Peace studies and conflict resolution Books

Book SynopsisThis book is a guide for college students exploring career options who are interested in working to promote peacebuilding and the resolution of conflict. High school students, particularly those starting to consider college and careers, can also benefited from this book. A major feature of the book is 30 stories from young professionals, most recently graduated from college, who are working in the field. These profiles provide readers with insight as to strategies they might use to advance their peacebuilding careers. The book speaks directly to the Millennial generation, recognizing that launching a career is a major focus, and that careers in the peace field have not always been easy to identify. As such, the book takes the approach that most any career can be a peacebuilding career provided one is willing to apply creativity and passion to their work.Table of Contents Peace Education Series Introduction, Laura Finley and Robin Cooper PrefaceAcknowledgments CHAPTER 1. What is a Peace Job? CHAPTER 2. Preparing for and Finding a Peace Job CHAPTER 3. Peacebuilding Careers in Diplomacy CHAPTER 4. Enforcing Peace and Justice Through Human Rights and Law CHAPTER 5. Working in Conflict: NGO, IGO, Humanitarian, and Military Careers CHAPTER 6. Teaching About Peace and Conflict CHAPTER 7. Activism: Social Justice and Environmental Action CHAPTER 8. A Healing Approach: Health, Community, and Faith-Based Strategies CHAPTER 9. Creating Peace: The Arts, Science, Technology, and Media CHAPTER 10. Pursuing Peacebuilding Education APPENDIX A: 86 Peace Jobs for College Grads APPENDIX B: Peace Jobs Glossary APPENDIX C: Peace Jobs Career Resources APPENDIX D: Additional Readings About the Author

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Book SynopsisMowafa’s family fled Palestine in 1948 and arrived in Canada in the 1970s. His childhood was spent in Edmonton, Alberta, where he grew up as a visible minority and a muslim whose family had a deeply fractured history. In the year 2000, Mowafa visited his family’s homeland of Palestine. It was the beginning of the Second Intifada and Mowafa witnessed first-hand the effects of prolonged conflict and occupation. It was those observations and that experience that inspired him not only to tell his story but to realize many of the intergenerational and colonial traumas that he shares with the Indigenous people of Turtle Island. His moving memoir compares and contrasts the lives of immigrants with the lives of those who live on occupied land and the struggles that define them both.

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Book SynopsisThis volume of "Contributions to Conflict Management, Peace Economics and Development" includes some of the selected papers presented by scholars in a European Peace Science Network Meeting recently held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Chapters in this volume cover the conflicts in Maoist India, South America, and Sub-Saharan Africa. The authors have employed highly sophisticated quantitative techniques and principles of Economics and Political Science in determining the causes of these ethnic conflicts and effects on human and material resources.Table of Contents1) Forced migration as a deterrence strategy in Civil conflict Paola Palacios, ICESI University, Cali, Colombia 2) International Commodity Prices and Civil Wars. Theory and Empirical Application to Sub-Saharan Africa. Raul Caruso, Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan, Italy 3) A model of Sectarian Violence Ahmed Saber Mahmud, Johns Hopkins University, Washington, DC, USA and Syed Mansoob Murshed, Institute of Social Studies, Netherlands and University of Birmingham, UK 4) Insurgent Violence and the Rural-Urban Divide: The Case of Maoist India. Topher L. McDougal, University of San Diego, San Diego, USA 5) The Onset versus the Spread of Insurgency-Nepal, a Single Country Analysis Gary Shiffman and Prabin B Khadka, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA 6) State Capacity, Manufacturing and Civil Conflict in Africa and Latin America, 1970-2007 Jacopo Costa, University of Florence, Italy and Roberto Ricciuti, University of Verona, Italy 7) Health and Conflict: Evidence from Mozambique Patrick Domingues, University of Paris 1 - Pantheon Sorbonne, Paris, France 8) A Methodology for the calculation of the Global Economic Costs of conflict Olaf J. de Groot, German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), Berlin, Germany 9) Experimental Research of Dynamic Strategic Decision Making with the Aid of an Online Simulator Module Ranan D. Kuperman, University of Haifa., Israel 10) Regional Alliance toward the formation of a Nation: A simulation through Lindhal-Walras Mechanism Toshitaka Fukiharu, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima City, Japan

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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 SynopsisDaniela Irrera explores the relationship between non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and intergovernmental organizations (IGOs).The author reviews the issue of NGO's participation in the decision-making processes of intergovernmental IGOs and investigates new activities undertaken by NGOs, including their participation in multilateral humanitarian intervention operations, crisis management and conflict resolution.Theoretical discourse is underpinned by empirical data from a survey of representatives from 28 humanitarian NGOs and networks of NGOs that are active in the fields of humanitarian assistance and peace building, as well as conflict transformation and mediation. It demonstrates that the role of non-state actors in the deployment of humanitarian interventions is destined to grow in the near future and promotes our understanding of such a development.Academics in a wide range of fields including development, international studies and public policy will find this book to be an enlightening read. It will also prove to be of great relevance to practitioners and policymakers in NGOs, IGOs, research centres and regional agencies.Contents: Introduction 1. Civil Society and Non-Governmental Organisations: Theoretical Overview 2. The Dialogue with the United Nations and the European Union 3. Non-Governmental Organisations and Humanitarian Action 4. Humanitarian NGOs and the UN Peace and Security Institutions 5. Humanitarian NGOs and the EU Security and Foreign Policy Institutions 6. NGOs' Roles in Peace Operations. A Survey Analysis Conclusions References Appendix 1: List of Humanitarian NGOs' Representatives Appendix 2: HNGOSRep Questionnaire: NGOs' Roles in Peace Missions and Humanitarian Interventions IndexTable of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. Civil Society and Non-Governmental Organisations: Theoretical Overview 2. The Dialogue with the United Nations and the European Union 3. Non-Governmental Organisations and Humanitarian Action 4. Humanitarian NGOs and the UN Peace and Security Institutions 5. Humanitarian NGOs and the EU Security and Foreign Policy Institutions 6. NGOs’ Roles in Peace Operations. A Survey Analysis Conclusions References Appendix 1: List of Humanitarian NGOs’ Representatives Appendix 2: HNGOSRep Questionnaire: NGOs’ Roles in Peace Missions and Humanitarian Interventions Index

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Book SynopsisA better understanding of regime changes, and their drivers, is vital to understanding the root causes of conflict and instability. In doing so, national and international actors can develop appropriate strategies to address, curb and prevent escalations of violence when these transitions occur. This innovative book explores the motivations and impacts of regime change and political transition in the contemporary era. Systematically examining the drivers, formats and long term impacts of transitions, the contributors seek to identify patterns, commonalities, and disjunctures between them. Bringing together leading scholars and practitioners with longstanding relationships to the conflicts they have covered, this book provides systematic cross-case examinations of regime change. It examines the structural and immediate triggers of transitions both external and internal, as well as shedding light on the ways in which everyday life is changed by them --? for better or worse. Providing a framework for typological and comparative analysis, this book provides ontological and epistemological perspectives on 14 case studies of regime change following civil wars, secessionist conflicts, popular revolutions, military rule and foreign intervention.This book is a vital tool for academics and students of political science, development, history, regional, peace and conflict studies. Reflecting on regime change processes spanning different regions and types of transition, The Elgar Companion to Post Conflict Transition is an accessible way to cover key debates.Contributors include: A.-G. Abdulai, B. Austin, R.K. Bhandari, E. Blakaj, U. Bozkurt, G. Crawford, G. Culaj, N. Dzuverovic, C. Emery, B. Engels, G. Gabusi, H.J. Giessmann, F. Kühn, R. Mac Ginty, A. Mazrreku, S. Pogodda, R. Read, S. Robins, S. Ruzza, C. Seifert, G. Tepsic, M. van Leeuwen, A. WeberTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Hans J. Giessmann and Roger Mac Ginty Key concepts in political transitions Roger Mac Ginty Part I Transitions after civil war 1. Bosnia and Herzegovina Goran Tepšić and Nemanja Džuverović 2. Burundi Mathijs van Leeuwen 3. Nepal Ram Kumar Bhandari and Simon Robins Part II Transitions after (popular) revolutions 4. German Democratic Republic Hans J. Giessmann 5. Iran Christian Emery 6. Tunisia Sandra Pogodda Part III Transitions after violent secession 7. Kosovo Avni Mazrreku, Gjon Culaj and Elvin Blakaj 8. South Sudan Róisín Read 9. Northern Cyprus Umut Bozkurt Part IV Transitions after military rule 10. Burkina Faso Bettina Engels 11. Eritrea Annette Weber 12. Ghana Abdul-Gafaru Abdulai and Gordon Crawford 13. Myanmar Stefano Ruzza and Giuseppe Gabusi Part V Transition after foreign intervention 14. Afghanistan Florian P. Kühn Part VI Comparisons 15. Fourteen Regime Transitions: What have we learned? Beatrix Austin and Christine Seifert Index

