Hugh Miall is Professor of International Relations at the University of Kent.Tom Woodhouse is Adam Curle Professor of Conflict Resolution at the University of Bradford.Oliver Ramsbotham is Emeritus Professor of Conflict Resolution at the University of Bradford.Christopher Mitchell is Professor Emeritus of Conflict Resolution at George Mason University.

"This book is an absolute must-have resource for anyone interested in the birth and history of conflict resolution as a field of study, as well as a lexicon of fundamental documents that are currently shaping thinking and practice in the peacebuilding field. It is a unique and inspiring testimony to many of the challenges the field has faced, as well as demonstrating the strategic import of todays scholars and practitioners about how better to address the resolution of conflicts around the world today."Mari Fitzduff, Brandeis University"This book is indispensable for all teachers, researchers and practitioners in the field of conflict resolution and peace-building. It brings together seminal, defining texts so that readers can discern the genealogy of our interdisciplinary academic discipline. But it also directs our attention to a whole series of tried and tested practical measures for dealing with deep division and violence. By combining the readings into theory ,praxis , peace-building and reconciliation this collection reminds us that this field is not only deeply analytical but also normative in intent. It does not succumb to the paralysing consequences of realist pessimism nor fall into any false idealist position. It analyses violence critically and provides hard and tested solutions to deep rooted and intractable problems. I will be ordering it for myself and my library. It will find its way as a key text in our field."Kevin Clements, National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies,University of Otago, New Zealand"Once again, Woodhouse et al. have produced an incredible resource for the conflict resolution field. I have been using various portions of Contemporary Conflict Resolution in my graduate classes for years, and this new book complements it beautifully. It brings together in one volume an array of primary theories in the field with current writing that highlights both questions and challenges. My students are always asking ?is there a basic set of readings in conflict resolution?? and I?ll now be able to point them in the direction of this great new book!"Eileen F. Babbitt, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University

• Sources and AcknowledgementsDebating Conflict Resolution: Texts, Voices and NarrativesTom Woodhouse, Hugh Miall, Oliver Ramsbotham and Christopher MitchellPart I FoundationsIntroduction1 On Perpetual Peace: A Philosophical SketchImmanuel Kant2 The Value for Conflict Resolution of a General Discipline of International RelationsQuincy P. Wright3 The Mathematical Psychology of WarLewis F. Richardson4 Conflict and Defense; A General TheoryKenneth Boulding5 Conflict and CommunicationJohn Burton6 Conflict Theory and PracticeJohan Galtung7 The Middle East ConflictJohan Galtung8 Conflict in Man-Made EnvironmentAnatol Rapoport9 The Management of Protracted Social ConflictEd Azar10 The Functions of Social ConflictLewis Coser11 The Strategy of ConflictTom Schelling12 Building a Global Civic Culture; Education for an Interdependent WorldElise Boulding13 A Brief History of Social Psychological Theorizing about ConflictMorton DeutschToolboxPart II Conflict Theories and AnalysisIntroductionConflict Theories14 The Structure of International ConflictChris Mitchell15 Extending the Reach of Basic Human NeedsDennis Sandole16 Ethnic Groups in ConflictDonald Horowitz17 New and Old Wars: Organized Violence in a Global EraMary Kaldor18 The Economic Functions of Violence in Civil WarsDavid Keen19 Horizontal Inequalities: A Neglected Dimension of DevelopmentFrances Stewart20 Dynamics of ContentionDoug McAdam, Sidney Tarrow, Charles Tilly21 A Nested Theory of ConflictsMarie Dugan22 Building Peace: Sustainable Reconciliation in Divided SocietiesJohn Paul Lederach23 Conflict Resolution and the Structural Sources of ConflictRichard