Overcoming intractable conflicts : new approaches to constructive transformations /

The book brings together analyses of U.S.-based conflicts with those from many regions of the world. International, intra-state, and local conflicts are explored, along with those that have been violent and non-violent.

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Group Author: Elman, Miriam Fendius (Editor); Gerard, Catherine (Editor); Golan, Galia (Editor); Kriesberg, Louis (Editor)
Published: Rowman & Littlefield International,
Publisher Address: London :
Publication Dates: [2019]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Summary: The book brings together analyses of U.S.-based conflicts with those from many regions of the world. International, intra-state, and local conflicts are explored, along with those that have been violent and non-violent.
Item Description: "This book derives from the proceedings of an international conference on transforming intractable conflicts, held at Syracuse University, on September 22-24, 2016."--page xv.
Carrier Form: xv, 408 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781786610737
1786610736
9781786610720
1786610728
Index Number: JZ5538
CLC: D815.5-532
Call Number: D815.5-532/O963/2016
Contents: Introduction / Galia Golan and Louis Kriesberg -- Part I. Overview of chapters relating to new actors. Gendered perspective on intractable conflicts and power sharing / Ayelet Harel-Shalev ; Mapping and monitoring global insecurity and the global illicit economy: the effects of intractable conflicts / Margaret G. Hermann ; Unrecognized states: theory, cases, and policy implications / Kristy Buzard, Benjamin A. T. Graham, and Ben Horne ; Transformation of armed conflict: lessons from the Arab-Israeli conflict / Galia Golan ; Dynamic contexts of conflict: complicated actors and settings in Northern Ireland / Ronit Berger -- Part II. Overview of chapters relating to new dynamics. Social media use and fear levels after the Paris 2015 attacks: a comparative study / Bernard Enjolras, Shana Kushner Gadarian, and Kari Steen-Johnsen ; The creation of space for conflict change: context, society, and leadership in Northern Ireland during the 1990s / Nimrod Rosler ; Between ripeness and necessity: responsibility to protect and the tipping point for external intervention / Timea Spitka ; Global imbalances, currency wars, and U.S hegemony / Stuart S. Brown -- Part III. Overview of chapters relating to new strategies. Responding to gun murders in Syracuse, New York: a multilevel, multimodal interventions approach / Robert A. Rubinstein, Sandra D. Lane, Timothy "Noble" Jennings-Bey, and Najah Salaam ; Intergroup dialogue, constructive conflict, and social power: toward transforming inequality / Diane R. Swords ; Transforming conflicts: barriers and overcoming them / Daniel Bar-Tal ; Back to the tribe: tribes' centrality in Iraq's intercommunity rapprochement / Amatzia Baram ; United States and North Korea: a Gordian conflict / Stuart Thorson and Hyunjin Seo -- Part IV. Overview of chapters relating to new frameworks. Transit migration, borders, and activism: understanding the changing geographies and temporalities of international migration / Jared P. Van Ramshorst and Jamie Winders ; Transforming intractable conflicts under the shadow of the past: sunk costs, inaction inertia, and the Gilad Shalit negotiations / Lesley G. Terris and Orit E. Tykocinski ; Velvet transformations in South Africa: Mandela, De Klerk, or something else / Mordechai Tamarkin ; The fractal nature of intractable conflict: implications for sustainable transformation / Joshua Fisher and Peter T. Coleman ; From peacebuilding to constructive conflict management: reconsidering intervention under conditions of intractability / Bruce W. Dayton ; Conclusion: looking forward / Miriam F. Elman and Catherine Gerard.