Peacekeeping Books

New and Published Books

1. South America and Peace Operations

   Coming of Age

   Edited by Kai Michael Kenkel

   Series: Cass Series on Peacekeeping

   This volume is the first English-language work to focus specifically on South America in the context of peace operations. The region of South America has been undergoing significant changes recently with regard to its attitudes towards participation in peace operations. Leaving behind a strong...

   Published May 15th 2013 by Routledge
2. Peace Operations and Organized Crime

   Enemies or Allies?

   Edited by James Cockayne, Adam Lupel

   Series: Cass Series on Peacekeeping

   Peace operations are increasingly on the front line in the international community’s fight against organized crime; this book explores how, in some cases, peace operations and organized crime are clear enemies, while in others, they may become tacit allies. The threat posed by organized crime to...

   Published May 9th 2013 by Routledge
3. Land and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding

   Edited by Jon Unruh, Rhodri Williams

   Series: Post-Conflict Peacebuilding and Natural Resource Management

   Claims to land and territory are often a cause of conflict, and land issues present some of the most contentious problems for post-conflict peacebuilding. Among the land-related problems that emerge during and after conflict are the exploitation of land-based resources in the absence of authority,...

   Published April 28th 2013 by Routledge
4. Regional Organizations in African Security

   Edited by Fredrik Soderbaum, Rodrigo Tavares

   The African continent is plagued by some of the most brutal and violent conflicts in the world. At the same time that warfare is changing, so has the state’s capacity to provide security and political stability to its citizens. This book deals with the role of regional organizations in Africa’s...

   Published April 24th 2013 by Routledge
5. Transitional Justice in South Asia

   A Study of Afghanistan and Nepal

   By Tazreena Sajjad

   Series: Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series

   Offering a comparative case study of transitional justice processes in Afghanistan and Nepal, this book critically evaluates the way the "local" is consulted in post-conflict efforts toward peace and reconciliation. It argues that there is a tendency in transitional justice efforts to contain the...

   Published April 17th 2013 by Routledge
6. Negotiating for Peace in the Middle East (Routledge Revivals)

   By Ismail Fahmy

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   Ismail Fahmy was Minister of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Premier of Egypt, but resigned in protest against President Sadat’s visit to Jerusalem in 1977. This book, published in 1983, presents the first portrait of Sadat from within the Arab ruling elite, and gives unique coverage of the crucial...

   Published April 11th 2013 by Routledge
7. The Role of Courts in Transitional Justice

   Voices from Latin America and Spain

   Edited by Jessica Almqvist, Carlos Esposito

   Bringing together a group of outstanding judges, scholars and experts with first-hand experience in the field of transitional justice in Latin America and Spain, this book offers an insider’s perspective on the enhanced role of courts in prosecuting serious human rights violations and grave crimes,...

   Published April 11th 2013 by Routledge
8. Mediation in the Asia-Pacific Region

   Transforming Conflicts and Building Peace

   Edited by Dale Bagshaw, Elisabeth Porter

   Series: Routledge Advances in International Relations and Global Politics

   This book examines mediation in connection with peacebuilding in the Asia-Pacific region, providing practical examples which either highlight the weaknesses within certain mediation approaches or demonstrate best-practice. The authors explore the extent to which current ideas and practices of...

   Published April 9th 2013 by Routledge
9. Peacebuilding and International Administration

   The Cases of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo

   By Niels van Willigen

   Series: Routledge Advances in International Relations and Global Politics

   This book provides a detailed historical and political analysis of the role and effectiveness of international administration in statebuilding. It analyses how the international administrations in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo have attempted to create sustainable political institutions and to...

   Published March 20th 2013 by Routledge
10. Routledge Handbook of International Statebuilding

    Edited by David Chandler, Timothy D. Sisk

    This new Handbook offers a combination of theoretical, thematic and empirical analyses of the statebuilding regime, written by leading international scholars. Over the past decade, international statebuilding has become one of the most important and least understood areas of international...

    Published March 19th 2013 by Routledge