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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.
Print Book, English, 2016
Fourth edition, fully revised and updated View all formats and editions
Polity Press, Cambridge, 2016
xxviii, 604 pàgines ; 25 cm
9780745687216, 9780745687223, 0745687210, 0745687229
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Preface 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
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Reimpressions: 2017