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Book SynopsisThis book discusses the causes and effects of crisis and conflict within an agricultural and rural context. It explores issues such as competition over resources, and looks at how crisis and conflict impact upon developing country agriculture for both the physical and human agricultural landscape. It reviews crises stemming from politically-driven violence, natural disasters and climate change. Exploring the relationship between agriculture and conflicts and crises before, during and after crisis periods, this book: - Evaluates controversial issues such as land-grabs and the growing of illegal crops; - Covers methodological approaches including GIS-based studies, ethnographic studies and the blending of methods; - Includes numerous case studies on developing countries within Asia, Latin America, Middle East-North Africa, and Sub-Saharan Africa. Providing detailed knowledge about the interactions of agriculture, conflict and crisis, this book aims to inform future policymaking for reconstruction and to foster resilience in the agricultural sector. An important resource for researchers of agricultural economics, development studies, sustainable agriculture and food security, it is also an illuminating read for students of these disciplines and agricultural extension workers.Table of ContentsPart 1: Theoretical Exploration of and Methodological Approaches to Agriculture, Crisis and Conflict 1: Agriculture, Conflict and the Agrarian Question in the 21st Century 2: Geopolitics, Food and Agriculture 3: Climate Change and Conflict: Agriculture, Migration and Institutions 4: Water, Agriculture and Conflict: Global, National and Local Analysis of Conflict in MENA, sub-Saharan Africa and the United States 5: Illegal Drug Plant Cultivation and Armed Conflicts: Case Studies from Asia and Northern Africa 6: Remote Sensing and GIS-based Technologies for Assessing the Impact of Conflict on Agricultural Production Part 2: Case Studies on Agriculture, Crisis and Conflict 7: The ‘Arab Spring’ in North Africa: Egypt and Tunisia 8: Degraded Capital Formation: the Achilles’ Heel of Syria’s Agriculture 9: Crisis and Agricultural Change in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, 1980s–2010s: an Interdisciplinary Approach 10: Yemen’s Agricultural World: Crisis and Prospects 11: Farming for Freedom: the Shackled Palestinian Agricultural Sector 12: Games without Frontiers: Development, Crisis and Conflict in the African Agro-Pastoral Belt 13: Border Change and Conflict in Central Asia: the Case of Agro-Pastoral Communities in Cross-Border Areas of the Ferghana Valley 14: Conflict and Resistance in Southern Punjab: a Political Ecology of the 2010 Floods in Pakistan 15: India: Rural Roots of Naxalite–Maoist Insurgency 16: Agrarian Transition, Adaptation and Contained Conflict in Cambodia and Vietnam since the 1990s 17: Beyond Displacement by Armed Conflict: the Relationship Between Environmental, Economic and Armed Displacement in Colombia 18: Prior Consultation and the Defence of Indigenous Lands in Latin America 19: The Political Mediation of Indigenous Land Conflicts in Argentina 20: The Role of Land Reform in Rural Development: Promoting Productivity or Democracy?

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Book SynopsisThe UN-led Cyprus peace process is in desperate need of radical transformation. This book makes a notable contribution towards changing the current discourse by empowering the main parties to better value their relationship. By altering goals and perceptions, the authors explore alternative visions for the future of Cyprus, suggesting both realistically feasible and politically challenging ideas. Using an exciting, innovative and multifocal approach, the authors discuss the practical application of resolutions and explore the radical disagreements of the conflict at both social and political levels. Reflecting on the idea of a ?'post-settlement?' situation and the prospect of such a reality, chapters illustrate the problems, challenges and political dynamics of Cyprus. The book explores the conceptual approaches to dialogue; a review of Greek, Turkish and Cypriot policies; the challenging roles of the UN and EU; Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot perspectives on the conflict, and finally dialogical reflections and debates on past and future problems. Allowing open and expressive dialogue, this book will interest those in academic and practitioner roles focused on international politics, conflict resolution and peace studies. It allows for further understanding of the complex perspectives presented in Cyprus that have great relevance in other international settings.Contributors include: C. Adamides, A.B. Akter, D. Christofias, G. Christou, B. Ekenoglu, D. Eroglu, A. Günal, M. Hadjipavlou, A. Heraclides, E.Içener, M. Kontos, N. Loizides, M.S. Michael, N. Moudouros, Y. Omerou, I. Özejder, S. Sonan, A. Sözen, M.A. Talat, G. Vassilou, Y. VuralTrade Review'Rare are the books in conflict resolution that truly engage theory to improve practice and learn from practice to improve theory. This book is a very welcome exception. This book is organized around a sense of possibility, commitment to the indefatigable work of peace, and a careful analysis of progress and set-backs over the decades. It provides all of these and from a wide range of perspectives and backgrounds. I predict it will become a handbook for the next, and hopefully this time successful, push for peace.' --Jay Rothman, The ARIA Group, Jerusalem, Israel and Yellow Springs, Ohio USTable of ContentsContents: Foreword by Herbert C. Kelman Preface PART I CONCEPTUAL APPROACHES TO DIALOGUE 1. A new approach to an old conflict – identifying the problem and imagining a solution Michális S. Michael and Yücel Vural 2. Locating the Cyprus problem within conflict resolution Michális S. Michael and Maria Hadjipavlou PART II REVIEW OF GREEK, TURKISH AND CYPRIOT POLICIES AND POLITICS 3. What does Turkey want from Cyprus? Altuğ Günal 4. Turkey’s geopolitical vision of Cyprus Nikos Moudouros 5. The Turkish Cypriot dilemma: between Ankara and Lefkosia Yücel Vural, Sertaç Sonan and Michális S. Michael 6. Greece and the Cyprus peace process: perceptions and misperceptions Alexis Heraclides PART III NEW ROLES AND ENGAGEMENTS 7. Refugees, settlers and diasporas in the Cyprus conflict Başak Ekenoğlu and Neophytos Loizides 8. Re-engaging the United Nations in Cyprus Ahmet Sözen 9. Greek Cypriot perceptions of the United Nations Constantinos Adamides and Michalis Kontos 10. The limits of the EU in the Cyprus conflict: the Greek Cypriot perspective George Christou 11. The EU’s role in the Cyprus conflict: a Turkish perspective Erhan İçener PART IV CONSTRUCTING TWO BINARY STRATEGY POSITIONS 12. Greek Cypriot approaches to the Cyprus problem Michális S. Michael 13. Turkish Cypriot approaches to key aspects of the Cyprus problem Yücel Vural and İbrahim Özejder PART V MOVING FORWARD DIALOGICALLY: CROSSOVER REFLECTIONS AND DEBATES 14. Reflections on the Cyprus peace process George Vassiliou 15. Reflections on the Greek Cypriot approaches: ‘virgin birth’ solution Mehmet Ali Talat 16. Between the ‘feasible’ and the ‘desirable’ Dimitris Christofias 17. ‘Zero risk’ solution Derviş Eroğlu 18. Reflections on the Turkish Cypriot approaches Yiannakis Omerou 19. Reflections on the Greek Cypriots’ basic approach to the Cyprus problem Aysu Basri Akter Index

