response 230Kalpana Mohanty Conclusion 232Irfan A. Omar and Michael K. Duffey Index 236

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Book SynopsisWritten by top practitioner-scholars who bring a critical yet empathetic eye to the topic, this textbook provides a comprehensive look at peace and violence in seven world religions. Offers a clear and systematic narrative with coverage of Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, and Native American religions Introduces a different religion and its sacred texts in each chapter; discusses ideas of peace, war, nonviolence, and permissible violence; recounts historical responses to violence; and highlights individuals within the tradition working toward peace and justice Examines concepts within their religious context for a better understanding of the values, motivations, and ethics involved Includes student-friendly pedagogical features, such as enriching end-of-chapter critiques by practitioners of other traditions, definitions of key terms, discussion questions, and further reading sections Table of ContentsAcknowledgments xi Introduction 1Irfan A. Omar and Michael K. Duffey 1 Jihad and Nonviolence in the Islamic Tradition 9Irfan A. Omar Overview of the Islamic tradition 10 Ways of Understanding Violence and Nonviolence 13 Jihad in the Qur’an 15 Peacemaking and the challenge of violence 21 Nonviolent Activism: Key Muslim Figures 26 Conclusion 33 Questions for Discussion 35 Notes 35 References 36 Further Reading 38 Muslim Peacemaking and Civil Rights Organizations/Resources 39 Glossary 40 1.1 A Confucian Response 41Sin Yee Chan 1.2 A Jewish Response 44Joshua Ezra Burns 2 Christianity: From Peacemaking to Violence and Home Again 47Michael K. Duffey Who was Jesus? 49 Jesus, Nonviolence, and Peacemaking 50 A Brief History of Christian Nonviolence and Violence 55 Christian conscience 63 Peace through Nonviolence 65 Conclusion 69 Questions for discussion 70 Notes 70 References 72 Further Reading 73 2.1 A Buddhist Response 75Eleanor Rosch 2.2 A Muslim Response 80Irfan A. Omar 3 Jewish Ideologies of Peace and Peacemaking 83Joshua Ezra Burns What is Judaism? 84 Jewish Terms for Peace and Peacemaking 87 War and Peace in the Hebrew Scriptures 90 Pacifism in the Rabbinic Tradition 92 The State of Israel 95 Pursuing Peace 98 Conclusions and Future Prospects 101 Questions for Discussion 102 References 102 Further Reading 104 Glossary 105 3.1 A Christian Response 107Michael K. Duffey 3.2 A Native American Response 109Tink Tinker 4 From Sincerity of Thought to Peace “All Under Heaven” (Tianxia “V‰º): The Confucian Stance on Peace and Violence 112Sin Yee Chan Introduction to Confucianism 113 Meanings of peace 117 Peace on the ground 120 Violence and war 122 Conclusion 129 Questions for discussion 130 Notes 131 References 132 Further reading 133 Glossary 134 4.1 A Buddhist Response 135Eleanor Rosch 4.2 A Jewish Response 139Joshua Ezra Burns 5 “Peace is the Strongest Force in the World”: Buddhist Paths to Peacemaking and Nonviolence 142Eleanor Rosch Overview of Buddhism 143 Historical Development of the Meanings of Peace, Nonviolence, and War 149 Moral Teachings Regarding Violence and Nonviolence 152 History of Buddhism’s Responses to Violence 154 Emerging Innovative Peacemaking Practices 158 Conclusions: What in Buddhism Provides the Means for Nonviolent Peacemaking? 161 Questions for Discussion 164 Notes 165 References 166 Further Reading 167 Buddhist Peacemaking Organizations and Resources 169 Glossary 170 5.1 A Hindu Response 173Kalpana Mohanty 5.2 A Native American Response 175Tink Tinker 6 Peacemaking and Nonviolence in the Hindu Tradition 178Kalpana Mohanty Introduction to the Hindu tradition 179 Peace, war, and nonviolence 180 Hinduism’s Response to Violence 182 Traditional Methods of Conflict Resolution 184 Mohandas K. Gandhi and the Satyagraha Movement 185 Practices and Disciplines that Contribute to Peacemaking 188 Hindu Peace Groups and Organizations 189 Innovative and Emerging Peacemaking Practices 190 Hindu Saints and Seminal Thinkers 192 Conclusion 195 Questions for Discussion 196 Notes 196 References 196 Further Reading 197 Hindu Peace Organizations 198 Glossary 198 6.1 A Christian Response 200Michael K. Duffey 6.2 A Muslim Response 202Irfan A. Omar 7 The Irrelevance of euro]christian Dichotomies for Indigenous Peoples: Beyond Nonviolence to a Vision of Cosmic Balance 206Tink Tinker Religion 207 Balance as Reciprocal Dualism 210 Warfare 210 Nonviolence as Incompatible 215 World Incommensurability: the Dissimilitude of Otherness 216 Relationship = Less Extraneous Violence 219 Questions for discussion 220 Notes 221 References 223 Further reading 224 7.1 A Confucian Response 226Sin Yee Chan 7.2 A Hindu Response 230Kalpana Mohanty Conclusion 232Irfan A. Omar and Michael K. Duffey Index 236

