Contemporary Conflict Resolution: The Prevention, Management and Transformation of Deadly Conflicts

by Oliver Ramsbotham, Tom Woodhouse, Hugh Miall

Since the end of the Cold War, conflict prevention and resolution, peacekeeping and peacebuilding have risen to the top of the international agenda. The third edition of this hugely popular text explains the key concepts, charts the development of the field, evaluates successes and failures, and assesses the main current challenges and debates in the second decade of the twenty-first century. Existing material has been thoroughly updated and four new chapters added, on environmental conflict resolution, conflict resolution in the arts and popular culture, conflict resolution in the media and the communications revolution, and theories and critiques of the field. The authors argue that a new form of cosmopolitan conflict resolution is emerging, which offers a hopeful means for human societies to handle their conflicts non-violently and eventually to transcend and celebrate their differences.

Part I offers a comprehensive survey of the theory and practice of conflict resolution. Part II sets the field within the context of rapid global change and addresses the controversies that have surrounded conflict resolution as it has entered the mainstream. Contemporary Conflict Resolution is essential reading for students of peace and security studies, conflict management and international politics, as well as for those working in non-governmental organizations and think-tanks.

Genres: Nonfiction, Politics, Textbooks, School, Grad School, International Relations, History

507 pages, Paperback

First published September 30, 2005

Reviews

[Nathan Zimmermann · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book would have received five stars except that the prose employed by the authors is quite dense and requires multiple re-readings to achieve a fundamental understanding of the concepts involved.

[Klara · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read this for me thesis on Un peacekeeping and it gave a good base on which I could formulate my terminology and could introduce conflict resolution. It honestly dragged a bit, but certain chapters were amazingly helpful!

[Sunshine · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read it for my conflict analysis class

[Brian · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very good introduction to conflict resolution, mitigation and resolution.

[Melissa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Guides you to learn about theories, structures, aspects that invloved in conflict resolution

[David · Rating 2 out of 5]

Algunaos conceptos y teorías interesantes, pero demasiado repetitivo.

[Yasmine · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good ones for the scholars in peace studies and conflict resolution that defines thoroughly the terms of conflict resolution and distinguishes among the CR and the other related definitions.