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The term 'peace process' is now widely used to describe attempts to manage and resolve conflict. As the nature of conflict has changed, so the range of available tools for producing peace has grown. Alongside a plethora of political actions, there is now a greater international awareness o...
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Polity Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, UK : |
| Publication Dates: | 2014. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
The term 'peace process' is now widely used to describe attempts to manage and resolve conflict. As the nature of conflict has changed, so the range of available tools for producing peace has grown. Alongside a plethora of political actions, there is now a greater international awareness of how peace can be brokered and policed. As a result, peace processes now extend well beyond the actuality of ceasefires and an absence of war to cover legacy issues of victims, truth and reconciliation. This book expertly examines the practical application of solutions to conflict. The first part analyses |
| Carrier Form: | ix, 228 pages ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 196-215) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780745642901 074564290X 9780745642895 (hardback) : 0745642896 |
| Index Number: | JZ5538 |
| CLC: | D814.2 |
| Call Number: | D814.2/T665 |
| Contents: | The Concept of a Peace Process -- Prescriptions for Conflict Management or Resolution -- Peace: Implementation; Maintenance; Reconciliation -- Deadlock: The Palestinian 'Peace Process' -- Conflict and Confessionalism in Lebanon -- Consociational Triumph: Northern Ireland's Peace Process -- Confederalism and Consociation in Bosnia-Herzegovina -- ETA's Slow Defeat: The Basque 'Peace Process' -- When a Peace Process Fails: Sri Lanka. |