Rubinstein24 Telling Each Other Apart: A Discursive Approach to Violent ConflictJolle Demmers25 Ethnicity, Insurgency, and Civil WarJames Fearon and David LaitinConflict Analysis26 Conflict Analysis ToolsSimon Mason and Sandra Rychard27 FAST Conflict Analytical Framework applied to AngolaSwisspeace28 Systemic Conflict Transformation: Reflections on the Conflict and Peace Process in Sri LankaNorbert RopersToolboxPart III Praxis (1): Conflict Prevention and NonviolenceIntroductionReflective Pieces29 Constructive Conflict: from Escalation to ResolutionLouis Kriesberg and Bruce W. Dayton30 Breaking Cycles of Violence, Conflict Prevention in Intrastate ConflictsJanie Leatherman, Raimo Väyrynen, William E. Demars, and Patrick Gaffney31 Ethnic Conflict and Civic Life; Hindus and Muslims in IndiaAshutosh VarshneyGuides to Practice32 Report of the Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly ConflictCase Studies33 Conflict Prevention in the Baltic States: The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities in Estonia, Latvia and LithuaniaEd. Rob Zaagman34 Chill Out: Why Cooperation is Balancing Conflict Among Major States in the New ArcticAndrew Hart, Bruce Jones and David Steven35 Negotiation GamesSteven Brams36 Nonviolence in Peace and War, vol IIMohandas K. Gandhi37 From Dictatorship to DemocracyGene Sharp38 Nonviolent Resistance and Conflict Transformation in Power AsymmetriesVeronique DudouetToolboxPart IV Praxis (2): Mediation, Negotiation and ReconciliationIntroductionReflective Pieces39 Understanding Conflict ResolutionPeter Wallensteen40 Making PeaceAdam Curle41 International Mediation in Theory and PracticeSaadia Touval and William Zartman42 Readiness Theory and the Northern Ireland ConflictDean Pruitt43 Why Orphaned Peace Settlements are More Prone to FailureFen Hampson44 The Mediation DilemmaKyle Beardsley45 The Meaning of ReconciliationHizkias AssefaGuides to Practice46 Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving InRoger Fisher and William Ury47 From Identity-Based Conflict to Identity-Based CooperationJay Rothman48 Approaches to Community Relations WorkMari Fitzduff49 Peacemaking Public and PrivateAdam Curle50 In the MiddleAdam Curle51 Training Manual in Community Mediation SkillsMediation UK52 Use of language by mediators: ExercisesCase Studies53 Disputes and NegotiationsPhilip Gulliver54 Explaining Conflict Transformation: How Jerusalem became NegotiableCecilia Albin55 The Dayton Agreement. The General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina56 Northern Ireland documentsToolboxPart V Praxis (3): PeacebuildingIntroductionReflective Pieces57 Understanding the Contradictions of Postwar PeacebuildingRoland Paris and Timothy Sisk58 The US Role in Nation-Building: From Germany to Iraq’ and ‘The UN’s Role in Nation-Building: From Congo to IraqJames Dobbins et al.59 Hybrid peace: the Interaction Between top-down and bottom-up peaceRoger Mac Ginty60 Transitional justice and reconciliation: theory and practiceMartina Fischer61 Towards a Strategic Framework for Peacebuilding: Getting Their Act TogetherDan Smith62 The Potential Complementarity of Mediation and Consultation within a Contingency Model of Third Party InterventionRonald Fisher and Loraleigh KeashlyGuides to Practice63 Code of Conduct for Conflict TransformationInternational AlertCase Studies64 Women Take the Lead in Pastoral KenyaVan Tongeren et al. (eds.)65 Governing (in) Kirkuk: resolving the status of a disputed territory in post-American IraqStefan WolffToolboxPart VI Challenges and Future DirectionsIntroduction66 The Better Angels of our Nature: Why Violence Has DeclinedStephen Pinker67 Climate Change and Armed ConflictJames Lee68 Revisiting Change and Conflict: On Underlying Assumptions and the De-Politicisation of Conflict ResolutionVivienne Jabri69 From Pacification to Peacebuilding: A Call to Global TransformationDiana Francis70 Culture and Conflict ResolutionKevin Avruch71 Peace Studies: A Cultural PerspectiveKarlheinz Koppe, Aurangzeb Haneef, Kam-Por Yu, Grimaldo Remifo, Kofi Asare Opoku72 Ushahidi: From Crisis Mapping in Kenya to Mapping the Globe73 Cosmopolitanism after 9/11David HeldToolboxIndex