Conflict Prevention from Rhetoric to Reality: Organizations and Institutions: Vol 1

Schnabel, Albrecht (Editor)/ Carment, David (Editor)

ISBN 10: 0739107380 / ISBN 13: 9780739107386

Published by Lexington Books, 2004

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437 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.50 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Conflict Prevention from Rhetoric to Reality: Organizations and Institutions: Vol 1
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0739107380
• ISBN 13: 9780739107386
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.68 kilograms

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Synopsis

Together with local actors, many governments, regional organizations and the U.N. are embracing preventive action as a viable path towards sustainable peace. The contributions to this volume trace conflict prevention efforts in various regional contexts and explain how preventive thinking is being successfully mainstreamed into the activities of regional organizations and the U.N. .

About the Authors

RAFIS ABAZOV is Adjunct Assistant Professor, School of International and Public Affairs/Harriman Institute, Columbia University. He has written four books, including Culture and Customs of the Central Asian Republics (Greenwood, 2007).

Dr Shahram Akbarzadeh is a Senior Lecturer in Global Politics at the School of Political and Social Inquiry, Monash University, Victoria, Australia. He has researched, and published on Central Asia affairs for a decade. Dr Akbarzadeh co-authored the Historical Dictionary of Tajikistan (Scarecrow Press, 2002) and co-edited Muslim Communities in Australia (Uni of New South Wales Press, 2001) and Islam and Political Legitimacy (Routledge/Curzon, 2003).