Contemporary Conflict Resolution

Oliver Ramsbotham is Emeritus Professor of Conflict Resolution at the University of Bradford, Tom Woodhouse is Adam Curle Professor of Conflict Resolution at the University of Bradford and Hugh Miall is Professor of International Relations at the University of Kent at Canterbury.

"Thoroughly recommended for all conflict resolution workers whether in academe, government or other parliamentary organisations, civil service, military departments, and NGOs and their supporters. Indeed, anyone prepared to study it in any depth would be amply rewarded."Medicine, Conflict and Survival "There is no more definitive text. It is impressive in its clarity, comprehensiveness, and ability to incorporate a historical overview of each area as well as the latest thinking and debates."Oliver Richmond, Director, Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, University of St Andrews "This new third edition confirms the stellar place of this book on the bookshelf of every scholar and practitioner in the field of conflict resolution and peacebuilding. Nowhere else will you find such a comprehensive overview of the history of the field and its current methodologies, as well as entirely new chapters dedicated to the most pertinent issues of today, including the environment, gender, religion and the media. A must read - a hugely important resource for us all."Mari Fitzduff, Brandeis University"Contemporary Conflict Resolution has become an institution for teachers, students and researchers of armed conflict, conflict resolution and peacebuilding. This third edition - significantly revised and expanded, with a number of entirely new chapters - provides an excellent survey of the key theories, debates and cases in this area of scholarship. The inclusion of chapters on the environment , religion, culture, the media and language demonstrates that this volume is as innovative as it is comprehensive. It manages to be both a textbook and a volume that projects coherent and sometimes provocative arguments."Edward Newman, University of Birmingham"This is a thorough and well-written introduction to contemporary conflict resolution, which offers a distinctive perspective based on the notion of 'cosmopolitan conflict resolution'. It will be of great interest to students of peace and conflict studies."Adrian G. V. Hyde-Price, University of Bath

