CIVIL WARS, CIVIL PEACE: An Introduction to Conflict Resolution - Brossura

Rupesinghe, Kumar

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0745312373 ISBN 13: 9780745312378

Casa editrice: Pluto Press, 1998

Riassunto

In recent years the terms 'genocide' and 'ethnic cleansing' have not only re-entered our vocabulary, but seem to be accepted as the 'inevitable' consequences of the conflicts that continue to plague the world's landscape. Yet there is still no globally accepted structure through which conflict can be tackled. The first introductory guide to a topic of increasingly vital importance, this book offers a radical new approach to conflict prevention, resolution and diplomacy. Designed for students as well as practitioners and peace negotiators, it provides an overview of conflict in the post-Cold War world, covering key topics such as identifying and assessing early warnings of conflict, the need to take early action, information gathering and analysis; and the need for preventive diplomacy.

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L'autore:

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.

Contenuti:

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

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• Editore: Pluto Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0745312373
• ISBN 13: 9780745312378
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 192