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Book SynopsisThe law on the use of force in relation to the maintenance of international peace remains one of the most important areas of international law and international relations to date. Rather than simply provide another factual account of the law in this area, this detailed and analytical book seeks to explore its normative aspects.Rooted in public international law, the book provides insight into the historical evolution and sociological environment of this particular branch of law. The competences and practice of the UN and of regional organizations in maintaining peace are examined before the focus is shifted to the inter-State level, the main non-use of force rule and its claimed or recognized exceptions. Robert Kolb analyses each of these rules separately, before concluding with insightful reflections on the current state-of-play and considerations for future developments.Inquiring, yet practical, this book will appeal to students and scholars studying both international law and international relations, particularly with regard to peace and conflict. It will also be of interest to government officials working in the field.Trade Review'In our war-torn world, this book renews our understanding of the importance of peace as a legal and moral norm. It also provides the most comprehensive discussion of how and why the international law against war works to achieve peace. No scholar, student, government official or concerned person should fail to consult it.' --Mary Ellen O'Connell, University of Notre Dame, USTable of ContentsContents: Foreword PART I General features and historic development of the law of and against war - jus contra bellum 1. General features 2. The historic development of limitations on recourse to force: Main periods in which the jus ad bellum has come under pressure 3. Overview: state of the law in 1939 PART II Powers of the organised collectivity (particularly the UN Security Council) 4. Scheme and structure of the UN Charter 5. Chapter VII of the Charter: coercive powers of the Security Council 6. Executing (by force?) a judgment of the International Court of Justice 7. The exercise of parallel competences by the Security Council and the International Court of Justice 8. The binding character of Security Council decisions under Chapter VII or under Article 94 § 2 of the Charter ; Article 50 of the Charter 9. Classic and robust peacekeeping operations 10. Chapter VII of the Charter and neutrality PART III The prohibition against the use of force and exceptions for individual States 11. The prohibition against the use of force: Article 2 § 4 of the Charter 12. Exceptions to the prohibition against the use of force 13. Peaceful change 14. General conclusions Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis innovative Handbook offers a new perspective on the cutting-edge conceptual advances that have shaped - and continue to shape - the field of intervention and statebuilding.Bringing together leading global scholars, the Handbook on Intervention and Statebuilding offers a cross-cutting perspective on a wide array of themes. Chapters cover democracy promotion, transitional justice and humanitarianism, as well as the involvement of drones and cyber technology in conflicts. Employing state-of-the-art perspectives on the most crucial themes, this Handbook explores issues at the heart of contemporary statebuilding.This Handbook will be critical reading for researchers at all levels in the broad field of international relations and peace and conflict studies. Upper-level students of political science will also benefit from the breadth of topics covered.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 SynopsisPeace is an elusive concept, especially within the field of international law, varying according to historical era and between Research Handbook responds to the gap created by the neglect of peace in international law scholarship. Explaining the normative evolution of peace from the principles of peaceful co-existence to the UN declaration on the right to peace, this Research Handbook calls for the fortification of international institutions to facilitate the pursuit of sustainable peace as a public good. It sets forth a new agenda for research that invites scholars from a broad array of disciplines and fields of law to analyse the contribution of international institutions to the construction and implementation of sustainable peace. With its critical examination of courts, transitional justice institutions, dispute resolution and fact-finding mechanisms, this Research Handbook goes beyond the traditional focus on post-conflict resolution, and includes areas not usually found in analyses of peace such as investment and trade law. Bringing together contributions from leading researchers in the field of international law and peace, this Research Handbook analyses peace in the context of law applicable to women, refugees, environmentalism, sustainable development, disarmament, and other key contemporary issues. This thoughtful Research Handbook will be a crucial tool for policymakers, practitioners, and academics in the fields of international law, human rights, jus post bellum, and development. Its comprehensive insights to the field will also be of benefit for students of political science, law, and peace studies. Contributors: B.A. Andreassen, C.M. Bailliet, D. Behn, K. Egeland, O. Engdahl, O.K. Fauchald, J. Garcia-Godos, C. Hellestveit, M. Janmyr, S. Kanuck, K.M. Larsen, K. Lidén, G. Nystuen, S. O'Connor, J.C. Sainz-Borgo, K. Skarstad, V.B. Strand, H. Syse, A Tadjdini, C. Voigt, C. Weiss, P. Wrange, G. ZyberiTrade Review‘Bailliet’s publication serves its purpose of being an effective research guide to the study of contemporary international law and peace. The contributions are relevant, forward-thinking, and engaging.’ -- Hollie Jackson, University of Tasmania Law ReviewTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: Researching International Law and Peace Cecilia M. Bailliet PART I THE NORMATIVE SCOPE OF PEACE AND ITS EXCEPTIONS 2. The Politics of Peace and Law: Realism, Internationalism and the Cosmopolitan Challenge Kristoffer Lidén and Henrik Syse 3. Normative Foundation of the International Law of Peace in a Post-Western Age Cecilia M. Bailliet 4. The Good Faith Obligation to Maintain International Peace and Security and the Pacific Settlement of Disputes Cecilia M. Bailliet and Simon O’Connor 5. Protecting Which Peace for Whom against What? A Conceptual Analysis of Collective Security Pål Wrange 6. Protection of Human Rights and the Maintenance of International Peace and Security: Necessary Precondition or a Clash of Interests? Ola Engdahl PART II PRECONDITIONS OF PEACE 7. Human Rights Violations and Conflict Risk: A Theoretical and Empirical Assessment Kjersti Skarstad 8. Traps of Violence: A Human Rights Analysis of the Relationship between Peace and Sustainable Development Bård A. Andreassen 9. World Peace and International Investment: The Role of Investment Treaties and Arbitration Ole Kristian Fauchald and Daniel Behn 10. Environmentally Sustainable Development and Peace: The Role of International Law Christina Voigt 11. Nuclear Abolition from Baruch to the Ban Kjølv Egeland 12. The Potential of the Arms Trade Treaty to Reduce Violations of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Law Gro Nystuen and Kjølv Egeland PART III CIVIL SOCIETY PARTICIPATION IN THE PROMOTION AND SAFEGUARDING OF PEACE 13. Non-Discrimination and Equality as the Foundations of Peace Vibeke Blaker Strand 14. Refugees and Peace Maja Janmyr 15. Transforming Reality: Employing International Law to End Practices that Exclude Women as Peacemakers, Peacekeepers, and Peacebuilders Cornelia Weiss PART IV INSTITUTIONAL IMPLEMENTATION OF PEACE 16. Promoting Peace Through the International Law of Peace Operations Kjetil Mujezinović Larsen 17. Quasi-Judicial Mechanisms: International Fact-Finding ? Cecilie Hellestveit 18. Building Trust Through Accountability: Transitional Justice in the Search for Peace Jemima García-Godos 19. The Role and Contribution of International Courts in Furthering Peace as an Essential Community Interest Gentian Zyberi 20. World Peace through World Trade? The Role of Dispute Settlement in the WTO Ole Kristian Fauchald 21. Promoting peace and stability in cyberspace Sean Kanuck 22 The Constitutional Dimension of Peace Azin Tadjdini Epilogue Juan Carlos Sainz-Borgo Index

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Book SynopsisThis book develops a new approach to exploring China's relations with North Korea that utilises the concept of developmental peace. Bringing together various strands of Chinese thinking on the mutually reinforcing relationship between economic development, state stability, and international peace and security, the book provides novel insights into Chinese prescriptions for tackling North Korea's interrelated military and human security challenges. Contributors demonstrate how the lens of developmental peace helps to explain the rationale behind, as well as contradictions and challenges in, China's relations with North Korea on a range of issues such as denuclearisation, water and energy security, human rights, and economic development. Featuring top scholars from China and South Korea, as well as primary evidence from China, North and South Korea, the book greatly improves the understanding of the current perspectives in each state, and the impact they have on this vital security relationship. Asian studies - and in particular Chinese studies - scholars will appreciate the in-depth analysis of China's approach to relations with North Korea, as well as the first-hand evidence used. The analysis of the difficulties in China providing a singular approach to its relations will be useful to policy-makers and scholars looking into the complexities of foreign policy. Trade Review'This timely book contributes a much needed lens on China's Korea policy. Each of its essays probes a different dimension of China's developmental approach to peace and security on the Korean peninsula. The collection is a must read for experts seeking to make sense of China's engagement with Korea.' --Carla P. Freeman, Johns Hopkins University, US'A ''one-stop shop'' for anybody interested in the dynamics of what is becoming an ever more complex and multi-faceted relationship.' --Shaun Breslin, University of Warwick, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction: China and North Korea: between development and security 1 Catherine Jones and Sarah Teitt PART I CONCEPTUAL APPARATUS 2 China’s developmental peace and North Korea’s security challenges 25 Sarah Teitt 3 Who’s or whose China? In relation to North Korea 50 Catherine Jones PART II CHINA–NORTH KOREA RELATIONS 4 Beijing’s–Pyongyang’s complex relationship – a mixture of mutual strategic needs and partial distrust 65 Liu Ming 5 North Korea’s non-traditional security and China 80 Zheng Jiyong and Wang Xingxing 6 Security and development in transboundary water management between North Korea and China in the Yalu River Basin 121 Seungho Lee PART III REGIONAL UNDERSTANDINGS OF CHINA–NORTH KOREA RELATIONS 7 China’s policy preferences in dealing with North Korea’s non-traditional security challenges 149 Jaewoo Choo 8 China’s approach to the North Korean human rights issues and South Korea’s response 176 Jihwan Hwang 9 Conclusion 197 Sarah Teitt and Catherine Jones Appendix: Timeline of China–North Korea relations 207 Christina Durham Index 213

