Peace studies and conflict resolution

This book explores the indigenous peace cultures of the major ethnic groups in South Sudan (Dinka, Nuer, Anuak and Acholi) and analyses their contribution to resolving the civil war.

This collection presents interdisciplinary perspectives on educating for peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

La escuela ha sido uno de los escenarios mayormente impactados por el conflicto armado en Colombia, pero también uno de los más silenciados frente a este.

"El conflicto armado y las iniciativas de paz han sido fenómenos recurrentes en la memoria del pasado reciente en Colombia.

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.

Often, violent behavior or harassment from a soldier is dismissed by the military as unacceptable acts by individuals termed, rotten apples.

Containing 40 visually coded maps of the fifty states, this book offers an unprecedented look at America's diverse legal landscape.

This volume addresses 10 issues pertaining to war and conflict, such as ethics of war, national security, and refugees, and examines how countries around the world are facing these issues.

Technologies of the allied warfare in Iraq and Afghanistan, such as remote-controlled drones and night vision goggles, allow the user to virtualize human targets.

This important reference work offers students a comprehensive overview of the Darfur Genocide, with roughly 100 in-depth articles by leading scholars on an array of topics and themes and more than a dozen key primary source documents.

Although the Guatemalan Civil War ended more than two decades ago, its bloody legacy continues to resonate even today.

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.

During the First World War, the Jewish population of Central Europe was politically, socially, and experientially diverse, to an extent that resists containment within a simple historical narrative.

Retaliation is associated with all forms of social and political organization, and retaliatory logics inform many different conflict resolution procedures from consensual settlement to compensation to violent escalations.

Historical research into the Armenian Genocide has grown tremendously in recent years, but much of it has focused on large-scale questions related to Ottoman policy or the scope of the killing.

Military-civilian encounters are multiple and diverse in our times.

Why do people turn to personal connections to get things done?

Chronic violence has characterized Somalia for over two decades, forcing nearly two million people to flee.

In the lean and anxious years following World War II, Munich society became obsessed with the moral condition of its youth.

The collapse of the Habsburg Monarchy at the end of World War I ushered in a period of radical change for East-Central European political structures and national identities.

Bringing together some of the world s leading scholars, practitioners, and human-rights activists, this groundbreaking volume provides the first systematic analysis of the 2012 2014 Brazilian National Truth Commission.

Increasingly, therapy practitioners and researchers position themselves within a pluralistic perspective that draws on the value of multiple sources of knowledge.

AACN Core Curriculum for Pediatric High Acuity, Progressive, and Critical Care, Third Edition, provides content required to deliver the best care for critically ill or injured children.

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One Land, Two States imagines a new vision for Israel and Palestine in a situation where the peace process has failed to deliver an end of conflict.

In this book, Jay Nordlinger gives a history of what the subtitle calls the most famous and controversial prize in the world.

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We see the bloodshed, the hatred, the greed, the ruthless brutality in the world, and then we look to see who is making or letting this madness happen.

Violence begets violence - so believes the majority of people around the world who have stood up in protest against war.

There have been a number of studies published on the activities of British and German navies during World War I, but little on naval action in other arenas.

Battles happen because of a clash in opinions, beliefs and political interests.

In telling the story of the extraordinary contributions of the U.

By the winter of 1916/17, World War I had reached a deadlock.

Pediatric nursing is the niche area of nursing where one works solely with babies, toddlers and children.

A handy, pocket-sized guide designed to make placements more enjoyable and less stressful for children's nursing students.

There is a growing acknowledgment amongst professionals and academics that we need to develop new responses to crime.

This book explores the theoretical contribution of peace ecology to the understanding and practice of environmental and conventional peacebuilding.

The history of the First World War continues to attract enormous interest.

What are the human consequences of conflict and what are the appropriate service responses?

This book critically examines the range of policies and programmes that attempt to manage economic activity that contributes to political violence.

The history of the First World War continues to attract enormous interest.

If wars were wagered on like pro sports or horse races, the Germany military in August 1914 would have been a clear front-runner, with a century-long record of impressive victories and a general staff the envy of its rivals.

This introduction to peace education and yogic science provides a good toolkit to help bring contemplative peacebuilding (efforts to stop harm) practices to the classroom and community center.

This innovative text for Neonatal Nurses and NICU clinicians introduces new, evidence-based care protocols proven to mitigate or reduce the profound morbidities and subsequent developmental challenges that afflict newborns in the NICU.

This book provides a thought provoking and comprehensive account of teenagers' perceptions and experiences of the physical and symbolic divisions that exist in 'post conflict' Belfast.

From Partition to Brexit is the first book to chart the political and ideological evolution of Irish government policy towards Northern Ireland from the partition of the country in 1921 to the present day.

This book provides a thought provoking and comprehensive account of teenagers' perceptions and experiences of the physical and symbolic divisions that exist in 'post conflict' Belfast.

This book provides a range of unique insights into the issues surrounding peacebuilding, delivered by major international figures with direct experience in this area at the highest level, including Bertie Ahern, Kofi Annan and Bill and Hillary Clinton.

"e;An amazingly detailed account of the American Expeditionary Force at Belleau Wood in 1918"e; from the authors of Tanks in Hell (Books Monthly).

Volume two of the most authoritative and revealing account yet of how the Irish Government managed the Northern Ireland peace process and helped broker a political settlement to end the conflict there.