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Book SynopsisThe Israel-Palestine Conflict: Contested Histories provides non-specialist readers with an introduction and historical overview of the issues that have characterized and defined 130 years of the still unresolved Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Provides a fresh attempt to break away from polemical approaches that have undermined academic discussion and political debates Focuses on a series of core arguments that the author considers essentially unwinnable Introduces readers to the major historiographical debates sparked by the dispute Encourages readers to consider more useful ways of explaining and understanding the conflict, and to go beyond trying to prove who is right' and wrong' This volume suggests a fresh and original interpretation to the history of the Arab Israeli conflict. Caplan juggles skillfully and even-handedly between the two narratives, reflecting the parties' own views without embracing the cause of any party.Trade Review"Caplan provides a brisk and balanced account of [the history of the Israel-Palestine conflict]. But he also maneuvers deftly between and above the Arab and Zionist narratives and helpfully defines the main historiographical disputes that keep scholars arguing—included loaded terminology like 'terrorism' and 'resistance.' [His book] looks at the core arguments 'that seem to deadlock protagonists and historians alike,' explaining cogently why the conflict has not yet been resolved—and why it may never be." (Ian Black, Literary Hub, 2017) "Several of the methodological and analytical chapters (i.e. those dealing with 'missed opportunities' and 'obstacles to a settlement') are insightful and very helpful. More important, the substantial core of his book demonstrates that through the layers of propaganda, advocacy and sheer hostility an honest, professional historian can still decipher the code of lsraeli Palestinian relations and convey it to his readers." (Bustan: The Middle East Book Review, 2011) "This is the best book I have seen for use as a text for introductory course on the conflict. Instead of overwhelming students with names, dates, and events, it presents the most important concepts of each stage of the conflict, and connects them to the key issues in contention." (Professor Paul L. Scham, 2011) "The Israel-Palestine Conflict: Contested Histories provides an impressive, balanced, and comprehensive one hundred thirty year history of the conflict. . . This is an original and important contribution to the study of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and I recommend the book wholeheartedly." (Review of Middle East Studies, 1 November 2010) "Th[e] focus on 'dueling narratives' is clearly applicable to the Israeli-Palestinian case, and is employed here with great skill. This is also a very self-reflective book, with as much attention given to arguments over interpretation and historiography as to the history itself. Within this framework, Caplan has provided us with one of the best executed overviews of the Israeli-Palestinian (or Arab-Israeli) conflict available. Perhaps the relativists are correct that perfect objectivity is impossible; nevertheless, Caplan has achieved a level of detachment that ought to be an object of emulation." (Israel Studies Forum, Fall 2010) "A whopping 28-page bibliography and a chronology complete what is surely one of the most accessible, coherent, and balanced accounts available of this very contested history." (Foreign Affairs, January 2011) "Neil Caplan's concise and excellent primer, The Israel-Palestine Conflict: Contested Histories places Israel's struggle with the Palestinians and the Arabs in perspective. Caplan, a professor of history at Concordia University in Montreal, analyzes the key issues with piercing insight." (The Canadian Jewish News, July 2010) "The book may serve not only as an advanced introductory reading, but also as an authoritative overview of the literature and disputed issues of the conflict." (H-Soz-u-Kult, May 2010) "Neil Caplan has devoted a lifetime to understanding, teaching, and writing prolifically about the origins and development of Arab-Jewish relations, and particularly aspects of Arab-Israeli negotiations dating back to before World War I. More than half a dozen scholarly monographs later, in writing this summative analysis, he has again maintained a characteristically meticulous devotion to sources. Almost unique in our professional specialty, he enthusiastically presents an unbiased presentation of viewpoints. It will have wide appeal for followers of the conflict, and can be used as an introductory primer for one's first exposure to the conflict's century-long twists and turns." (Middle East Journal, Spring 2010) "Indentifies major stumbling blocks ensnaring the potential for peace and eloquently outlines the various intellectual and moral identities of various scholarly approaches. Most valuable is its reconsideration of how history is understood and expressed by scholars, activists, and the victims and perpetrators of this tired and bloody conflict." (Ottawa Jewish Bulletin, March 2010) "In this age of polarization it is refreshing to read a work on this subject which eschews partisanship, refuses to champion one people over another, and recognizes that both make plausible claims to the same land. (Outlook, November 2009)Table of ContentsList of Maps. Preface. Chronology. Part I Introduction. 1. Problems in Defining the Conflict. 2. Defining the Conflict, Nevertheless. Part II Histories in Contention. 3. Background to 1917: Origins of Conflict. 4. Arabs and Jews under the British Mandate: Entrenching Positions, 1917–1928. 5. Collapse of the Mandate: Rebellion, Partition, White Paper, 1929–1939. 6. Shoah, Atzma’ut, Nakba: 1939–1949. 7. Israel and the Arab States, 1949–1973. 8. Back to the Core: Israel and the Palestinians. 9. From Camp David to the West Bank to Lebanon. 10. From Boycott to Mutual Recognition, 1982–2008. Part III Towards a More Useful Discussion of the Arab–Israeli Conflict. 11. Writing about the Conflict. 12. Confronting the Obstacles. Bibliography. Index.