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Book SynopsisThe law on the use of force in relation to the maintenance of international peace remains one of the most important areas of international law and international relations to date. Rather than simply provide another factual account of the law in this area, this detailed and analytical book seeks to explore its normative aspects.Rooted in public international law, the book provides insight into the historical evolution and sociological environment of this particular branch of law. The competences and practice of the UN and of regional organizations in maintaining peace are examined before the focus is shifted to the inter-State level, the main non-use of force rule and its claimed or recognized exceptions. Robert Kolb analyses each of these rules separately, before concluding with insightful reflections on the current state-of-play and considerations for future developments.Inquiring, yet practical, this book will appeal to students and scholars studying both international law and international relations, particularly with regard to peace and conflict. It will also be of interest to government officials working in the field.Trade Review'In our war-torn world, this book renews our understanding of the importance of peace as a legal and moral norm. It also provides the most comprehensive discussion of how and why the international law against war works to achieve peace. No scholar, student, government official or concerned person should fail to consult it.' --Mary Ellen O'Connell, University of Notre Dame, USTable of ContentsContents: Foreword PART I General features and historic development of the law of and against war - jus contra bellum 1. General features 2. The historic development of limitations on recourse to force: Main periods in which the jus ad bellum has come under pressure 3. Overview: state of the law in 1939 PART II Powers of the organised collectivity (particularly the UN Security Council) 4. Scheme and structure of the UN Charter 5. Chapter VII of the Charter: coercive powers of the Security Council 6. Executing (by force?) a judgment of the International Court of Justice 7. The exercise of parallel competences by the Security Council and the International Court of Justice 8. The binding character of Security Council decisions under Chapter VII or under Article 94 § 2 of the Charter ; Article 50 of the Charter 9. Classic and robust peacekeeping operations 10. Chapter VII of the Charter and neutrality PART III The prohibition against the use of force and exceptions for individual States 11. The prohibition against the use of force: Article 2 § 4 of the Charter 12. Exceptions to the prohibition against the use of force 13. Peaceful change 14. General conclusions Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisCombining the knowledge and experience of leading international researchers, practitioners and policy consultants, Knowledge for Peace discusses how we identify, claim and contest the knowledge we have in relation to designing and analysing peacebuilding and transitional justice programmes. Exploring how knowledge in the field is produced, and by whom, the book examines the research-policy-practice nexus, both empirically and conceptually, as an important part of the politics of knowledge production.This unique book centres around two core themes: that processes of producing knowledge are imbued with knowledge politics, and that research-policy-practice interaction characterises the politics of knowledge and transitional justice. Investigating the realities of, and suggested improvements for, knowledge production and policy making processes as well as research partnerships, this book demonstrates that knowledge is contingent, subjective and shaped by relationships of power, affecting what is even imagined to be possible in research, policy and practice.Providing empirical insights into previously under-researched case studies, this thought-provoking book will be an illuminating read for scholars and students of transitional justice, peacebuilding, politics and sociology.Trade Review‘In this book, Briony Jones and Ulrike Lühe have done what many academics and policy thinkers are reluctant to do - question orthodoxy in an area of thought that has acquired a high moral plateau. The book reveals a gaping chasm between what is known, and what is unknown about the theoretical underpinnings of transitional justice and the efficiency of the solutions it so confidently prescribes. It is a work that will give researchers, thinkers, and practitioners reason to pause and reflect. It opens the door to doubt and cautions against the rush to declare a final resting point in the quest for solutions to societies in deep social and political torment. This is a critical work that should become a new benchmark for anyone acting and thinking in the field of transitional justice. The book is sure to broaden the intellectual school of transitional justice.’ -- - Makau Mutua, University at Buffalo, USTable of ContentsContents: Foreword xii 1 Knowledge for peace: transitional justice and the politics of knowledge in theory and practice 1 Briony Jones and Ulrike Lühe PART I POLITICS OF KNOWLEDGE FOR PEACE 2 Knowledge production and its politicization within International Relations and Peace Studies 21 Burak Toygar Halistoprak 3 ‘Knowledge for peace’: integrating power to increase impact 37 Laurent Goetschel 4 Producing knowledge on and for transitional justice: reflections on a collaborative research project 49 Briony Jones, Ulrike Lühe, Gilbert Fokou, Kuyang Harriet Logo, Leben Nelson Moro and Serge-Alain Yao N’Da PART II THE INTERLINKED POLITICS OF KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION AND AGENDA SETTING 5 Knowledge asymmetry and transitional justice in Côte d’Ivoire 75 Serge-Alain Yao N’Da and Gilbert Fokou 6 Power struggles and the politics of knowledge production in the Burundian transitional justice process 99 Wendy Lambourne 7 The politics of knowledge in the emergence of the transitional justice industry in Zimbabwe: the case of the ‘Taking Transitional Justice to the People Programme’, 2009–10 120 Shastry Njeru and Tyanai Masiya PART III KNOWLEDGE PRODUCERS: EXPERTS AND EXPERTISE 8 Who are the members of truth commissions? 145 Dietlinde Wouters 9 Developing the African Union Transitional Justice Policy: an assemblage perspective 167 Ulrike Lühe 10 Playing politics with knowledge: the works of multiple actors within IGAD PLUS 191 Kuyang Harriet Logo 11 The meaning of violence and the violence of meaning: the politics of knowledge in Burundi 214 Stanislas Bigirimana 12 Conclusion: empirical insights on the politics of knowledge production and its transfer into policy and practice 245 Briony Jones and Ulrike Lühe Index 267

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Book SynopsisThis timely book comprises detailed personal narratives of entrepreneurs who have worked towards peace in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It begins by offering an innovative framework of analysis based on scientific knowledge about social entrepreneurs, defining 'peace entrepreneurship' and mapping its unique characteristics. It also explains the narrative methodology used, and provides a short history of the conflict in the region.The book focuses on 11 life stories of Israeli and Palestinian entrepreneurs who have strived for peace through social ventures. Chapters discuss the various forms of social activism that peace entrepreneurs have pursued, the challenges that they have faced and the motivations behind their ventures. The editors conclude by considering the similarities and differences across the stories, offering insights into what drives people to act as peace entrepreneurs and what sustains their activities in the face of ongoing conflict.Documenting rousing and inspirational life narratives, this book is crucial for scholars and researchers of social entrepreneurship who are searching for new avenues of inquiry into ventures in a conflict context. It will also provide motivational reading for other practitioners of peace entrepreneurship, as well as policymakers working with social entrepreneurs in conflict zones.Table 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 SynopsisThis incisive Research Handbook addresses the growing recognition within the international law community that natural resource governance and environmental protection are crucial aspects of peace processes, both as a security imperative and as an opportunity for peacebuilding. Examining the impact of international normative and institutional frameworks on environmental peacebuilding, this Research Handbook features contributions from distinguished experts and global case studies on integrated legal approaches to the governance of natural resources. Chapters examine the role of international legal obligations on fair and equitable benefit-sharing in environmental protection, the contribution of the UN and other international institutions to environmental peacebuilding, and the nexus between access to environmental services and peacebuilding efforts. The compelling conclusion explores contemporary approaches for improving the inclusivity of environmental peacebuilding, considering the role of gender and indigenous peoples’ perspectives. The Research Handbook on International Law and Environmental Peacebuilding will be crucial reading for students and scholars in environmental law, environmental politics and policy, peace and security studies and public international law. Its comprehensive treatment will also be beneficial to policymakers in international environmental and peacebuilding organizations.Trade Review‘Environmental peacebuilding is a crucial part of the measures to be taken after an armed conflict to facilitate the return to true peace and prevent the relapse into conflict. The book fills the existing research and knowledge gap regarding the law governing them in an innovative and creative way.’ -- Michael Bothe, Goethe University Frankfurt/Main, GermanyTable of ContentsContents: Foreword ix Acknowledgements xi 1 The international legal dimensions of environmental peacebuilding 1 Daniëlla Dam-de Jong and Britta Sjöstedt PART I INTERNATIONAL LAW AS A NORMATIVE FRAMEWORK 2 Sustainable development and environmental peacebuilding 17 Onita Das 3 The contribution of equity to environmental peacebuilding 42 Virginie Barral 4 The role of fair and equitable benefit-sharing in environmental peacebuilding 62 Elisa Morgera 5 Managing the tensions between a maximalist approach to environmental protection and anthropocentric peacebuilding 89 Jens Iverson 6 Environmental peacebuilding and environmental rule of law: Linkages, lessons, and looking forward 105 Carl Bruch and Isabelle Morley 7 Natural resources, transitional states and grand corruption 127 Naomi Roht-Arriaza PART II INTERNATIONAL LAW AS AN INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK 8 Environmental peacebuilding and sustaining peace: The United Nations and integrated approaches 152 Albert Martinez and David Jensen 9 The contribution of the UN Security Council to environmental peacebuilding 183 Daniëlla Dam-de Jong 10 Contribution of multilateral environmental agreements and their institutional mechanisms to environmental peacebuilding 200 Britta Sjöstedt 11 Assessing the contribution of human rights actors to environmental peacebuilding 230 Karen Hulme 12 To repair or not to repair: What are the questions? 253 Giulia Pinzauti and Merryl Lawry-White 13 Environmental peacebuilding and natural resources management: The role of international investment law 277 Ole Kristian Fauchald PART III THE WAY FORWARD – AN INTEGRATED APPROACH 14 Addressing land inequality, rehabilitation and competing uses 304 Daniëlla Dam-de Jong 15 Access to water and peacebuilding 328 Mara Tignino and Tadesse Kebebew 16 Extractive industry for sustainable development? Some reflections on the role of investment contracts in ensuring benefit sharing and community participation in natural resource governance 355 Marco Pertile and Sondra Faccio 17 Integrating gender, peace and environment: The gender dimension of environmental peacebuilding 381 Sarah Mead and Marie Jacobsson 18 Environmental peacebuilding and indigenous peoples’ rights to lands and resources 401 Bas Rombouts Index

