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31. The European Union as a Global Conflict Manager

    Edited by Richard Whitman, Stefan Wolff

    In recent years the European Union (EU) has played an increasingly important role as a manager of global conflicts. This book provides a comprehensive assessment of how the EU has performed in facilitating mediation, conflict resolution and peacebuilding across the globe. Offering an accessible...

    Published June 18th 2012 by Routledge
32. Political Discourse and Conflict Resolution

    Debating Peace in Northern Ireland

    Edited by Katy Hayward, Catherine O'Donnell

    Series: Routledge Studies in Peace and Conflict Resolution

    This book offers new insights into the close relationship between political discourses and conflict resolution through critical analysis of the role of discursive change in a peace process. Just as a peace process has many dimensions and stakeholders, so the discourses considered here come from a...

    Published May 29th 2012 by Routledge
33. China’s Evolving Approach to Peacekeeping

    Edited by Marc Lanteigne, Miwa Hirono

    China has become an enthusiastic supporter of and contributor to UN peacekeeping. Is China’s participation in peacekeeping likely to strengthen the current international peacekeeping regime by China’s adopting of the international norms of peacekeeping? Or, on the contrary, is it likely to alter...

    Published May 27th 2012 by Routledge
34. Theories of Violent Conflict

    An Introduction

    By Jolle Demmers

    This textbook introduces students of violent conflict to a variety of prominent theoretical approaches, and examines the ontological stances and epistemological traditions underlying these approaches. Theories of Violent Conflict takes the centrality of the group as an actor in contemporary...

    Published May 23rd 2012 by Routledge
35. Contested Sudan

    The Political Economy of War and Reconstruction

    By Ibrahim Elnur

    Series: Durham Modern Middle East and Islamic World Series

    Since gaining independence in 1956, Sudan has endured a troubled history, including the longest civil war in African history in Southern Sudan and more recent conflicts such as the humanitarian crisis in Darfur. This book explores this history of ensuing conflict, examining why Sudan failed to...

    Published May 14th 2012 by Routledge
36. Geopolitics and Maritime Territorial Disputes in East Asia

    By Ralf Emmers

    Series: Routledge Security in Asia Pacific Series

    Geopolitics is a crucial element in understanding international relations in East Asia, with major and medium powers competing for influence. This book examines geopolitics in East Asia, focusing in particular on its major, contentious maritime territorial disputes. It looks in particular detail at...

    Published May 9th 2012 by Routledge
37. Autonomy and Ethnic Conflict in South and South-East Asia

    Edited by Rajat Ganguly

    Series: Asian Security Studies

    This book uses empirical evidence from various case studies to examine the relationship between territorial and regional autonomy, the nation-state and ethnic conflict resolution in South and South-East Asia. The concept of territorial or regional autonomy holds centre stage in the literature on...

    Published April 16th 2012 by Routledge
38. Kosovo, Intervention and Statebuilding

    The International Community and the Transition to Independence

    Edited by Aidan Hehir

    Series: Routledge Studies in Intervention and Statebuilding

    This book examines international engagement with Kosovo since NATO’s intervention in 1999, and looks at the three distinct phases of Kosovo’s development; intervention, statebuilding and independence. Kosovo remains a case study of central importance in international relations, illustrative of key...

    Published April 14th 2012 by Routledge
39. Peacebuilding and Local Ownership

    Post-Conflict Consensus-Building

    By Timothy Donais

    Series: Studies in Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding

    This book explores the meaning of local ownership in peacebuilding and examines the ways in which it has been, and could be, operationalized in post-conflict environments. In the context of post-conflict peacebuilding, the idea of local ownership is based upon the premise that no peace process is...

    Published April 11th 2012 by Routledge
40. The Property Rights of Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons

    Beyond Restitution

    By Anneke Smit

    The Property Rights of Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons: Beyond Restitution explores how the protection of housing and property rights can contribute to durable solutions to displacement. The focus of most of the international community’s recent protection efforts has been on returning...

    Published April 4th 2012 by Routledge