Contemporary Peacemaking Conflict, Peace Processes and Post-war Reconstruction

by Darby, John; Mac Ginty, Roger

• ISBN13: 9780230210219
• ISBN10: 023021021X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-07-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

Contemporary Peacemaking draws on recent experience to identify and explore the essential components of peace processes. The book is organized around five key themes in peacemaking: planning for peace; negotiations; violence on peace processes; peace accords; and peace accord implementation and post-war reconstruction.

Table of Contents

List of Tables	p. viii
List of Abbreviations	p. ix
Acknowledgements	p. xiii
Notes on Contributors	p. xiv
Introduction: What Peace? What Process?	p. 1
Preparing for Peace: An Introduction
Explaining the Conflict Potential of Ethnicity	p. 11
The Timing of Peace Initiatives: Hurting Stalemates and Ripe Moments	p. 22
Cultivating Peace: A Practitioner's View of Deadly Conflict and Negotiation	p. 36
New Contexts for Political Solutions: Redefining Minority Nationalisms in Northern Ireland, the Basque Country, and Corsica	p. 45
Negotiations: An Introduction
Negotiations and Peace Processes	p. 63
Rules and Procedures for Negotiated Peacemaking	p. 78
Mediation and the Ending of Conflicts	p. 94
Women, Gender and Peacemaking in Civil Wars	p. 105
Traditional and Indigenous Approaches to Peacemaking	p. 120
The Role of the News Media in Peace Negotiations: Variations over Time and Circumstance	p. 131
Violence and Peace Processes: An Introduction
Peace Processes and the Challenges of Violence	p. 147
Reframing the Spoiler Debate in Peace Processes	p. 159
Post-Agreement Demobilization, Disarmament, and Reconstruction: Towards a New Approach	p. 178
Peace Accords: An Introduction
Power Sharing after Civil Wars: Matching Problems to Solutions	p. 195
Negotiating Human Rights	p. 210
Democratic Validation	p. 230
Territorial Options	p. 242
Peace Accord Implementation and Post-war Reconstruction: An Introduction
The UN and Liberal Peacebuilding: Consensus and Challenges	p. 257
From Peace to Democratization: Lessons from Central America	p. 271
Casting Long Shadows: War, Peace, and Extra-Legal Economies	p. 289
Military and Police Reform after Civil Wars	p. 300
Refugees and IDPs in Peacemaking Processes	p. 313
Negotiating Justice: The Challenge of Addressing Past Human Rights Violations	p. 328
Borrowing and Lending in Peace Processes	p. 339
Conclusion: Peace Processes, Present, and Future	p. 352
Bibliography	p. 373
Index	p. 395
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