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Book SynopsisThis thought-provoking book explores the emerging construction of a customary law of peace in Latin America and the developing jurisprudence of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. It traces the evolution of peace as both an end and a means: from a negative form, i.e. the absence of violence, to a positive form that encompasses equality, non-discrimination and social justice, including gendered perspectives on peace.Cecilia M. Bailliet offers an overview of the normative and institutional development of peace in Latin America, before examining the heterogeneous iterations of peace within Latin American constitutions and the pluralistic views of current and former judges in the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. The book argues that these national variants should be in accordance with the American Convention on Human Rights and related instruments as a minimum framework, and should be interpreted in pursuit of the pro homine principle, in which the most favourable law is applied to benefit individuals regardless of its origin or status. It also presents an overview of the historic protest marches of 2019 and the phenomenon of oppressive peace tactics by the State.This book will be critical reading for scholars and students of peace studies, human rights, Latin American studies, gender studies, constitutional and international public law, and legal history. It will also be of interest for policy makers and peace practitioners both in Latin America and beyond.Trade Review‘Cecilia Bailliet’s book is an insightful view on the relationship between peace, as the core value of international law, and regional human rights law in Latin America. Her meticulous analysis of legal doctrine, international norms, history, and current human rights challenges, coupled with first-hand knowledge of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, brings to light new understandings of how the Court articulates regional norms and principles on peace and human dignity. Anyone interested in Latin American human rights law should read Bailliet’s work.’ -- Jorge Contesse, Rutgers Law School, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction to the construction of the customary law of peace 2. The evolution of the Inter-American law of peace: treaties and custom 3. Constitutional approaches to peace within Latin America 4. Towards constitutional positive peace 5. The contribution of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights to positive peace – perspectives from the judges 6. The responsive court and promotion of positive peace – upholding equality and non-discrimination – justiciability and compliance challenges 7. Towards a sustainable gendered peace: the battle for hearts and minds within the Inter-American Court of Human Rights 8. Conclusion: reflections on the construction of a pro homine customary peace Index

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Book SynopsisRethinking and revising the established knowledge and practice of conflict resolution and management, this innovative book brings together complementary perspectives to consider novel approaches to resolving conflict after the collapse of the World Order.Examining the current system of world disorder, the authors identify ways of operating constructively and navigating conflict in order to better manage and resolve it. Analysing conventional and hybrid conflict at both international and internal state level, they look to transform current scholarship on conflict resolution and management in international relations. Chapters rethink mediation; power in peace-making; prevention of escalation; governance, protest and revolt; inclusion and representation; and the individual as subject and object in conflict resolution and management. Paving the way for future research in the field, the book outlines the need to learn how to operate within the present world disorder in order to prevent the descent into entropy. By awakening realistic creativity and examining present characteristics and future possibilities, the book develops a more positive evolution which can reinstitute an effective new system of World Order.Both prescriptive and analytical in approach, this insightful book will prove vital to students and scholars of international relations, political science and public policy, alongside policy makers looking to rethink their conflict resolution and management methods.Trade Review‘International conflict resolution is more urgently needed than ever. Unfortunately, at a time when doubt has been growing about its viability and productivity. The Rethinking by Zartman and Vuković is powerful because it does not run away from the project but insists on the necessity and possibility of managing conflict. The wealth of new ideas in this book actually makes the world better equipped to confront present and future conflicts.’ -- Ole Wæver, University of Copenhagen, Denmark‘Rethinking Conflict Resolution and Managementis a magisterial contribution to the negotiation literature by two eminent scholars of international negotiation and conflict resolution. In a world where great power rivalries and conflict are accelerating and there is an urgent need for diplomacy to steer the world away from further conflict, this book offers tangible solutions and recommendations. It should be required reading for scholars and practitioners alike and will serve as a useful text for students who want to better understand the ingredients that go into successful diplomacy and conflict management.’ -- Fen Osler Hampson, Carleton University, Canada‘This masterful book, co-authored by I. William Zartman, a leading scholar of international conflict management and negotiation for over a half century, and his young co-author, Sinisa Vuković, a rising star in this field, presents an impressive analysis of the causes of the collapse of the international order in the 21st century, of which the Russian invasion of Ukraine has been the final “nail in the coffin.” It presents a clarion call to rethink virtually all assumptions of international conflict management in the future and to create new ideas necessary to reconstitute the norms, institutions, and practices of international relations to prevent global catastrophe in the decades ahead.’ -- P. Terrence Hopmann, John Hopkins University (SAIS), US‘Rethinking Conflict Resolution and Management is a book of big ideas on global peace and war. It introduces powerful new concepts, such as the “wall of inhibitions” through which belligerence breaks and constitutes a new normative reality. The volume is an inspiring, thought-provoking, but also entertaining read.’ -- Timo Kivimaki, University of Bath, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface: forward to rethinking 1. Introduction—collapsed system: rethinking world disorder 2. How the study of conflict management and resolution was rethought and expanded: a history of rethinking 3. Rethinking conflict 4. Rethinking power in peacemaking 5. Rethinking ripeness: in search of mutually enticing opportunities 6. Rethinking mediation 7. Rethinking prevention of escalation 8. Rethinking governance, protest, and revolt 9. Rethinking inclusion and representation 10. Rethinking hybrid conflicts 11. Rethinking people 12. Conclusion: onward to recreating Appendix A: PIN publications Index

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Book SynopsisThis cutting-edge book illuminates the key characteristics of inclusivity in mediation during armed conflicts and post-conflict peacebuilding. Daisaku Higashi illustrates the importance of mediators taking flexible approaches to inclusivity in arbitration during armed conflicts, highlighting the crucial balance between the need to select conflicting parties to make an agreement feasible and the need to include a multiplicity of parties to make the peace sustainable. Higashi also emphasizes the importance of inclusive processes in the phase of post-conflict peacebuilding.Higashi draws on first-hand experience as a team leader for reconciliation and reintegration in UNAMA, as well as interviews with leaders in conflicting states and UN missions, and recommends various roles for the UN, neighboring states and global powers in mediation during and after armed conflicts. Utilizing extensive field research and analysis, the book focuses on conflict regions in Afghanistan, South Sudan, Syria, Yemen, Iraq and East Timor to demonstrate the significance of addressing inclusivity in mediation and peacebuilding with different approaches.Engaging with a range of empirical sources to make key policy recommendations, this book is crucial reading for practitioners working in mediation and peacebuilding, particularly UN officials, think-tank experts, government officials and NGOs. It will also benefit scholars and students of political science and international relations in need of unique, real-world accounts of global mediation, peacebuilding and conflict management.Trade Review‘”The more the merrier” is the usual approach for mediation and peacebuilding, but Daisaku Higashi’s wide-ranging field research identifies the pay-offs from a far more nuanced approach to inclusivity. His compelling recommendations are tailored for the UN, regional organizations, neighbors, and major powers.’ -- Thomas G. Weiss, CUNY Graduate Center, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: civil wars and inclusivity 2. Debates on inclusivity in mediation and peacebuilding 3. Challenges of inclusivity in peace negotiations: the case of South Sudan 4. Challenges of inclusivity in peace negotiations: the case of Afghanistan 5. The role of the UN, neighboring states, and global powers in mediation: the case of Syria 6. The role of the UN, neighboring states, and global powers in mediation: the case of Yemen 7. Inclusivity in post-conflict peacebuilding: the cases of Iraq and East Timor 8. Conclusion: theoretical contributions, policy implications, and remaining questions Index

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Book SynopsisThis insightful book guides instructors on how to introduce students to the interdisciplinary work of Peace and Conflict Studies (PACS). Mindful that many students come to PACS with a desire to create positive social change, Susan F. Hirsch and Agnieszka Paczyńska highlight engaged learning as a key method for PACS pedagogy and emphasise the need to teach theory with an inclusive and decolonialist approach. The book offers both new and experienced instructors of undergraduate and postgraduate students concrete advice regarding structuring assignments, designing classroom-based engaged learning activities and highlighting reflective practice and ethics. Key Features: Focuses on delivering an engaged, inclusive and decolonialist PACS programme. Provides practical advice on how to design introductory and elective PACS courses for undergraduate and postgraduate students. Includes detailed instructions for developing and implementing in-class experiential learning exercises alongside tools for effectively assessing student learning. Building instructors’ capacity to teach effectively and inclusively with the aim of practical post-course application, Teaching Peace and Conflict Studies will be an invaluable resource across peace and conflict studies, anthropology, sociology, history, political science, international relations, women’s studies, African American studies and global studies. It will also be essential reading for graduate students looking to move into teaching positions, as well as faculty, staff and students in graduate education schools.Trade Review‘Making peace on the ground is challenging enough, however teaching how to make peace in the classroom is also challenging and requires different and certain mastery. Teaching Peace and Conflict Studies is a highly needed resource for everyone who plans to engage in peace education and conflict resolution not only at the university level but its lessons and recommendations on how to be an effective instructor/teacher are applicable to many other educational settings. The authors managed to tackle the core dilemmas that face instructors who always struggle to convey the complexity of peacemaking due to shifting context, ethical considerations, power dynamics, etc. The book offers guidelines and insightful frameworks on how to be an effective and ethical instructor of peace.’ -- Mohammed Abu-Nimer, American University, DC, US‘This volume provides a unique overview of key challenges and opportunities in teaching PACS at university level. It offers concrete examples of pedagogic approaches combined with honest appraisals of their respective virtues and limitations. This is all done within a clear value-base which should lie at the heart of PACS.’ -- Omar Grech, University of Malta‘This is a much-needed book for a growing and vibrant field. It is a magnificent example of reflective practice and draws on extensive classroom experience. The book is alert to the challenges of teaching sensitive topics, applied teaching, and of the need to address issues of diversity and inclusion. It is highly recommended.’ -- Roger Mac Ginty, Durham University, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1 Our approach to PACS teaching and learning 2 Designing introductory PACS courses 3 Designing advanced and elective PACS courses 4 Classroom-based engaged learning 5 Field-based experiential learning 6 PACS curriculum in context 7 Challenges in PACS pedagogy References Index

