Examining Arab approaches to mediation, negotiation and settlement of political disputes, where such forms of conflict resolution might be distinctive from other cultural approaches in terms of processes and outcomes. This book includes a particular sub-focus on the role of the Arab League in its history of involvement in crisis and conflict situations, along with the roles of individual leaders and emissaries undertaking mediation initiatives either regionally or in conjunction with extra-regional actors such as IGOs (inter-governmental organisations).
Examining Arab approaches to mediation, negotiation and settlement of political disputes, where such forms of conflict resolution might be distinctive...
This book assesses the role of human rights education (HRE) in the peacebuilding field.
Today, most governments, international organisations and non-governmental organisations recognise the importance of human rights in peace- and democracy-building activities in post-conflict regions. However, compared with other components of peacebuilding, little attention and funding have been given to the cultivation of human rights knowledge and skills within these populations. Almost nothing has been committed to understanding how HRE is best accomplished in such difficult circumstances. "...
This book assesses the role of human rights education (HRE) in the peacebuilding field.
Today, most governments, international organisations and...
Focusing on the conditions which predispose or prevent embarkation on a truth recovery process and the rationale for that process, this text argues that there is no magic moment of 'readiness' for truth recovery, but that the conditions are constructed rather than spontaneously occurring.
Focusing on the conditions which predispose or prevent embarkation on a truth recovery process and the rationale for that process, this text argues th...
This book examines how the violence of conflict is transformed in the post-conflict period. Post-conflict studies seek to illuminate, theorise, and narrate the processes by which societies transition from periods of overt and violent conflict to periods of relative stability and peace. Most of the research carried out on post-conflict societies has taken place within disciplinary bounds. In contrast, this volume breaches those boundaries; though each author is grounded in a particular discipline, the chapters have been written in a spirit of interdisciplinarity. The focus of the volume is how...
This book examines how the violence of conflict is transformed in the post-conflict period. Post-conflict studies seek to illuminate, theorise, and na...
This book analyses the use of communication in resolving conflicts, with a focus on de-escalation and processes of peacebuilding and peace formation.
From the employment of hate radio in the Rwanda genocide, to the current conflict between Russia and the Ukraine following events in the Crimea, communication and the media are widely recognized as powerful tools in conflicts and war. Although there has been significant academic attention on the relationship between the media, conflict and war, academic efforts to understand this relationship have tended to focus primarily on the links...
This book analyses the use of communication in resolving conflicts, with a focus on de-escalation and processes of peacebuilding and peace formatio...
This book examines approaches to reconciliation and peacebuilding in settler colonial, post-conflict, and divided societies.
In contrast to current literature, this book provides a broader assessment of reconciliation and conflict transformation by applying a distinctive 'multi-level' approach. The analysis provides a unique intervention in the field, one that significantly complicates received notions of reconciliation and transitional justice, and considers conflict transformation across the constitutional, institutional, and relational levels of society. Drawing on extensive...
This book examines approaches to reconciliation and peacebuilding in settler colonial, post-conflict, and divided societies.
This book is an interdisciplinary examination of several interconnecting aspects of migrant communities in the context of contemporary conflict and security.
The book illustrates that within this globalised world, migrants have become key actors, living in the spaces between states, as well as within them. Arguing that migrants and their descendants are vital and complex constituencies for the achievement of security in this global age, the volume uses a number of case studies, including Palestinian, Sri Lankan, Irish and Somali diaspora communities, to explore the...
This book is an interdisciplinary examination of several interconnecting aspects of migrant communities in the context of contemporary conflict and...
This volume explores the implementation of key gender policies in international peace and security, following the adoption of UN Security Council resolution 1325 in October 2000, the first thematic resolution on Women, Peace and Security.
How should we understand women's participation in peace processes and in peace operations? And what forms of gendered security dynamics are present in armed conflict and international interventions? These questions represent central themes of protection and participation that the international community has to address in order to implement UNSCR...
This volume explores the implementation of key gender policies in international peace and security, following the adoption of UN Security Council r...
This book offers new insights into the close relationship between political discourses and conflict resolution through critical analysis of the role of discursive change in a peace process. Just as a peace process has many dimensions and stakeholders, so the discourses considered here come from a wide range of sources and actors. The book contains in-depth analyses of official discourses used to present the peace process, the discourses of political party leaders engaging (or otherwise) with it, the discourses of community-level activists responding to it, and the discourses of the media and...
This book offers new insights into the close relationship between political discourses and conflict resolution through critical analysis of the role o...
This book examines the links between climate change and resource scarcity to violent conflict.
Does climate change cause conflicts? This book analyses the economic, political and social conditions under which countries with low levels of freshwater or arable land experience armed conflict. There are strong theoretic arguments linking climate change and scarcity of livelihood resources to conflict. However, empirical accounts are contradictory. Using qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA), this book compares 22 political, economic and social conditions across 30 countries experiencing...
This book examines the links between climate change and resource scarcity to violent conflict.
Does climate change cause conflicts? This book an...