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Book SynopsisPolitical violence does not end with the last death. This title develops a critical justification for why transitional justice works and outlines a concept that emphasizes the importance of shared notions of moral respect and tolerance among adversaries in transitional societies.Trade Review"Discussions of social reconstruction after political violence commonly expose the psychological and moral obstacles to forgiveness of perpetrators by victims. Ernesto Verdeja's Unchopping a Tree, in contrast, offers a sustained and clarifying analysis of respect and thus moves beyond forgiveness as the key to personal and political reconstruction after mass atrocities. The integration of personal narratives into the conceptual analysis makes this an especially valuable treatment of the daunting and demanding challenges for societies recovering from violence." —Martha Minow, Harvard University, author of Between Vengeance and Forgiveness: Facing History after Genocide and Mass Violence"I am greatly impressed by Unchopping a Tree. Ernesto Verdeja manages to synthesize an enormous amount of material into a clear and cogently argued framework to guide thinking about processes of reconciliation. He does an excellent job of presenting what he finds to be the strengths and weaknesses of the competing major approaches to this topic on the way to constructing and defending his alternative. His style is both pedagogic and clear-sighted. I think this will be an important work that makes a clear contribution to the literature." —Ron Eyerman, Yale University, author of Cultural Trauma: Slavery and the Formation of African American Identity"Verdeja has written an excellent book that should be recognized as an important contribution to current debates on reconciliation. It provides a much-needed comprehensive and multilayered normative perspective, and it will be of great value to our global concern with the question of how societies can deal with an atrocious past." —Thomas Brudholm, University of Copenhagen, author of Resentment’s Virtue: Jean Améry and the Refusal to ForgiveTable of Contents1: Theorizing Reconciliation; 2: Key Normative Concepts; 3: Political Society; 4: Institutional and Legal Responses: Trials and Truth Commissions; 5: Civil Society and Reconciliation; 6: Inter-Personal Reconciliation; Conclusion