• List of Figures List of Tables List of Boxes List of Maps Preface Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations PART I CONTEMPORARY CONFLICT RESOLUTION1 Introduction to Conflict Resolution: Concepts and DeÞnitionsWhy a Third Edition?Conflict Resolution ModelsFramework ModelsClassical IdeasNew Developments in Confict ResolutionTerminologyStructure of the BookRecommended reading2 Conflict Resolution: Origins, Foundations and Development of the FieldPrecursors: The First Generation, 1918-1945Foundations: The Second Generation, 1945-1965Consolidation: The Third Generation, 1965-1985Reconstruction: The Fourth Generation, 1985-2005Recommended reading3 Statistics of Deadly Quarrels and the Measurement of PeaceThe Conflict DomainMeasuring Peace and PeacefulnessConflicts TrendsConflict DistributionConflict TypesTerrorism and ConflictConflict CostsConflict Mapping and Conflict TrackingRecommended Reading4 Understanding Contemporary ConflictTheories and FrameworksThe Context for an Evaluation of Conflict Resolution TheoryEdward Azar's Theory of Protracted Social Conflict (PSC)Have More Recent Theories Confirmed or Discredited PSC?An Interpretative Framework for Conflict AnalysisThe Analysis and Mapping of Complex Conflict SystemsConclusionRecommended Reading5 Preventing Violent ConflictCausation and Prevention of WarsEmergent Conflict and Peaceful ChangeDeep or Structural PreventionEarly WarningLight or Operational PreventionThe Adoption of Conflict Prevention by International OrganizationsEvaluation of Conflict Prevention's EffectivenessCase Study: Preventive Crisis Management in KenyaConclusionRecommended Reading6 Containing Violent Conflict: PeacekeepingFirst- and Second-Generation UN Peacekeeping, 1956-1995War Zones, War Economies and Cultures of ViolenceThird-Generation Peacekeeping: What Count As Peace Operations?Redefining Peace OperationsThird-Generation Peacekeeping and Human SecurityConflict Resolution and the Theoretical Debate About Peace OperationsCase Study: Somalia 1991-2010ConclusionRecommended Reading7 Ending Violent Conflict: PeacemakingThe Challenge of Ending Violent ConflictDe-escalation, Ripeness and Conditions for Ending Violent ConflictMediation and Third-Party InterventionPeace Processes: Turning Points, Sticking Points and SpoilersNegotiations and SettlementsCase StudiesConclusionRecommended reading8 Post-War ReconstructionPostwar Peace OperationsIntervention, Reconstruction and Withdrawal (IRW) Operations 1989-2009Filling the Postwar Planning GapThe International Postwar Reconstruction Blueprint: Dilemmas and TradeoffsCurrent ControversiesSummary from a Conflict Resolution PerspectiveThe Question of EvaluationConclusionRecommended reading9 PeacebuildingThe Mainstreaming of Peacebuilding Models in International PolicyPeacebuilding Debates and Discourses: Beyond Blueprints and Towards an Emancipatory Conflict Resolution EthicHybrid Peace and Peacebuilding from Below: a Conflict Resolution PerspectiveConclusion: Peace Education and Peacebuilding from Below in the Discourse of Conflict ResolutionRecommended reading10 ReconciliationFour Meanings of ReconciliationBetween Separation and a Fusion of IdentitiesDealing with the Past: Trauma and AtrocityPeace or Justice? Not Exclusive AlternativesAlternative Paths to ReconciliationReconciliation and Conßict Resolution: Going Down the Escalation LadderRecommended readingPART II COSMOPOLITAN CONFLICT RESOLUTION11 Towards Cosmopolitan Conflict ResolutionThe Nature of the International CollectivityThe Arrow of the Future: Conflict Resolution and World PoliticsConflict Resolution and International InstitutionsConflict Resolution and International LawConflict Resolution and Cosmopolitan DemocracyConflict Resolution and TerrorismRecommended reading12 Environmental Conflict ResolutionTragedies of the CommonsConflicts of Interest Over Climate ChangeMultilevel NegotiationsInternational NegotiationsRecommended reading13 Gender in Conflict ResolutionStage 1: Making Women Visible as Agents of ChangeStage 2: Data-Collection and Case StudiesStage 3: Rethinking Conflict Resolution TheoryStage 4: Mainstreaming Gender in Policy-Making and the Empowerment of WomenCase StudyRecommended reading14 The Ethics of InterventionConflict Resolution RolesConflict Resolution Intervention PrinciplesFrom Just War to Just InterventionConclusion: International Ethics, International Law andInternational PoliticsRecommended reading15 Culture, Religion and Conflict ResolutionHow Far Down Does Cultural Variation Reach?Culture and Conflict Resolution: Three ResponsesReligion and Conßict Resolution: Islamic and Buddhist ApproachesConclusionRecommended reading16 Conflict Resolution in Art and Popular CultureCreative Networks: Museums, Visual Arts, Music and Theatre in Conflict ResolutionSport and Conflict ResolutionBuilding a Global Peace CultureConclusionRecommended reading17 Conflict Resolution, the Media and the Communications RevolutionThe Mass Media and Conflict ResolutionConflict Resolution in the Age of CybertechnologyFrom Cyberwar to CyberpeaceRecommended reading18 Managing Linguistic Intractability: Dialogue, Discourse and Radical DisagreementLinguistic Intractability: the Challenge of Radical Disagreement When Conflict Resolution FailsAcknowledging, Exploring and Understanding Agonistic DialogueManaging Radical Disagreement: Promoting a Strategic Engagement of DiscoursesThe Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: a Case StudyRecommended Reading19 Conflict Resolution: Theories and CritiquesThe Pluralist-Cosmopolitan Heartland of Conflict ResolutionThe Realist CritiqueThe Critical Theory CritiqueThe Post-Structural CritiqueNon-Western/Non-Northern CritiquesRecommended reading20 Conflict Resolution and the FutureEmergent ConflictsFuture Drivers of ConflictThe Conflict Resolution ResponseConflict Resolution: the Next GenerationConclusionNotesReferencesIndex