This book explores the process of assessing success in the field of conflict resolution, with a focus on the Action Evaluation method pioneered by the author. Since the early days of the field of conf
This book uses a series of case studies to examine the roles played by universities during situations of conflict, peacebuilding and resistance. While a body of work dealing with the role of education
As the level of distrust and alienation between Jews and Palestinians has risen over the past fifteen years, the support for grassroots organizations’ attempts to bring these two groups
As the level of distrust and alienation between Jews and Palestinians has risen over the past fifteen years, the support for grassroots organizations’ attempts to bring these two groups
This book provides a critical understanding of the emerging role of African militaries in peacetime democratic Africa. This book departs from the dominant perspective which simply presents the militar
This book examines the concept of peace leadership, bringing together scholars and practitioners from both peace and conflict studies and leadership studies.The volume assesses the activities of
This book examines approaches to reconciliation and peacebuilding in settler colonial, post-conflict, and divided societies.In contrast to current literature, this book provides a broader assessment o
This book asks how, and under what conditions, external-domestic interactions impact on peacebuilding outcomes during transitions to peace and democracy.Why do so many post-war states end in stalled t
This book analyses structural or system-generated conflicts and poses the fundamental question: 'If there are systems generating this conflict, how can they be changed?' It begins by showing how syste
This book analyses structural or system-generated conflicts and poses the fundamental question: 'If there are systems generating this conflict, how can they be changed?' It begins by showing how syste
Wanis-St. John takes on the question of whether the complex and often perilous, secret negotiations between mediating parties prove to be an instrumental path to reconciliation or rather one that disr
By the close of the twentieth century, the United States became known for its reliance on incarceration as the chief means of social control, particularly in poor communities of color. The carceral st
This book analyses ceasefire agreements in relation to peace processes in intrastate armed conflicts. Ceasefire agreements are a part of most contemporary peace processes and they are often described
This book analyses the use of communication in resolving conflicts, with a focus on de-escalation and processes of peacebuilding and peace formation.From the employment of hate radio in the Rwanda gen
This book is an in-depth exploration of the challenge of transforming violent conflict into just peace inside systems of oppression and external military occupation, with a focus on the conf
This book links climate change and resource scarcity to violent conflict. It argues that economic, political and social conditions can explain whether conflicts break out in situat
This book consists of articles and essays by Professor Herbert C. Kelman, a leading figure in the conflict resolution community and one of the most influential peace researchers.The theoreti
This book aims to understand the processes of and the outcomes that arise from frictional encounters in peacebuilding, when global and local forces meet.Building sustainable peace after violent confli
This book addresses the challenges of international intervention in violent conflicts and its unintended impact on groups in conflict.Arguing that group identity is malleable, the work discusses the r
"'If I had no sense of humor, I should long ago have committed suicide,' wrote the late Mahatma Gandhi, expressing the potent power of humor to sustain and uplift. Less obvious is humor's ability to o
This book investigates the decision-making process, rationale and determining factors which underlie the strategic shifts of armed movements from violent to nonviolent resistance.The revival of global
This book examines approaches to reconciliation and peacebuilding in postcolonial, postconflict, and divided societies.Reconciliation is a concept and practice applied in many different contexts, from
This volume presents systematic empirical research on the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security (UNSCR 1325), increasing our understanding of the three the
This book analyses the use of communication in resolving conflicts, with a focus on de-escalation and processes of peacebuilding and peace formation.From the employment of hate radio in the Rwanda gen
This book investigates the decision-making process, rationale and determining factors which underlie the strategic shifts of armed movements from violent to nonviolent resistance. The revival of globa
This book addresses the important question of how the United Nations (UN) should monitor and evaluate the impact of police in its peace operations.UN peace operations are a vital component of internat
This book examines how the violence of conflict is transformed in the post-conflict period.Post-conflict studies seek to illuminate, theorise, and narrate the processes by which societies transition f
With neoliberal assumptions dominating much of the academic peacebuilding literature, this volume edited by Smith (sociology, U. of Pittsburgh) and Verdeja (political science and peace studies, U. of
Making a case for the importance of gender and feminism in environmental justice, Ducre (African American studies, Syracuse University) explores the role of race, gender, environmental justice, and sp
When a delegation of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom traveled to Haiti in 1926 to study its occupation by the US, the WILPF represented a new alliance of white women peace activ
Anthony Wanis-St. John "Wanis-St. John is right in focusing on back channel negotiation: it is an essential part of complex processes that cannot be understood through oversimplified frames."---ANDRE
At the heart of the protracted conflict on Cyprus, argues Anastasiou (international peace and conflict studies, Portland State U.)--who has personal experience with the conflict as a child--is the eth
This book considers the problem of managing the unfinished business of a violent past in societies moving out of political violence. Truth Commissions are increasingly used to unearth the acts committ
Why do international situations spiral out of control and into war? Why do conflicts finally wind down after years, if not decades, of tension? Various faults in conventional thinking, ranging from re
This deeply researched book is the first history of the War Resisters League, an organization that represents the major vehicle of secular radical pacifism in the United States. Besides opposing all U
In the early 1980s sociologist John Lofland became actively involved in the American peace movement. He took part in numerous peace campaigns for nuclear disarmament, the test ban, and SANE/Freeze in