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Book SynopsisAn Open Access edition of this book is available on the Liverpool University Press website and the OAPEN library as part of the Opening the Future project with COPIM.This book explores the pivotal role that football played as part of Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos’ national unity project centred on the peace process with the FARC. Football has huge political and social capital in Latin America, and has often been rhetorically deployed by governments for various ends; rarely, however, has football’s power and potential been used in such a deliberate, strategic and active way towards a national peace process and targeted such enduring divisions that have historically impeded a sense of a united nation and national identity. Football in Colombia is understood popularly as one of the few things capable of uniting the country, a belief that Santos seized upon as the national team had a successful campaign in the 2014 World Cup. This first book on Colombian football in English explores previous iterations of football nationalism in the country, including the El Dorado and ‘Narcofootball’ eras, before analysing Santos’ three-pronged strategy empowering professional and amateur football, including the use of political speeches and Twitter, legislation and public policy, and Sport for Development and Peace campaigns, with a particular focus on football in the FARC demobilisation and reincorporation camps following the historic peace agreement.Table of ContentsGlossaryTable and illustrations indexIntroductionChapter 1: Football and nation in Latin AmericaChapter 2: ‘Football is the only thing that unites us’: A history of football nationalism in ColombiaChapter 3: ‘#VamosColombia’: The footballization of Colombia and nation-building by Santos through speeches and tweetsChapter 4: ‘The route for action’: Football-specific legislation and public policyChapter 5: Football for peace: football-based government SDP campaigns towards nation buildingConclusion: #OneCountryOnAPitch?AcknowledgementsReferencesNewspapers and WebsitesFilms and VideosPersonal Interviews

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Book SynopsisBuilding a thorough and comprehensive understanding of the limits of transitional justice theory, this innovative book proposes a new concept of the transitional justice citizen.Throughout the book, Briony Jones addresses contemporary criticism of transitional justice theory and practice in order to improve our understanding of the agency of people at times of transition. Drawing on three diverse case studies from across the globe, chapters demonstrate how the transitional justice citizen is defined by transitional justice discourse, policy and practice, and through acts of claiming justice such as protests and political violence. Combining in-depth theorization with empirical insights, this perceptive book positions the concept of citizenship within the context of long-term historical political struggle and the contemporary importance of justice.Investigating the current debates and key research gaps in the field of transitional justice, this book will be vital reading for students and scholars of transitional justice, including those focusing on peacebuilding, citizenship, democratization, and political geography. It will also be beneficial for transitional justice practitioners who wish to reflect on their practice and compare their work with other case studies.Trade Review‘Lucid and persuasive in equal measure, this is the first sustained engagement with how the citizen is constructed and imagined in transitional justice. A multi-dimensional study of everyday agency as transitional justice plays out, it makes a compelling case for more responsive and more effective approaches, but eschews familiar easy answers.’ -- Padraig McAuliffe, University of Liverpool, UK‘This is an important contribution to an emerging critical studies literature on transitional justice that starts with the deceptively simple premise of looking at the post-conflict context from the inside-out, putting the people themselves at the center of analysis. The power and challenge of this approach is that it asks us to look beyond the usual mental maps and implicit assumptions about what justice is supposed to mean, together with the means by which justice should be brought about.’ -- Dustin Sharp, University of San Diego, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: contextualizing the struggle for justice to learn from the citizen PART I THE CITIZEN AS JUSTICE RECEIVER 2. The citizen as rights bearer: victims, norms and transitional justice entrepreneurs 3. The citizen as duties bearer: participation, outreach and consultation 4. The citizen as a holder of virtues PART II THE CITIZEN AS JUSTICE SEEKER 5. We can make claims too: acts of inclusion in Côte d’Ivoire 6. These claims should be included: acts of expansion and Tunisian Black activism 7. We can make claims in this way: acts of disruption and education reform in Brčko District, Bosnia-Herzegovina 8. Conclusion to The Transitional Justice Citizen Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisElgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary.This highly prescient Research Agenda critically examines the delicate intersection of peace and tourism and proposes further research in order to explore how tourism may contribute to peace or, conversely, hinder the peacebuilding efforts of destinations in conflict.Anna Farmaki brings together a wealth of expertise from scholars who present the peace and tourism nexus from a variety of different perspectives, using both empirical evidence and conceptual research to support cases. Chapters discuss tourism as a peace-builder, the acceptance of dark tourism, a gender approach to peace through tourism, and corporate social responsibility as a contributor to peace in conflict-ridden situations. This innovative and forward-thinking Research Agenda provides a vital contribution to this burgeoning area of research, carrying implications for local communities, tourist destinations and wider society at large in conjunction with the UN’s 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda.Providing a much-needed re-examination of the connection between peace and tourism, this book will prove essential reading for students, academics and researchers interested in human geography, political geography and geopolitics, tourism management and business and management. Considering many practical outcomes of tourism policy, this book will also benefit professionals working in tourism, foreign policy, public policy and international relations.Trade Review‘This book brings together a fascinating range of perspectives on the role that tourism can play in promoting peace. By covering issues including the role of the media, social movements, dark tourism sites and education the expertly edited book provides a stepping-stone for renewed scholarly enquiry into this important area of research.’ -- Bruce Prideaux, Central Queensland University, Australia‘Whether tourism leads to peace or not has been a subject of debate for several decades. In this edited volume, a diverse group of contributors offers several fresh perspectives regarding this topic. Anyone who is interested in this research area should consider adding this book to their collection.’ -- Dimitri Ioannides, Mid Sweden University, SwedenTable of ContentsContents: Preface xiii 1 Critical debates surrounding the peace and tourism nexus 1 Anna Farmaki 2 Times of warfare and peace: tourism as a peace-builder? 17 Maximiliano Korstanje 3 Media, animosity and peace through tourism 35 Anna Farmaki 4 Peace, social justice and the preservation of cultural heritage in tourism 49 Craig Webster 5 Dark tourism acceptance and peacebuilding in troubled destinations 69 Vasilis Papavasiliou, Elena Malkawi and Maria Hadjielia Drotarova 6 The ecclesial cultural parks in Italy as places of inner peace: an investigation of the perceptions of stakeholders 89 Filippo Grasso and Marco Platania 7 The peace and conflict duet: a complex systems perspective 105 Jalayer Khalilzadeh 8 Reflections on researching tourism and peace 121 Jack Shepherd and Mónica Guasca 9 The metaphorical perceptions of tourism students on the relationship between tourism and peace 139 Dilara Bahtiyar Sari and Metin Sürme 10 Women and peace: a gender approach to peace through tourism 157 Fiona Bakas and Anna Farmaki 11 Peace prospects through border and cross-border tourism 175 Rohit Chauhan 12 Corporate social responsibility: a contributor to peace in conflict-ridden destinations? 193 Anna Farmaki and Dimitriοs Stergiou Index

