Isabel Bramsen is Associate Professor and Director of Peace and Conflict Studies at Lund University. She is a member of Nordic Women Mediators (NWM), chairman of the board of Peace Research Sweden (PRIS), chairman of Council for International Conflict Resolution (RIKO) and mediator at the Centre for Conflict Resolution (CFK).

'Isabel Bramsen has more first-hand knowledge than almost anyone of uprisings, civil wars, and the practical business of peace-making. She also provides the most advanced version of interaction ritual theory, synthesized with a general theory of micro-sociology, and puts it to work explaining the flow of events along the spectrum of war and peace. Above all, she explains when and how people acquire social agency, the power to shape the turning points of history.' Randall Collins, Author of Explosive Conflict: Time-Dynamics of Violence

• Introduction; 1. The theory of micro-sociology; 2. The methods and methodology of micro-sociology; 3. The micro-sociology of violence; 4. The micro-sociology of nonviolent resistance; 5. The micro-sociology conflict transformation; 6. The micro-sociology of peace talks; 7. The micro-sociology of international meetings; Conclusion.

Isabel Bramsen is Associate Professor and Director of Peace and Conflict Studies at Lund University. She is a member of Nordic Women Mediators (NWM), chairman of the board of Peace Research Sweden (PRIS), chairman of Council for International Conflict Resolution (RIKO) and mediator at the Centre for Conflict Resolution (CFK).

'Isabel Bramsen has more first-hand knowledge than almost anyone of uprisings, civil wars, and the practical business of peace-making. She also provides the most advanced version of interaction ritual theory, synthesized with a general theory of micro-sociology, and puts it to work explaining the flow of events along the spectrum of war and peace. Above all, she explains when and how people acquire social agency, the power to shape the turning points of history.' Randall Collins, Author of Explosive Conflict: Time-Dynamics of Violence

• Introduction; 1. The theory of micro-sociology; 2. The methods and methodology of micro-sociology; 3. The micro-sociology of violence; 4. The micro-sociology of nonviolent resistance; 5. The micro-sociology conflict transformation; 6. The micro-sociology of peace talks; 7. The micro-sociology of international meetings; Conclusion.

Isabel Bramsen is Associate Professor and Director of Peace and Conflict Studies at Lund University. She is a member of Nordic Women Mediators (NWM), chairman of the board of Peace Research Sweden (PRIS), chairman of Council for International Conflict Resolution (RIKO) and mediator at the Centre for Conflict Resolution (CFK).

'Isabel Bramsen has more first-hand knowledge than almost anyone of uprisings, civil wars, and the practical business of peace-making. She also provides the most advanced version of interaction ritual theory, synthesized with a general theory of micro-sociology, and puts it to work explaining the flow of events along the spectrum of war and peace. Above all, she explains when and how people acquire social agency, the power to shape the turning points of history.' Randall Collins, Author of Explosive Conflict: Time-Dynamics of Violence

• Introduction; 1. The theory of micro-sociology; 2. The methods and methodology of micro-sociology; 3. The micro-sociology of violence; 4. The micro-sociology of nonviolent resistance; 5. The micro-sociology conflict transformation; 6. The micro-sociology of peace talks; 7. The micro-sociology of international meetings; Conclusion.