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Contemporary conflict resolution : the prevention, management and transformation of deadly conflicts

Since the end of the Cold War, conflict prevention and resolution, peacekeeping and peacebuilding have risen to the top of the international agenda. The second edition of this hugely popular text charts the development of the field from its pioneers to its contemporary exponents and offers an assessment of its achievements and the challenges it faces in today's changed security environment. Existing material has been thoroughly updated and new chapters added on peacebuilding from below, reconciliation, responses to terror, gender issues, the ethics of intervention, dialogue, discourse and disagreement, culture and conflict resolution, and future directions for the field. The authors argue that a new form of cosmopolitan conflict resolution is emerging, which offers a hopeful means for human societies to transcend and celebrate their differences.Part I offers a comprehensive survey of the theory and practice of conflict resolution. Part II enters into the controversies that have surrounded conflict resolution as it has become part of the mainstream. Contemporary Conflict Resolution is essential reading for students of peace and security studies, conflict management and international politics, as well as those working in non-government organizations or think-tanks.
Print Book, English, ©2005
Polity Press, Cambridge, UK, ©2005
xxii, 399 p. : il., mapas ; 25 cm
9780745632131, 9780745632124, 0745632130, 0745632122
318365791
List of Figures
ix
List of Tables
x
List of Boxes
xi
List of Maps
xii
Prefacexiii
Acknowledgementsxv
List of Abbreviations
xvii
PART I CONTEMPORARY CONFLICT RESOLUTION
Introduction to Conflict Resolution: Concepts and Definitions
3(29)
Why a Second Edition?
3(5)
Conflict Resolution Models
8(1)
Framework Models
9(4)
Classical Ideas
13(9)
New Developments in Conflict Resolution
22(5)
Terminology
27(3)
Structure of the Book
30(2)
Recommended reading
31(1)
Conflict Resolution: Origins, Foundations and Development of the Field
32(23)
Precursors: The First Generation, 1918--1945
34(5)
Foundations: The Second Generation, 1945--1965
39(8)
Consolidation: The Third Generation, 1965--1985
47(7)
Reconstruction: The Fourth Generation, 1985--2005
54(1)
Recommended reading
54(1)
Statistics of Deadly Quarrels
55(23)
The Conflict Domain
55(4)
Conflict Trends
59(3)
Conflict Distribution
62(1)
Conflict Types
63(4)
Terrorism and Conflict
67(5)
Conflict Costs
72(2)
Conflict Mapping and Conflict Tracking
74(4)
Recommended reading
77(1)
Understanding Contemporary Conflict
78(28)
Theories and Frameworks
78(2)
The Context for an Evaluation of Conflict Resolution Theory
80(4)
Edward Azar's Theory of Protracted Social Conflict (PSC)
84(5)
Have More Recent Theories Confirmed or Discredited PSC?