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Book SynopsisElgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world’s leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.This Advanced Introduction establishes the study of peace processes as part of the mainstream of sociology, a position consistent with the new moral re-enchantment of the social sciences. It advances a sociological view of peace that goes beyond vague notions of reconciliation, to constitute the restoration of moral sensibility, from which flows social solidarity, sociability and social justice. These concepts form the basis for a moral framework outlining what peace means sociologically.Key features include: Establishing the study of peace and peace processes within the core of the sociological imagination A sociological approach to post-conflict emotions, compromise, everyday life peacebuilding, and personal trauma An innovative analysis that highlights recent developments and key areas of interest for researchers. Invigorating and timely, this will be a critical read for undergraduate and postgraduate students of peace studies, the sociology of conflict, and the sociology of war and violence. It will also appeal to higher level students and researchers in these areas.Trade Review‘John Brewer provides a comprehensive and insightful introduction to peace processes, bringing the consideration of war, violence and peace into the mainstream of sociological thought where it belongs. This is a major contribution to both central theoretical debates on order and conflict and empirical studies of the resolution and governance of violent conflicts. The book raises crucial issues of truth, justice, and reconciliation and highlights the responsibility of sociologists to contribute to these issues. It will stand as a landmark in the discussion of this central political issue of our times.’ -- – John Scott CBE, Plymouth University, UK‘World peace and healing is hardly on the verge of breaking out, but Brewer draws on a lifetime of theorizing and empirical research to offer both an introduction as well as way forward for a sociology of peace. Well known for empirical research on post conflict societies such as Northern Ireland, South Africa and Sri Lanka, Brewer has developed a theoretical language and a research agenda for studying peace-making in a broader frame, in everyday life, in movements for social change, policy proposals and education. He does all this with an eye towards a long-distance sociological marathon for social transformation in a world at peace. North and Southern American sociologists could usefully build on Brewer’s insights and framework to think about how to address the legacy of settler-colonialism, slavery and market fundamentalism that are either fraying or tearing apart our nations. The book is nuanced, open to diverse views and free of both the scolding and self-righteous tone and positivist scientific pretension that infects too much of our social science. Brewer offers a normative public social science with a moral sensibility that can help bypass irresponsible politicians and polarizing activists and social media logics to help map out roads forward toward true reconciliation, rooted in truth, justice, compromise and the most humane emotions of forgiveness, trust and hope.’ -- Neil McLaughlin, McMaster University, Canada‘This book provides the reader with a thorough understanding of the important role sociology can play in understanding the transformational nature of peace, compromise and reconciliation. The book provides an engaging and critical analysis of the role of peace, war and violence and alerts us to the moral, philosophical and political economy debates in the discussion of transitional justice, (dis)order and peace. It would be remiss not to commend Brewer for calling the State to not only be accountable to the casualties of war but the importance of addressing structural inequalities. This book provides the reader with new ways of understanding the aftermath of conflict and the importance of addressing injustices in order to bring about a lasting peace. Martin Luther King Jr in the book Stride Toward Freedom wrote that “true peace is not merely the absence of tension: is the presence of justice”. This book will be an influential text in which its reach will inform our understandings of peace processes. This book should be required reading for everyone concerned with issues of peace and social justice. It has a global appeal for students, academics, human rights activists who are navigating the emotional landscape of people living through and after conflict.’ -- Azrini Wahidin, Warwick University, UK

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Book SynopsisElgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world’s leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.This Advanced Introduction establishes the study of peace processes as part of the mainstream of sociology, a position consistent with the new moral re-enchantment of the social sciences. It advances a sociological view of peace that goes beyond vague notions of reconciliation, to constitute the restoration of moral sensibility, from which flows social solidarity, sociability and social justice. These concepts form the basis for a moral framework outlining what peace means sociologically.Key features include: Establishing the study of peace and peace processes within the core of the sociological imagination A sociological approach to post-conflict emotions, compromise, everyday life peacebuilding, and personal trauma An innovative analysis that highlights recent developments and key areas of interest for researchers. Invigorating and timely, this will be a critical read for undergraduate and postgraduate students of peace studies, the sociology of conflict, and the sociology of war and violence. It will also appeal to higher level students and researchers in these areas.Trade Review‘John Brewer provides a comprehensive and insightful introduction to peace processes, bringing the consideration of war, violence and peace into the mainstream of sociological thought where it belongs. This is a major contribution to both central theoretical debates on order and conflict and empirical studies of the resolution and governance of violent conflicts. The book raises crucial issues of truth, justice, and reconciliation and highlights the responsibility of sociologists to contribute to these issues. It will stand as a landmark in the discussion of this central political issue of our times.’ -- – John Scott CBE, Plymouth University, UK‘World peace and healing is hardly on the verge of breaking out, but Brewer draws on a lifetime of theorizing and empirical research to offer both an introduction as well as way forward for a sociology of peace. Well known for empirical research on post conflict societies such as Northern Ireland, South Africa and Sri Lanka, Brewer has developed a theoretical language and a research agenda for studying peace-making in a broader frame, in everyday life, in movements for social change, policy proposals and education. He does all this with an eye towards a long-distance sociological marathon for social transformation in a world at peace. North and Southern American sociologists could usefully build on Brewer’s insights and framework to think about how to address the legacy of settler-colonialism, slavery and market fundamentalism that are either fraying or tearing apart our nations. The book is nuanced, open to diverse views and free of both the scolding and self-righteous tone and positivist scientific pretension that infects too much of our social science. Brewer offers a normative public social science with a moral sensibility that can help bypass irresponsible politicians and polarizing activists and social media logics to help map out roads forward toward true reconciliation, rooted in truth, justice, compromise and the most humane emotions of forgiveness, trust and hope.’ -- Neil McLaughlin, McMaster University, Canada‘This book provides the reader with a thorough understanding of the important role sociology can play in understanding the transformational nature of peace, compromise and reconciliation. The book provides an engaging and critical analysis of the role of peace, war and violence and alerts us to the moral, philosophical and political economy debates in the discussion of transitional justice, (dis)order and peace. It would be remiss not to commend Brewer for calling the State to not only be accountable to the casualties of war but the importance of addressing structural inequalities. This book provides the reader with new ways of understanding the aftermath of conflict and the importance of addressing injustices in order to bring about a lasting peace. Martin Luther King Jr in the book Stride Toward Freedom wrote that “true peace is not merely the absence of tension: is the presence of justice”. This book will be an influential text in which its reach will inform our understandings of peace processes. This book should be required reading for everyone concerned with issues of peace and social justice. It has a global appeal for students, academics, human rights activists who are navigating the emotional landscape of people living through and after conflict.’ -- Azrini Wahidin, Warwick University, UK

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Book SynopsisPeace is an elusive concept, especially within the field of international law, varying according to historical era and between Research Handbook responds to the gap created by the neglect of peace in international law scholarship. Explaining the normative evolution of peace from the principles of peaceful co-existence to the UN declaration on the right to peace, this Research Handbook calls for the fortification of international institutions to facilitate the pursuit of sustainable peace as a public good. It sets forth a new agenda for research that invites scholars from a broad array of disciplines and fields of law to analyse the contribution of international institutions to the construction and implementation of sustainable peace. With its critical examination of courts, transitional justice institutions, dispute resolution and fact-finding mechanisms, this Research Handbook goes beyond the traditional focus on post-conflict resolution, and includes areas not usually found in analyses of peace such as investment and trade law. Bringing together contributions from leading researchers in the field of international law and peace, this Research Handbook analyses peace in the context of law applicable to women, refugees, environmentalism, sustainable development, disarmament, and other key contemporary issues. This thoughtful Research Handbook will be a crucial tool for policymakers, practitioners, and academics in the fields of international law, human rights, jus post bellum, and development. Its comprehensive insights to the field will also be of benefit for students of political science, law, and peace studies. Contributors: B.A. Andreassen, C.M. Bailliet, D. Behn, K. Egeland, O. Engdahl, O.K. Fauchald, J. Garcia-Godos, C. Hellestveit, M. Janmyr, S. Kanuck, K.M. Larsen, K. Lidén, G. Nystuen, S. O'Connor, J.C. Sainz-Borgo, K. Skarstad, V.B. Strand, H. Syse, A Tadjdini, C. Voigt, C. Weiss, P. Wrange, G. ZyberiTrade Review‘Bailliet’s publication serves its purpose of being an effective research guide to the study of contemporary international law and peace. The contributions are relevant, forward-thinking, and engaging.’ -- Hollie Jackson, University of Tasmania Law ReviewTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: Researching International Law and Peace Cecilia M. Bailliet PART I THE NORMATIVE SCOPE OF PEACE AND ITS EXCEPTIONS 2. The Politics of Peace and Law: Realism, Internationalism and the Cosmopolitan Challenge Kristoffer Lidén and Henrik Syse 3. Normative Foundation of the International Law of Peace in a Post-Western Age Cecilia M. Bailliet 4. The Good Faith Obligation to Maintain International Peace and Security and the Pacific Settlement of Disputes Cecilia M. Bailliet and Simon O’Connor 5. Protecting Which Peace for Whom against What? A Conceptual Analysis of Collective Security Pål Wrange 6. Protection of Human Rights and the Maintenance of International Peace and Security: Necessary Precondition or a Clash of Interests? Ola Engdahl PART II PRECONDITIONS OF PEACE 7. Human Rights Violations and Conflict Risk: A Theoretical and Empirical Assessment Kjersti Skarstad 8. Traps of Violence: A Human Rights Analysis of the Relationship between Peace and Sustainable Development Bård A. Andreassen 9. World Peace and International Investment: The Role of Investment Treaties and Arbitration Ole Kristian Fauchald and Daniel Behn 10. Environmentally Sustainable Development and Peace: The Role of International Law Christina Voigt 11. Nuclear Abolition from Baruch to the Ban Kjølv Egeland 12. The Potential of the Arms Trade Treaty to Reduce Violations of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Law Gro Nystuen and Kjølv Egeland PART III CIVIL SOCIETY PARTICIPATION IN THE PROMOTION AND SAFEGUARDING OF PEACE 13. Non-Discrimination and Equality as the Foundations of Peace Vibeke Blaker Strand 14. Refugees and Peace Maja Janmyr 15. Transforming Reality: Employing International Law to End Practices that Exclude Women as Peacemakers, Peacekeepers, and Peacebuilders Cornelia Weiss PART IV INSTITUTIONAL IMPLEMENTATION OF PEACE 16. Promoting Peace Through the International Law of Peace Operations Kjetil Mujezinović Larsen 17. Quasi-Judicial Mechanisms: International Fact-Finding ? Cecilie Hellestveit 18. Building Trust Through Accountability: Transitional Justice in the Search for Peace Jemima García-Godos 19. The Role and Contribution of International Courts in Furthering Peace as an Essential Community Interest Gentian Zyberi 20. World Peace through World Trade? The Role of Dispute Settlement in the WTO Ole Kristian Fauchald 21. Promoting peace and stability in cyberspace Sean Kanuck 22 The Constitutional Dimension of Peace Azin Tadjdini Epilogue Juan Carlos Sainz-Borgo Index

