In recent years the terms 'genocide' and 'ethnic cleansing' have not only re-entered the common vocabulary, but seem now to be tolerated and accepted as the inevitable consequences of the wars and conflicts that, as much as ever before, plague the world's landscape. But as yet there is no globally accepted structure through which conflict can be tackled. How should we as individuals, as nations and as an international community respond to conflict?
Civil Wars, Civil Peace offers a radical new approach to conflict prevention, resolution and diplomacy. Designed for undergraduate students as well as for practitioners and peace negotiators, the book provides an overview of conflict in the post-Cold War world, covering key topics such as identifying and assessing early warnings of conflict, and the need to take early action; information gathering and analysis; and the need for preventive diplomacy. In particular, the role of non-governmental organisations and other third-party mediators in conflict resolution is considered.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
'Invaluable for undergraduates seeking to understand the mysteries of conflict resolution. It should be required reading for everyone involved in conflict and its resolution, from NATO officials to Slobodan Milosevic' -- Journal of Refugee Studies 'A detailed examination of the nature and characteristics of current contemporary warfare and suggests radical and original approaches towards prevention and resolution' -- Oxfam's Review of Journals 'Destined to become a classic' -- Yehudi Menuhin
Sprache
Verlagsort
Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
Produkt-Hinweis
Maße
Höhe: 215 mm
Breite: 135 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7453-1242-2 (9780745312422)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Kumar Rupesinghe is Secretary General of the London-based International Alert, the leading non-governmental organisation working in the area of conflict resolution. IA's primary purpose is to seek and propose constitutional provisions in areas of international conflict, to alert international opinion in areas of potential conflict, mass killings and genocide, to promote human rights, to provide dialogue with a view to ending ethnic conflict and to provide mediation where necessary. Sanam Naraghi-Anderlini is an author and a consultant to the United Nations on the subject of women and conflict. In 2013 she was the gender adviser to the UN Department of Political Affairs' Standby Team of Mediation Experts.
PREFACE
1. BEYOND THE COLD WAR
FROM WORLD ORDER TO DISORDER
POST-COLONIALISM AND BEYOND
THE RESURGENCE OF RELIGION
POVERTY, EXPECTATIONS AND STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT
DIFFUSION OF SMALL ARMS AND PROLIFERATION OF WEAPONS
THE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS AND THE COST OF WAR
A STEP INTO THE PAST: THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE PREVENTION OF WAR
BOUTROS BOUTROS- GHALI'S 'AGENDA FOR PEACE'
THE U N'S RENEWED ATTEMPTS
'WE THE PEOPLE...'
2. CHARACTERISTICS OF INTERNAL CONFLICTS
WHEN DOES A CONFLICT TURN INTO A WAR?
FROM SOCIAL GRIEVANCES TO ARMED CONFLICT
ASYMMETRICAL POWER RELATIONS; A TYPOLOGY OF CONFLICT
THE CHANGING NATURE OF CONTEMPORARY WARFARE
THE INTRACTABLE NATURE OF INTERNAL CONFLICTS
3. FROM EARLY WARNING TO EARLY ACTION
THE CONTINUUM OF CONFLICT (3)
FROM CIVIL PEACE TO CIVIL WAR
SOUNDING THE ALARM - DEVISING A SYSTEM FOR EARLY WARNING
INFORMATION GATHERING INFORMATION ANALYSIS
RESPONDING APPROPRIATELY
FAILURES - LESSONS LEARNT FROM EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS (20)
GENERATING EARLY ACTION TAKING ACTION A RANGE OF OPTIONS
4. THE DIPLOMACY CONTINUUM
TRADITIONAL DIPLOMACY THROUGH THE AGES
COLLECTIVE SECURITY - GENERAL ASSEMBLIES AND PRINCELY LEAGUES
THE BIRTH OF MODERN 'OPEN' DIPLOMACY
THE UNITED NATIONS
LIMITATIONS OF THE UNITED NATIONS
PITCHED INTO A NEW ERA - THE U N'S RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
THE ICRC AND INTERNAL CONFLICT
WHAT ALTERNATIVES EXIST? NON-STATE PEACEMAKERS
BURDEN SHARING
MAPPING A CONFLICT - THIRD PARTY INTERVENTION
COMPLEMENTARY INITIATIVES THROUGH CONFLICT PHASES
EVALUATIONS AND EFFECTIVENESS
5. TRANSFORMING CONFLICT - BUILDING PEACE
TRANSFORMING VIOLENT CONFLICT
FORMS OF VIOLENCE
WHEN THE CAMERAS STOP AND THE RED CARPET IS ROLLED UP
LESSENING THE RISKS OF DIRECT VIOLENCE
TACKLING STRUCTURAL ISSUES
BUILDING CIVIL SOCIETY
CONCLUSION
NOTES AND REFERENCES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
