Description
Book SynopsisSince the end of the Cold War, conflict prevention and resolution, peacekeeping and peacebuilding have risen to the top of the international agenda.
Trade Review"The fourth edition of this ground-breaking textbook presents the field of conflict resolution in a world after the failure of the Arab Spring, the rise of ISIS, a newly aggressive Russia, and increasing tensions in the South China Sea. Recognizing the challenges such a world presents, the authors nevertheless remain committed to a cosmopolitan vision of the field as the indispensable alternative to that other vision: If you want peace, prepare for war."
—Kevin Avruch, School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University
"Contemporary Conflict Resolution, now updated with current research and new approaches to deeply difficult protracted conflicts, remains the most comprehensive, well-conceputalized and useful introductory text to the wider fields of peace and conflict studies. I highly recommend this book to students, professors, policymakers and practitioners, it is an invaluable resource."
—John Paul Lederach, Kroc Institute, University of Notre Dame
Table of ContentsPreface
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
PART I: CONTEMPORARY CONFLICT RESOLUTION
1 Introduction to Conflict Resolution: Concepts and Definitions
2 Conflict Resolution: Origins, Foundations and Development of the Field
3 The Statistics of Deadly Quarrels and the Measurement of Peace
4 Understanding Contemporary Conflict
5 Preventing Violent Conflict
6 Containing Violent Conflict: Peacekeeping
7 Ending Violent Conflict: Peacemaking
8 Post-War Reconstruction
9 Peacebuilding
10 Reconciliation
PART II: COSMOPOLITAN CONFLICT RESOLUTION
11 Towards Cosmopolitan Conflict Resolution
12 Environmental Conflict Resolution
13 Gender in Conflict Resolution
14 The Ethics of Intervention
15 Culture, Religion and Conflict Resolution
16 Conflict Resolution in Art and Popular Culture
17 Conflict Resolution, the Media and the Communications Revolution
18 Linguistic Intractability: Engaging Radical Disagreement
19 Conflict Resolution: Theories and Critiques
20 Conflict Resolution and the Future
