Conflict Prevention from Rhetoric to Reality Opportunities and Innovations

by Carment, David; Schnabel, Albrecht; Aall, Pamela R.; Austin, Greg; Blagescu, Monica; Boothby, Derek; Campbell, Ashley; D'Angelo, George; Ivanov, Anton; Labonne, Béatrice; Nyheim, David; Oullette, André; Peck, Connie; Rienstra, Dianna; Rubin, Barnett R.; S

• ISBN13: 9780739107393
• ISBN10: 0739107399
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-07-02
• Publisher: Lexington Books

Summary

Offers a critical evaluation of existing and emerging approaches to applied conflict prevention that involve nontraditional actors ranging from the corporate sector and NGOs to regional and multilateral economic and political organizations. The volume suggests best practices for individuals within these organizations to use the array of political, economic, social and developmental instruments available to them.

Table of Contents

Abbreviations	ix
Acknowledgments	xiii
Part I Introduction
l Into the Mainstream: Applied Conflict Prevention	3	(18)
David Carment and Albrecht Schnabel
Part II Analytical Requirements
2 Sources of Violent Conflict	21	(20)
Barnett R. Rubin
3 Natural Resource Endowment and Conflicts in Developing Countries: From Causes to Possible Solutions	41	(22)
Béatrice Labonne
4 Introducing Gender in Conflict and Conflict Prevention: Conceptual and Policy Implications	63	(16)
Tatjana Sikoska and, Juliet Solomon
5 Anticipating State Failure	79	(30)
David Carment
6 Human Security and Conflict Prevention	109	(26)
Albrecht Schnabel
Part III Response Strategies and Capacity Building
7 "Mainstreaming" Conflict Prevention Policies of Third-party Actors: Building an In-house Capacity for Preventive Action	135	(28)
Luc tan de Goor and Suzanne Verrstegen
8 Generating the Means to an End: Political Will and Integrated Responses to Early Warning	163	(14)
Anton Ivanov, and David Nyheimr
9 Non-governmental Organizations and Conflict Prevention: Roles, Capabilities, Limitations	177	(22)
Pamela R. Aall
10 Conflict Prevention through Peace Education: A Debate	199	(28)
Monica Blagescu
11 Training as a Means to Build Capacity in Conflict Prevention: The UNITAR Approach	227	(24)
Connie Peck
12 Building Capacity within the United Nations: Cooperation on the Prevention of Violent Conflicts	251	(28)
Derek Boothby and George D'Angelo
Part IV The Frontiers of Applied Conflict Prevention
13 The Centrality of Confidence-Building Measures: Lessons from the Middle East	279	(24)
Gerald M. Steinberg
14 Preventing Terrorism? Direct Measures First-Intrusive, Normative, and Personal	303	(38)
Greg Austin
15 Conflict Prevention and Financial Capacity Building	341	(18)
André Ouellette
16 Assessing the Corporate Sector's Role in Conflict Prevention	359	(26)
Dianna Rienstra
17 The Private Sector and Conflict Prevention Mainstreaming	385	(30)
Ashley Campbell
Selected Bibliography	415	(8)
Index	423	(16)
Contributors	439