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Book SynopsisIntegrating comparative empirical studies with cutting-edge theory, this dynamic Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the study and practice of peacekeeping. Han Dorussen brings together a diverse range of contributions which represent the most recent generation of peacekeeping research, embodying notable shifts in the kinds of questions asked as well as the data and methods employed.The Handbook explores questions concerning the deployment of peacekeepers, the policies and activities undertaken by peacekeeping operations (PKOs), the intended and unintended consequences of peacekeeping activities, and controversies related to post-conflict crime, sexual and gender-based violence in peacekeeping, and the environmental impact of PKOs. Chapters further investigate the distinctions between UN and non-UN-led PKOs, the specific mandates under which peacekeeping operates, and the different roles of military, police, and police and civilian peacekeepers. Concluding with an evaluation of the state of the art of current peacekeeping literature, the Handbook leads the way in developing a coherent agenda for future research.The Handbook will be an essential resource for a cross-disciplinary audience of academics and students interested in IR and conflict resolution. Policymakers involved in peacekeeping and peacebuilding, as well as NGOs operating within (post-) conflict settings, will also benefit from its assessment of recent developments in peacekeeping research.Trade Review‘This volume is a significant and welcome addition to the literature and should be read by academics, practitioners, and government officials. Its objective is to provide an up-to-date overview of contemporary scholarly research, emphasize central theoretical insights, and identify questions for future research.’ -- Ross Fetterly, Journal of Peace Research‘Although peacekeeping has evolved its scope and depth during recent decades, research into its effectiveness and value for money is still scarce. This Handbook delivers an excellent overview of existing research as well as policy and operational developments in peacekeeping. It also identifies aspects in need of further research. The volume is a very useful tool for researchers, policy developers and practitioners. I highly recommend it for reading by anyone working in or with peacekeeping or solely interested in this subject.’ -- Maria Appelblom, Police Chief Superintendent, Swedish Police‘The literature on peacekeeping has blossomed in recent years. This Handbook includes chapters by many of the leading scholars of contemporary peacekeeping. It summarizes and furthers key debates about the nature and legitimacy of peacekeeping, what peacekeepers do, their effectiveness, and ongoing challenges. It represents an important and must-read contribution.’ -- Lise Morjé Howard, Georgetown University, US‘With valuable contributions from preeminent peacekeeping researchers, this Handbook will provide useful insights to peacekeeping scholars and practitioners alike, and it will make an excellent college or graduate text. I learned a lot from it.’ -- Michael Gilligan, New York University, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface xiii List of abbreviations xiv 1 Peacekeeping as rule-based interventions in international relations 1 Han Dorussen PART I THE DEPLOYMENT OF PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS 2 Mandating peacekeeping operations and international law 12 Emily Helms 3 Peacekeeping financing 27 Katharina P. Coleman 4 Consent in peacekeeping 46 Timothy Passmore, Johannes Karreth and Jaroslav Tir 5 The composition of UN peacekeeping missions 60 Vincenzo Bove, Chiara Ruffa and Andrea Ruggeri 6 Naming names: UN Security Council Resolution sentiment in civil wars 74 Michelle Benson and Colin Tucker 7 Mediation, political missions, and peacekeeping 88 Han Dorussen 8 Non-UN peacekeeping 102 Corinne Bara PART II WHAT PEACEKEEPERS DO 9 Disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR) and peacekeeping operations 118 Dylan Herrera and Andrea González Peña 10 Peacekeeping, security sector reform, and the rule of law 134 Robert A. Blair 11 Public information and strategic communications in peace operations 148 Kseniya Oksamytna 12 Civilian components in peace operations 163 Jaïr van der Lijn and Sabine Otto PART III PEACEKEEPING EFFECTIVENESS 13 Peacekeeping and conflict resolution 182 Evgenija Kroeker and Andrea Ruggeri 14 Peacekeeping and the geographic diffusion and containment of conflict 196 Bernd Beber 15 Peacekeeping and the protection of civilians 210 Lisa Hultman, Jacob D. Kathman and Megan Shannon 16 Peacekeeping and electoral violence 225 Hannah Smidt 17 Peacekeeping operations and women’s security 242 Louise Olsson PART IV CONTROVERSIES SURROUNDING PEACEKEEPING 18 Peacekeeping and the problem of sexual and gender-based violence 256 Sabrina Karim and Kyle Beardsley 19 The material impact of peace operations on the environment and cultural heritage 270 Mathilde Leloup and Lucile Maertens 20 Peacekeeping and postwar violence 286 Jessica Di Salvatore 21 Hazards of peacekeeping: peacekeepers as targets of violence 300 Sara Lindberg Bromley 22 The local perception of peacekeepers 314 Han Dorussen and Marian de Vooght 23 The political economy of peacekeeping: unemployment, violence, and trust towards peacekeepers. Evidence from Somalia 327 Prabin B. Khadka and Anup Phayal 24 Peacekeeping operations: the endgame 343 Richard Caplan, John Gledhill and Maline Meiske PART V CONCLUSIONS 25 State of the art of research on peacekeeping 360 Paul F. Diehl Index

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Book SynopsisA full length assessment of what went wrong with the Oslo peace process -- a process that began in euphoria and degenerated into disaster.Trade Review"The contributions vividly demonstrate current contradictions: the Palestinians hoped that 'structure', i.e. a state, would emerge; the US and Israel appeared interested only in 'process', i.e. the war against terrorism." - Choice."This volume presents a broad range of political perspectives on the Oslo process, from left-wing Israelis to an Islamist Palestinain who describes how the very existence of 'Israel' is considered illegal' from an 'Islamist point of view'. The book makes for interesting reading, partly because each one of the commentators has a different view of what the Accords required and what the best way is to move forward." - Michigan Law ReviewTable of ContentsCONTENTS: A Fragile Peace: Could a 'Race to the Bottom' Have Been Avoided?; The Pursuit of Israeli-Palestinian Peace: A Retrospective; Ending the Conflict: Can the Parties Afford It?; Domestic Israeli Politics and the Conflict; Foundering Illusions: The Demise of the Oslo Process; Islamic Perspectives on the Oslo Process; From Oslo to Taba: What Went Wrong?; Why Did Oslo Fail?: Lessons for the Future; The Oslo Peace Process: From Breakthrough to Breakdown; The Middle East Peace Process -- Where to Next?; A Fragile Peace: Are There Only Lessons of Failure?; The Contributors; Index.

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Book SynopsisThe Camp David Summit of 2000 was a formative event in the history of the Israeli-Palestinian relations. It was the most comprehensive effort ever to resolve a hundred-year conflict. Yet, it not only ended in failure but was immediately followed by the eruption of unprecedented violence. After an message from President Bill Clinton, and introductory chapters by Shimon Shamir, Itamar Rabinovich, Sari Nusseibeh and Martin Indyk, the 27 chapter contributions are divided to: Israeli Negotiators, Palestinian Perspectives, American Participants, the Barak Version and its Critics, the Negotiation Experts, Academic Perspectives, and the Clinton Parameters. The volume concludes with a Political Debate on the way forward. This book is essential reading for all those interested in Israeli-Arab relations, the Middle East in general, international diplomacy, and conflict resolution.Table of ContentsMesssage from President Bill Clinton. OPENING PRESENTATIONS -- The Enigma of Camp David; The Failure of Camp David: Four Different Narratives; There Could Have Been Another Way; Camp David in the Context of US Peace Strategy. ISRAELI NEGOTIATORS -- Background, Process and Failure; The Roles of Barak, Arafat and Clinton; Factors That Impeded the Negotiations; Lessons from the Camp David Experience. PALESTINIAN PERSPECTIVES -- Wrong Assumptions; The Israeli Proposals Were Not Serious; The 'Blaming Game is Wrong. AMERICAN PARTICIPANTS -- The Effects of the 'Syria First' Strategy; Sins of Omission, Sins of Commission; American Mistakes and Israeli Misconceptions. THE BARAK VERSION -- The Myths Spread About Camp David Are Baseless; The Lines of 1967 Should Have Been the Basis for Negotiations; The Strategy of Creating Facts on the Ground Impeded Negotiations. THE INPUT OF EXPERTS -- Planning for Jerusalem; The Role of Informal Talks; Track II Plans. ACADEMIC PERSPECTIVES -- An Irresolvable Conflict or Lack of Ripeness?; The 'End of Conflict' Obstacle; The Pitfalls of Summit Diplomacy; Psychological Barriers to Negotiations. ROUNDTABLE -- Past, Present and Future -- A Political Debate.

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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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