Ceasefire Agreements and Peace Processes (Routledge Studies in Peace and Conflict Resolution) - Hardcover

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Akebo, Malin

 
9781138672741: Ceasefire Agreements and Peace Processes (Routledge Studies in Peace and Conflict Resolution)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1138672742 ISBN 13: 9781138672741
Publisher: Routledge, 2016

Synopsis

This book analyses and compares ceasefire agreements as part of peace processes in intrastate armed conflicts.

Research repeatedly underscores the importance of ceasefire agreements in peace processes but suggests that they can influence such processes in fundamentally different ways. However, despite contradictory expectations, remarkably few studies have so far been devoted to systematic and in-depth analysis of ceasefire agreements in contemporary intrastate armed conflicts. This book contributes to filling this gap by using a process-oriented conflict dynamics approach to analyse and explain how ceasefire agreements are being influenced by and in turn influences the broader dynamics of peace processes. Empirically, the book focuses on the armed conflicts in Aceh (Indonesia) and Sri Lanka. Based on document studies and 57 interviews with key actors, it presents comparative insights and in-depth knowledge about ceasefire agreements in different contextual settings. The book problematizes the common assumption in the literature that ceasefire agreements create momentum in peace processes and pave the way to peace, and it provides a more nuanced analysis and understanding based on two empirical cases analysed within a comparative framework. In contrast to conventional wisdom, it demonstrates how ceasefires on the contrary also can have negative implications on peace processes.

This book will be of much interest to students of conflict resolution, peace studies, intra-state conflict, security studies and IR in general.

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About the Author

Malin Åkebo is Researcher in the Department of Political Science at Umeå University, Sweden.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2016
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1138672742
ISBN 13 
9781138672741
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
230

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