Contemporary Conflict
Resolution
The prevention, management and
transformation of deadly conflicts
Third Edition
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Contents
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Preface
Acknowledgements
1s of Abbreations
PARTI CONTEMPORARY CONFLICT RESOLUTION
1 Introduction to Confit Resolution: Concepts and Definitions
‘Why a Third Edition?
(Conic Resolution Models
Framework Models
Classica Ideas
New Developments in Condit Resolution
‘Terminology
structure ofthe Book
Recommended reading
2 Confit Resolution: Origins, Foundations and Development
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Precursor: The Fitst Generation, 1918-1945
Foundations The Second Generation, 1945-1965
Consolidation: The Third Generation, 1965-1985
Reconstruction: The Fourth Generation, 1985-2005
Recommended reading
3 The Statistics of Deadly Quarrels and the Measurement of
The Conflict Domain
Measuring Peace and Peacefulness
(Confit Tends
Confit Distribution
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Tertorism and Conflict
Canfict Costs
Conflict Mapping and Confict Tracking
Recommended Reading
4. Understanding Contemporary Conflict,
Theories and Frameworks
‘The Context for an Evaluation of Confit Resolution Theory
ward Azat’s Theory of Protracted Socal Conflict 50)
Have More Recent Theories Confirmed or Discredited PSC?
An Interpretative Framework for Conflict Analysis
‘The Anatyis and Mapping of Complex Confit Systems
ommended reading
5 Preventing Violent Conflict
‘Causes and Prevention of War
Emergent Conflict and Peaceful Change
Deep or Structural Prevention
arly Warning
Light or Operational Prevention
‘Tue Adoption of Conflict Prevention by International
Kenya: Case Study
CConetusion
Recommended Reading
{6 Containing Violent Conflict: Peacekeeping,
Fst and Second Generation UN Peacekeeping, 1956-1995
War Zanes, War Economies and Cultures of Violence
‘Third-Gencration Peacekeeping: What Counts As Peace
Redefining Peace Operations
nd Generation Peacekeeping and Human Security
Conic Resolution and the Theoretical Debate about Peace
‘Operations
Case Study: Somalia, 1991-201
CConetusion
Recommended Reading
Ending Violent Contlict: Peacemaking
The Challenge of Ending Violent Confit
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Deescalation, Ripeness and Conditions for Ending Violent
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Mediation and Third-Paty Intervention 180
Peace Processes: Turning Points, Sticking Points and Spoilers 184
[Negotiations and Settlements 187
Case studies 189
Postwar Reconstruction 198
Postwat Peace Operations 200
intervention, Reconstruction and Withdrawal (RW) Operations.
1989-2009 201
ilking the Postwar Planning Gap 06
‘The International Postwar Reconstruction Blueprint: Dilemmas
\Tradeott 209
(current Controversies
Recommended reading
Peacebuilding 226
‘The Mainstreaming of Peacebuilding Modes in International
Policy 27
Peacebuilding Debates and Discourses: Beyond Blueprints and
Towards an Emancipatory Confict Resolution Ethic
brid Peace and Peacebuilding from Below: a Conflict.
Resolution Perspective 2a
Peace Education and Peacebuilding in Confit Resolution 38
The Question of Evalvation
Conclusion 2a
Recommended reading 245
Reconciliation 246,
Four Meanings of Reconciliation 247
Retween Separation anda Fusion of Identities 24s
Dealing withthe Past: Trauma and Atrocity 248
Peace or Justice? Not Exclusive Alternatives 250
Alternative Paths to Reconciliation 252
Reconciliation and Conflict Resolution: Going Do
Escalation Ladder 258
Recommended reading 261