Contemporary Conflict Resolution

by Ramsbotham, Oliver; Woodhouse, Tom; Miall, Hugh

• ISBN13: 9780745649733
• ISBN10: 0745649734
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-04-11
• Publisher: Polity

Summary

Since the end of the Cold War, conflict prevention and resolution, peacekeeping and peacebuilding have risen to the top of the international agenda. The third edition of this hugely popular text explains the key concepts, charts the development of the field, evaluates successes and failures, and assesses the main current challenges and debates in the second decade of the twenty-first century. Existing material has been thoroughly updated and four new chapters added, on environmental conflict resolution, conflict resolution in the arts and popular culture, conflict resolution in the media and the communications revolution, and theories and critiques of the field. The authors argue that a new form of cosmopolitan conflict resolution is emerging, which offers a hopeful means for human societies to handle their conflicts non-violently and eventually to transcend and celebrate their differences. Part I offers a comprehensive survey of the theory and practice of conflict resolution. Part II sets the field within the context of rapid global change and addresses the controversies that have surrounded conflict resolution as it has entered the mainstream. Contemporary Conflict Resolution is essential reading for students of peace and security studies, conflict management and international politics, as well as for those working in non-governmental organizations and think-tanks.

Author Biography

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.

Table of Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

List of Boxes

List of Maps

Preface

Acknowledgements

List of Abbreviations

Contemporary Conflict Resolution

Introduction to Conflict Resolution: Concepts and Definitions

Why a Third Edition?

Conflict Resolution Models

Framework Models

Classical Ideas

New Developments in Conßict Resolution

Terminology

Structure of the Book

Recommended reading

Conflict Resolution: Origins, Foundations and Development of the Field

Precursors: The First Generation, 1918-1945

Foundations: The Second Generation, 1945-1965

Consolidation: The Third Generation, 1965-1985

Reconstruction: The Fourth Generation, 1985-2005

Recommended reading

Statistics of Deadly Quarrels and the Measurement of Peace

The Conflict Domain

Measuring Peace and Peacefulness

Conflicts Trends

Conflict Distribution

Conflict Types

Terrorism and Conflict

Conflict Costs

Conflict Mapping and Conflict Tracking

Recommended Reading

Understanding Contemporary Conflict

Theories and Frameworks

The Context for an Evaluation of Conflict Resolution Theory

Edward Azar?s Theory of Protracted Social Conflict (PSC)

Have More Recent Theories Confirmed or Discredited PSC?

An Interpretative Framework for Conflict Analysis

The Analysis and Mapping of Complex Conflict Systems

Conclusion

Recommended reading

Preventing Violent Conflict

Causation and Prevention of Wars

Emergent Conflict and Peaceful Change

Deep or Structural Prevention

Early Warning

Light or Operational Prevention

The Adoption of Conflict Prevention by International Organizations

Evaluation of conflict prevention?s effectiveness

Case Study: Preventive Crisis Management in Kenya

Conclusion

Recommended Reading

Containing Violent Conflict: Peacekeeping

First- and Second-Generation UN Peacekeeping, 1956-1995

War Zones, War Economies and Cultures of Violence

Third-Generation Peacekeeping: What Count As Peace Operations?

Redefining Peace Operations

Third-Generation Peacekeeping and Human Security

Conflict Resolution and the Theoretical Debate About Peace Operations

Case Study: Somalia 1991-2010

Conclusion

Recommended Reading

Ending Violent Conflict: Peacemaking

The Challenge of Ending Violent Conflict

De-escalation, Ripeness and Conditions for Ending Violent Conflict

Mediation and Third-Party Intervention

Peace Processes: Turning Points, Sticking Points and Spoilers

Negotiations and Settlements

Case Studies

Conclusion

Recommended reading

Post-War Reconstruction

Postwar Peace Operations

Intervention, Reconstruction and Withdrawal (IRW) Operations 1989-2009

Filling the Postwar Planning Gap

The International Postwar Reconstruction Blueprint: Dilemmas and Tradeoffs

Current Controversies

Summary from a Conflict Resolution Perspective

The Question of Evaluation

Conclusion

Recommended reading

Peacebuilding

The Mainstreaming of Peacebuilding Models in International Policy

Peacebuilding Debates and Discourses: Beyond Blueprints and Towards an Emancipatory Conflict Resolution Ethic

Hybrid Peace and Peacebuilding from Below: a Conflict Resolution Perspective

Conclusion: Peace Education and Peacebuilding from Below in the Discourse of Conflict Resolution

Recommended reading

Reconciliation

Four Meanings of Reconciliation

Between Separation and a Fusion of Identities

Dealing with the Past: Trauma and Atrocity

Peace or Justice? Not Exclusive Alternatives

Alternative Paths to Reconciliation

Reconciliation and Conflict Resolution: Going Down the Escalation Ladder

Recommended reading

Cosmopolitan Conflict Resolution

Towards Cosmopolitan Conflict Resolution

The Nature of the International Collectivity

The Arrow of the Future: Conflict Resolution and World Politics

Conflict Resolution and International Institutions

Conflict Resolution and International Law

Conflict Resolution and Cosmopolitan Democracy

Conflict Resolution and Terrorism

Recommended reading

Environmental Conflict Resolution

Tragedies of the Commons

Conflicts of Interest Over Climate Change

Multilevel Negotiations

International Negotiations

Recommended reading

Gender in Conflict Resolution

Stage 1: Making Women Visible as Agents of Change

Stage 2: Data-Collection and Case Studies

Stage 3: Rethinking Conflict Resolution Theory

Stage 4: Mainstreaming Gender in Policy-Making and the Empowerment of Women

Case Study

Recommended reading

The Ethics of Intervention

Conflict Resolution Roles

Conflict Resolution Intervention Principles

From Just War to Just Intervention

Conclusion: International Ethics, International Law and

International Politics

Recommended reading

Culture, Religion and Conflict Resolution

How Far Down Does Cultural Variation Reach?

Culture and Conflict Resolution: Three Responses

Religion and Conflict Resolution: Islamic and Buddhist Approaches

Conclusion

Recommended reading

Conflict Resolution in Art and Popular Culture

Creative Networks: Museums, Visual Arts, Music and Theatre in Conflict Resolution

Sport and Conflict Resolution

Building a Global Peace Culture

Conclusion

Recommended reading

Conflict Resolution, the Media and the Communications Revolution

The Mass Media and Conflict Resolution

Conflict Resolution in the Age of Cybertechnology

From Cyberwar to Cyberpeace

Recommended reading

Managing Linguistic Intractability: Dialogue, Discourse and Radical Disagreement

Linguistic Intractability: the Challenge of Radical Disagreement When Conflict Resolution Fails

Acknowledging, Exploring and Understanding Agonistic Dialogue

Managing Radical Disagreement: Promoting a Strategic Engagement of Discourses

The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: a Case Study

Recommended reading

Conflict Resolution: Theories and Critiques

The Pluralist-Cosmopolitan Heartland of Conflict Resolution

The Realist Critique

The Critical Theory Critique

The Post-Structural Critique

Non-Western/Non-Northern Critiques

Recommended reading

Conflict Resolution and the Future

Emergent Conflicts

Future Drivers of Conflict

The Conflict Resolution Response

Conflict Resolution: the Next Generation

Conclusion

Notes

References

Index

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