Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding (Routledge Studies in Security and Conflict Management) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 041548085X ISBN 13: 9780415480857

Publisher: Routledge, 2009

Synopsis

This book seeks to examine the causes of escalation and de-escalation in intrastate conflicts.

Specifically, the volume seeks to map the processes and dynamics that lead groups challenging existing power structures to engage in violent struggle; the processes and dynamics that contribute to the de-escalation of violent struggle and the participation of challengers in peaceful political activities; and the processes and dynamics that sustain and nurture this transformation. By integrating the latest ideas with richly presented case studies, this volume fills a gap in our understanding of the forces that lead to moderation and constructive engagement in the context of violent, intrastate conflicts.

This volume will be of great interest to students of conflict management, peace studies, conflict resolution, ethnic conflict and security studies in general.

About this title

About the Author:

Bruce W. Dayton is the Associate Director of the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs at the Maxwell School of Syracuse University. He also serves as Executive Director of the International Society of Political Psychology.

Louis Kriesberg is Professor Emeritus of Sociology, Maxwell Professor Emeritus of Social Conflict Studies, and founding director of the Program on the Analysis and Resolution of Conflicts (1986–1994), all at Syracuse University.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 041548085X
• ISBN 13: 9780415480857
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288
• Editor: Dayton Bruce W.