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Book SynopsisIlluminating the moral views on violence, from the moral restraint ofthe just-war tradition through pragmatic nonviolence to principled variations of pacifismTrade Review “The book is strong when it exposes our culture’s uncritical acceptance of war, when Cady shows that violent means are not likely to result in pacific ends and that peace has a harmonic and cooperative content and is not merely the absence of war. Moreover, the author shows that the usual objections against pacifism are answerable….A worthy contribution to the discussion of the morality of war." —Choice “Cady is to be applauded for authoring a book which is a thought provoking and original contribution to peace and war studies. Teachers and students alike will benefit from his analysis which challenges us to critique the usually subconscious assumption of warism, to more critically investigate the ‘wealth of pacifisms’ which exist, and to explore the often ignored successes of nonviolence in history.”—Teaching Philosophy “With his fair, careful, and balanced presentations of the ‘richness and variety’ of the various positions on the moral continuum of war and peace, Duane Cady has gone a considerable way in making ‘constructive relationships’ possible. Consequently, all who care and think about the issues of violence and war are in his debt.”—International Social Science Review Table of ContentsPreface to the Second Edition Preface to the First Edition Introduction: A History of the Idea of Pacifism 1 Warism 2 A Just-War Continuum 3 Means and Ends 4 A Pacifist Continuum 5 Positive Peace 6 Objections 7 I mplications Afterword: Nonviolence and the War on Terror Notes Index

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Book SynopsisThis collection explores the roles of emotion, violence, uncertainty, identity and positionality in doing research in and on conflict zones, as well as the complexity of methodological choices. It presents a nuanced view of conflict research that addresses the uncomfortable spaces of conflict research and the need for reflection on these issues.Trade Review“Experiences in Researching Conflict and Violence is both unsettling and empowering at the same time. A must read for all students and scholars interested in the world `out there'.'' Nicolas Lemay-Hébert, University of BirminghamTable of ContentsForeword ~ Robin Luckham Introduction ~ Althea-Maria Rivas and Brendan Browne Section I: Violence; On conducting unleashing interviews where control means life or death ~ Rose Løvgren; Qualitative Research in the Shadow of Violent Conflict ~ Patrick James Christian; Vignette 1 - The Play I could not Write ~ Laurel Borisenko Section II: Uncertainty; Ambivalent Reflections on Violence and Peace-Building Activist Research in the Post-Yugoslav Space ~ Paul Stubbs; Intervention, Autonomy and Power in Polarised Societies ~ Corinna Jentzsch; Vignette 2 - Packing for Kabul ~ Henri Myrttinen; Section III: Identity and Power; Formidable Fieldwork: Experiences of a Lesbian Researcher in Post-Conflict Northern Ireland ~ Sandra McEvoy; Insider-Outsider Reflections on Terrorism Research in the Coastal region of Kenya ~ Fathima Azmiya Badurdeen; Vignette 3 - Thinking about race and gender in conflict research ~ Althea-Maria Rivas; Bodies of Cyberwar: Violence and Knowledge Beyond Corporeality ~ Fabio Cristiano; Fields of Insecurity: Responding to flows of Information ~ Meike de Goede and Inge Ligtvoet; Vignette 4 - Visual ethnographic encounters and Silence in post-conflict Banda Aceh ~ Marijaana Jauhola; Section V: Methods; Writing the wrongs: Keeping diaries and reflective practice ~ Brendan Ciarán Browne; Abetting Atrocities? Reporting the Perspectives of Perpetrators in Research on Violence ~ Michael Broache; Empathy as a critical methodological tool for peace research ~ Sinéad Walsh; Vignette 5 - Land Grabbers in Kyrgyzstan ~ John Heathershaw.

