Peace studies and conflict resolution

From handshakes on the White House lawn to Picasso's iconic dove of peace, the images and stereotypes of peace are powerful, widespread and easily recognizable.

This edited volume provides a critical overview of the new stabilization agenda in international relations.

Paths to Peace begins by developing a theory about the domestic obstacles to making peace and the role played by shifts in states' governing coalitions in overcoming these obstacles.

A History of Rwanda: From the Monarchy to Post-genocidal Justice provides a complete history of Rwanda, from the precolonial abanyiginya kingdom, through the German and Belgian colonial periods and subsequent independence, and then the devastating 1994 genocide and reconstruction, right up to the modern day.

Revolutionary Nonviolence: Concepts, Cases and Controversies provides an advanced introduction to the central philosophy, ideas, themes, controversies and challenges of applying revolutionary nonviolence in political struggles today, with a particular emphasis on reframing nonviolence through a postcolonial lens.

Punishment in contemporary China has experienced dramatic shifts over the last seven decades or so.

This Handbook maps the contours of an exciting and burgeoning interdisciplinary field concerned with the role of language and languages in situations of conflict.

This book looks into the role and effects of public apologies in international relations.

In the aftermath of Martinson's 1974 "e;nothing works"e; doctrine, scholars have made a concerted effort to develop an evidence-based corrections theory and practice to show "e;what works"e; to change offenders.

The UN plays a vital but underappreciated role in restoring the rule of law in countries recovering from civil war.

Long sentenced young people are a small but significant part of the juvenile prison population.

What do Russian prisons look like?

North Africa differs from the Middle East in several significant ways.

When Don Reid published Eyewitness in 1973, the chronicle of his conversion from a supporter of the death penalty to an ardent opponent, the book was an immediate sensation.

Focusing on Irish speakers in Catholic West Belfast, this ethnography on Irish language and identity explores the complexities of changing, and contradictory, senses of Irishness and shifting practices of 'Irish culture' in the domains of language, music, dance and sports.

This book examines the political, diplomatic, and financial responses to the Russo-Ukraine War through the lens of Realist international relations theory.

Yossi Beilin was a seminal figure during the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.

Stabilization as the New Normal in International Interventions provides the first comprehensive analysis of stabilization, which constitutes the new reference point for international intervention in unruly parts of the Global South.

War and conflict are a reality of life throughout the world.

Providing a comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to the contemporary Scottish criminal justice system, this book focuses on its key processes (from arrest to post-sentence) and institutions, as well as its history and some of the key challenges and critical issues facing Scottish criminal justice today.

Sind wir zu natürlicher oder politischer Feindschaft unvermeidlich verurteilt?

This book offers a detailed exploration of three examples of humanitarian uses of new technology, employing key theoretical insights from Foucault.

This book offers an analysis of a prospective transitional justice process in Syria.

This book seeks to elucidate the decisions of states that have chosen to acquire nuclear arms or inherited nuclear arsenals, and have either disarmed or elected to retain their warheads.

Over the course of an African American's lifetime, mental health care needs change according to an individual's unique interactions with his or her environment.

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The Soviet Union and Egypt, first published in 1993, sheds new light on Soviet policy towards the Middle East after 1945.

This Handbook explores the ways in which religion among the African people has been applied in situations of conflict and violence to contribute to sustainable peace and development.

This book, first published in 1982, collects together ten studies from the journal Middle Eastern Studies.

Media clamour on issues relating to crime, justice and civil liberties has never been more insistent.

With the rupture of the UN Security Council in March 2003 over the US spearheaded intervention in Iraq, the attempts made to subject the use of force to the rule of law had failed.

The Evolution of Migration Management in the Global North explores how the radically violent migration management paradigm that dominates today's international migration has been assembled.

This book provides an up--to--date discussion of the effect of crises on European identities in the post--Soviet states.

Preventing sweeping human rights violations or wars and rebuilding societies in their aftermath require an approach encompassing the perspectives of both human rights advocates and practitioners of conflict resolution.

Highlights the role political leadership plays in the choice between war and peace.

Drawing on unique first-hand data from Russia's North Caucasus, this study is the first of its kind to detail the causes and contexts of individual disengagement of various types of militants: avengers, nationalists, and jihadists.

Understanding Peace: A Comprehensive Introduction fills the need for an original, contemporary examination of peace that is challenging, informative, and empowering.

This edited volume examines the group dynamics of social reconciliation in conflict-affected societies by adopting ideas developed in social psychology and the everyday peace discourse in peace and conflict studies.

This book is the first compilation of the experiences of the Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora in Australia.

This book describes the problems of intelligence sharing among peacekeeping partners, mainly due to security concerns and a lack of policies and resources.

Im Mittelpunkt des Buches stehen Konflikt und Akzeptanz von Großprojekten und die Rolle, die Kommunikation und Beteiligung hierbei einnehmen.

This book uses the political economy approach to examine the relative failure of federalism in Nigeria.

Robert Baden-Powell was Britain's first celebrity.

The subject of local government and post-conflict reconstruction sits at the intersection of several interrelated research areas, notably conflict/peacebuilding, governance, and political economy.

How do we frame decisions to use or abstain from military force?

This book provides a critical analysis of the reintegration challenges facing ex-combatants.

This book provides a critical assessment of the impact of UN Resolution 1325 by examining the effect of peacebuilding missions on increasing gender equality within conflict-affected countries.

The aim of this book is to demonstrate how environmental factors have caused an evolution in the landscape of national security since the end of the Cold War.

It is widely assumed that internal power-sharing is a viable democratic means of managing inter-communal conflict in divided societies.