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Book SynopsisThe eruption in the early 1990s of highly visible humanitarian crises and exceedingly bloody civil wars in the Horn of Africa, imploding Yugoslavia, and Rwanda, set in motion a trend towards third party intervention in communal conflict in areas as far apart as the Balkans and East Timor. However haltingly and selectively, that trend towards extra-systemic means of managing ethnic and national conflict is still discernible, motivated as it was in the 1990s by the inability of in-house accommodation methods to resolve ethno-political conflicts peacefully and the tendency of such conflicts to spill into the international system in the form of massive refugee flows, regional instability, and failed states hosting criminal and terrorist elements. In its various forms, third party intervention has become a fixed part of the current international systemOur book examines the various forms in which that intervention occurs, from the least intrusive and costly forms of third party activity to t
Trade ReviewA hugely comprehensive presentation of conflict management, rich with concepts and case studies to guide third party intervenors and analysts, written by a broad mixture of younger scholars and established authorities, and designed to improve understanding and practice with a ‘responsibility to perfect’ the world. -- I. William Zartman, The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University
Rudolph and Lahneman have assembled a formidable range of contributors who examine the complexity of third-party intervention in communal conflicts with rigorous conceptual depth and an impressive empirical breadth, offering important insights into the conditions under which outsiders can help to build stable and democratic states after violent conflict. -- Stefan Wolff, professor of international security, University of Birmingham, England
Table of ContentsDedication Acknowledgments Introduction: Communal Conflict and Third Party Intervention in a “Responsibility to Protect” World Joseph R. Rudolph, Jr. Part 1. Diplomacy Chapter 2: “Peace Without Victory:” The Promise and Constraints of Third-Party Mediation in Civil Wars Paul McCartney Chapter 3: Ending the “Troubles”: Brokering Peace in Northern Ireland Elham Atashi Chapter 4: Implementing the Liberal Peace: Observations from the Field Linda S. Bishai Chapter 5: Election Observers, Democratization, and Preventive Diplomacy Joseph R. Rudolph, Jr. Part 2. Legal Approaches Chapter 6: International Law and Internal Conflicts I.M. Lobo de Souza Chapter 7: Turbulent Transition: From the UN Human Rights Commission to the Council David P. Forsythe Chapter 8: Transitional Justice in Divided Societies: Using Hybrid Courts to Manage Conflict James DeShaw Rae Part 3. Economic Measures Chapter 9: Economic Instruments of Internal Conflict Resolution Stephen D. Collins Chapter 10: Externally Mandated Economic Liberalization and the Onset of Civil Conflict Matthew Hoddie and Caroline Hartzell Chapter 11: Conditional Conditionality: The European Union, International Justice, and the Democratic Transition in Serbia Victor Peskin and Mieczyslaw P. Boduszynski Chapter 12: The EU and Roma Rights Neil Cruickshank Part 4. Military Operations and Communal Conflict Chapter 13: Military Intervention as a Tool of Conflict Resolution and Institution Building William J. Lahneman Chapter 14: Somalia: Intervention in Internal Conflict David D. Laitin Chapter 15: Intervention in Internal Conflict: Lessons from Bosniaand Kosovo Steven L. Burg Chapter 16: The Bosnian Intervention: Stabilization Without Guidelines Brigid Myers Pavilonis Chapter 17: Rebuilding a Democratic Iraqi Police Force: The Effects of the Militia on the Rebuilding Process DiJon Jones Chapter 18: Security Without Weapons: The Nonviolent Peace Force in Sri Lanka M.S. Wallace Part 5. Mentoring, Political Tutelage, and Nation-building as Tools of Conflict Prevention and Management Chapter 19: Third Party Nation-Building Today: Fifth Time Charmed? Joseph R. Rudolph, Jr. Chapter 20: Nation Building and Democratization in Afghanistan: The Need to Rethink the “Democratic Reconstruction Model” Mohammad Ashraf Chapter 21: International Intervention and Ethnic Tolerance in Bosnia-Herzegovina: Evidence from Public Opinion Sam Whitt Chapter 22: Wither Sovereignty? The Limits of Building States through International Administrations Mateja Peter Chapter 23: Bosnia Herzegovina and the Development of Democratic Policing Donald R. Zoufal Chapter 24: NGOs, Peace Support Activity, and the UNPREDEP Mission in Macedonia Daniela Irrera Part 6. Conclusion Conclusions: Third Parties and the Management of Communal Conflict William J. Lahneman Bibliography Index About the Contributors