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Book SynopsisSurveying the initiatives of more than five hundred groups across the past century, this timely book reveals how thousands of ordinary Israelis and Palestinians have worked together to end violence and forge connections between their peoples.Trade Review"Table of Contents List of Maps Notes on Transliteration and Translation Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: Subversive Encounters 1. Quotidian Contact, New Conflict: Under the Ottomans, 1880–1918 2. Opportunities and Obstacles: Under the British, 1919–1939 3. Catastrophe and Celebration: 1940–1967 4. The New Dialogue: 1967–1980 5. Grassroots Breakthroughs: 1980–1988 6. First Intifada: 1988–1992 7. In the Wake of Oslo: 1992–1999 8. Suicide Bombs and Circuses: 2000–2005 9. Co-Resistance: 2005–2008 10. Missing Peace/Missing Piece: 2009–2010 Chronology Initiatives by Category Notes Bibliography References Index

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Book SynopsisWritten from a global perspective, The Institutions of Human Rights is a contributed volume that examines international human rights institutions, procedures, and select issues.Table of ContentsList of Abbreviations Introduction Gordon DiGiacomo and Susan Kang 1. The International Human Rights Regime: Commitment and Compliance Linda Camp Keith 2. United Nations’ Human Rights Procedures Suzanne Egan 3. The UN Security Council and Human Rights David Petrasek 4. The International Criminal Court Jonneke Koomen 5. A Global Human Rights Court? Jesse Kirkpatrick 6. Protecting Refugee Rights: International Refugee Law and the UNHCR James C. Simeon 7. The International Labour Organization: Champion of Worker Rights or 90-Pound Weakling? Gordon DiGiacomo 8. European Court of Human Rights: Towards a Holistic Approach to Human Rights Filiz Kahraman 9. Typology and Appraisal of the African Human Rights System Pacifique Manirakiza 10. The Inter-American Human Rights System Cristiane Lucena Carneiro 11. Human Rights in Post-Transitional Contexts Verónica Michel 12. Human Rights and Police Accountability Susan Kang Conclusion Susan Kang and Gordon DiGiacomo Glossary Contributors

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Book SynopsisIn Peacemaking from Above, Peace from Below, Norrin M. Ripsman explains how regional rivals make peace and how outside actors can encourage regional peacemaking. Through a qualitative empirical analysis of all the regional rivalries that terminated in peace treaties in the twentieth centuryincluding detailed case studies of the Franco-German, Egyptian-Israeli, and Israeli-Jordanian peace settlementsRipsman concludes that efforts to encourage peacemaking that focus on changing the attitudes of the rival societies or democratizing the rival polities to enable societal input into security policy are unlikely to achieve peace.Prior to a peace treaty, he finds, peacemaking is driven by states, often against intense societal opposition, for geostrategic reasons or to preserve domestic power. After a formal treaty has been concluded, the stability of peace depends on societal buy-in through mechanisms such as bilateral economic interdependence, democratization of former rivals, coopTrade ReviewIn this groundbreaking book, Ripsman argues that successful peacemaking requires both approaches. Initial breakthroughs rely on governments' negotiating formal peace settlements, often over the objections of their publics. -- G. John Ikenberry * Foreign Affairs *Table of ContentsTop-Down Peacemaking, Bottom-Up Peace 1. Regional Stabilization in International Relations Theory 2. Franco-German Peacemaking after World War II 3. The Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty 4. The Israeli-Jordanian Treaty 5. Other Twentieth-Century Cases Peacemaking between Regional Rivals: Theoretical and Policy Implications

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