89(7)
An Interpretative Framework for Conflict Analysis
96(8)
Conclusion
104(2)
Recommended reading
105(1)
Preventing Violent Conflict
106(26)
Causes and Preventors of War
107(5)
Early Warning
112(2)
Deep or Structural Prevention
114(7)
Light or Operational Prevention
121(2)
Mainstreaming Prevention: International Organizations and the Evolution of Norms and Policies
123(3)
Recent Experience and Case Studies
126(4)
Conclusion
130(2)
Recommended reading
131(1)
Containing Violent Conflict: Peacekeeping
132(27)
First- and Second-Generation UN Peacekeeping, 1956--1995
134(4)
War Zones, War Economies and Cultures of Violence
138(3)
To Intervene or Not to Intervene? New Requirements for Third-Generation Peacekeeping
141(6)
Third-Generation Peacekeeping and Human Security
147(3)
Case Studies
150(3)
Conclusion: The Transformationist Critique
153(6)
Recommended reading
158(1)
Ending Violent Conflict: Peacemaking
159(26)
The Challenge of Ending Violent Conflict
160(2)
Conflict Resolution and War Ending
162(3)
De-escalation, Ripeness and Conditions for Ending Violent Conflict
165(2)
Mediation and Third-Party Intervention
167(4)
Peace Processes: Turning Points, Sticking Points and Spoilers
171(3)
Negotiations and Settlements
174(2)
Case Studies
176(8)
Conclusion
184(1)
Recommended reading
184(1)
Post-War Reconstruction
185(30)
Intervention, Reconstruction, Withdrawal (IRW) Operations, 1989--2004
188(4)
Filling the Post-War Planning Gap
192(2)
Wittgenstein's Locomotive Cabin: The International Post-War Reconstruction Blueprint
194(3)
A Conflict Resolution Assessment of Intervention, Reconstruction and Withdrawal Operations, 1989--2004
197(14)
A Conflict Resolution Assessment: Evaluating Cases
211(2)
Conclusion
213(2)
Recommended reading
214(1)
Peacebuilding
215(16)
The Idea of Peacebuilding From Below
217(4)
The Mainstreaming of Peacebuilding Models in International Policy
221(1)
Implementing Peacebuilding From Below
222(5)
Case Study: Peacebuilding in Kosovo, 1999--2004
227(2)
Conclusion
229(2)
Recommended reading
230(1)
Reconciliation
231(18)
Four Meanings of Reconciliation
231(1)
Between Separation and a Fusion of Identities
232(1)
Dealing with the Past: Trauma and Atrocity
233(3)
Peace or Justice? Not Exclusive Alternatives
236(1)
Alternative Paths to Reconciliation
237(5)
Reconciliation and Conflict Resolution: Going Down the Escalation Ladder
242(7)
Recommended reading
245(4)
PART II COSMOPOLITAN CONFLICT RESOLUTION
Terror and Global Justice
249(16)
Introduction
249(2)
Conflict Resolution and Terrorism
251(5)
Conflict Resolution as a Response
256(1)
The First Dimension: Prevention -- Reducing Proneness to Terrorism
256(2)
Democracy as an Antidote to Terrorism?
258(1)
The Second Dimension: Persuasion -- Reducing Motivation and Support
259(3)
The Third Dimension: Denial -- Reducing Vulnerability and Defeating Hardliners
262(1)
The Fourth Dimension: Cooperation -- Maximizing International Efforts
263(2)
Recommended reading
264(1)
Gender in Conflict Resolution
265(10)
Stage 1: Making Women Visible as Agents of Change
266(2)
Stage 2: Data-Collection and Case Studies
268(2)
Stage 3: Rethinking Conflict Resolution Theory
270(2)
Stage 4: Mainstreaming Gender in Policy-Making and the Empowerment of Women
272(3)
Recommended reading
274(1)
The Ethics of Intervention
275(13)
Conflict Resolution Roles
276(1)
Conflict Resolution Intervention Principles
277(6)
From Just War to Just Intervention
283(3)
Conclusion: International Ethics, International Law and International Politics
286(2)
Recommended reading
287(1)
Dialogue, Discourse and Disagreement
288(14)
Interactive Conflict Resolution
289(2)
Dialogical Conflict Resolution and Gadamerian Hermeneutics
291(4)
Discursive Conflict Transformation and Habermasian Critical Theory
295(6)
Conclusion: Taking Radical Disagreement Seriously in Conflict Resolution
301(1)
Recommended reading
301(1)
Culture, Religion and Conflict Resolution
302(14)
How Far Down Does Cultural Variation Reach?
303(4)
Culture and Conflict Resolution: Three Responses
307(3)
Religion and Conflict Resolution: Islamic and Buddhist Approaches
310(5)
Conclusion
315(1)
Recommended reading
315(1)
Future Directions: Towards Cosmopolitan Conflict Resolution
316(16)
The Nature of the International Collectivity
317(2)
The Arrow of the Future: Conflict Resolution and World Politics
319(4)
International Law
323(1)
International Intervention
324(1)
The United Nations
325(2)
Conflict Resolution: The Next Generation
327(5)
Notes332(10)
References342(43)
Index385