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

"The fourth edition of this ground-breaking textbook presents the field of conflict resolution in a world after the failure of the Arab Spring, the rise of ISIS, a newly aggressive Russia, and increasing tensions in the South China Sea. Recognizing the challenges such a world presents, the authors nevertheless remain committed to a cosmopolitan vision of the field as the indispensable alternative to that other vision: If you want peace, prepare for war."—Kevin Avruch, School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University"Contemporary Conflict Resolution, now updated with current research and new approaches to deeply difficult protracted conflicts, remains the most comprehensive, well-conceputalized and useful introductory text to the wider fields of peace and conflict studies. I highly recommend this book to students, professors, policymakers and practitioners, it is an invaluable resource."—John Paul Lederach, Kroc Institute, University of Notre Dame

• PrefaceAcknowledgementsList of AbbreviationsPART I: CONTEMPORARY CONFLICT RESOLUTION1 Introduction to Conflict Resolution: Concepts and Definitions2 Conflict Resolution: Origins, Foundations and Development of the Field3 The Statistics of Deadly Quarrels and the Measurement of Peace4 Understanding Contemporary Conflict5 Preventing Violent Conflict6 Containing Violent Conflict: Peacekeeping7 Ending Violent Conflict: Peacemaking8 Post-War Reconstruction9 Peacebuilding10 ReconciliationPART II: COSMOPOLITAN CONFLICT RESOLUTION11 Towards Cosmopolitan Conflict Resolution12 Environmental Conflict Resolution13 Gender in Conflict Resolution14 The Ethics of Intervention15 Culture, Religion and Conflict Resolution16 Conflict Resolution in Art and Popular Culture17 Conflict Resolution, the Media and the Communications Revolution18 Linguistic Intractability: Engaging Radical Disagreement19 Conflict Resolution: Theories and Critiques20 Conflict Resolution and the Future

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

"The fourth edition of this ground-breaking textbook presents the field of conflict resolution in a world after the failure of the Arab Spring, the rise of ISIS, a newly aggressive Russia, and increasing tensions in the South China Sea. Recognizing the challenges such a world presents, the authors nevertheless remain committed to a cosmopolitan vision of the field as the indispensable alternative to that other vision: If you want peace, prepare for war."—Kevin Avruch, School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University"Contemporary Conflict Resolution, now updated with current research and new approaches to deeply difficult protracted conflicts, remains the most comprehensive, well-conceputalized and useful introductory text to the wider fields of peace and conflict studies. I highly recommend this book to students, professors, policymakers and practitioners, it is an invaluable resource."—John Paul Lederach, Kroc Institute, University of Notre Dame

• PrefaceAcknowledgementsList of AbbreviationsPART I: CONTEMPORARY CONFLICT RESOLUTION1 Introduction to Conflict Resolution: Concepts and Definitions2 Conflict Resolution: Origins, Foundations and Development of the Field3 The Statistics of Deadly Quarrels and the Measurement of Peace4 Understanding Contemporary Conflict5 Preventing Violent Conflict6 Containing Violent Conflict: Peacekeeping7 Ending Violent Conflict: Peacemaking8 Post-War Reconstruction9 Peacebuilding10 ReconciliationPART II: COSMOPOLITAN CONFLICT RESOLUTION11 Towards Cosmopolitan Conflict Resolution12 Environmental Conflict Resolution13 Gender in Conflict Resolution14 The Ethics of Intervention15 Culture, Religion and Conflict Resolution16 Conflict Resolution in Art and Popular Culture17 Conflict Resolution, the Media and the Communications Revolution18 Linguistic Intractability: Engaging Radical Disagreement19 Conflict Resolution: Theories and Critiques20 Conflict Resolution and the Future