Routledge Studies in Peace and Conflict Resolution
About the Book Series
The field of peace and conflict research has grown enormously as an academic pursuit in recent years, gaining credibility and relevance amongst policy makers and in the international humanitarian and NGO sector. The Routledge Studies in Peace and Conflict Resolution series aims to provide an outlet for some of the most significant new work emerging from this academic community, and to establish itself as a leading platform for innovative work at the point where peace and conflict research impacts on International Relations theory and processes.
Local Peacebuilding and Legitimacy: Interactions between National and Local Levels
1st Edition
Edited
By Landon E. Hancock, Christopher Mitchell
September 30, 2020
This volume searches for pragmatic answers to the problems that continue to beset peacebuilding efforts at all levels of society, with a singular focus on the role of legitimacy.Many peacebuilding efforts are hampered by their inability to gain the support of those they are trying to help at the ...
Ceasefire Agreements and Peace Processes: A Comparative Study
1st Edition
By Malin Akebo
August 14, 2020
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, ...
Conflict Transformation and the Palestinians: The Dynamics of Peace and Justice under Occupation
1st Edition
Edited
By Alpaslan Ozerdem, Chuck Thiessen, Mufid Qassoum
August 14, 2020
This book explores the challenges of transforming the violent conflict between the State of Israel and the Palestinians into just peace.There are many challenges involved in the bottom-up transformation of the violent structures that sustain the State of Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory...
Peace Leadership: The Quest for Connectedness
1st Edition
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By Stan Amaladas, Sean Byrne
August 14, 2020
This book examines the concept of peace leadership, bringing together scholars and practitioners from both peace and conflict studies and leadership studies.The volume assesses the activities of six peace leaders, the place and role of women and youth in leading for peace, military peace ...
Transforming the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: From Mutual Negation to Reconciliation
1st Edition
By Herbert C. Kelman, Philip Mattar, Neil Caplan
August 14, 2020
This book is a collection of essential essays on resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict by eminent social psychologist Herbert C. Kelman.Few experts or practitioners know the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as well as Kelman, and for over forty years he has conducted interactive problem-solving ...
Post-Conflict Studies: An Interdisciplinary Approach
1st Edition
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By Chip Gagnon, Keith Brown
June 30, 2020
This book examines how the violence of conflict is transformed in the post-conflict period.Post-conflict studies seek to illuminate, theorise, and narrate the processes by which societies transition from periods of overt and violent conflict to periods of relative stability and peace. Most of the ...
Resolving Deep-Rooted Conflicts: Essays on the Theory and Practice of Interactive Problem-Solving
1st Edition
By Herbert C. Kelman, Werner Wintersteiner, Wilfried Graf
June 30, 2020
This book is a collection of articles and essays by Professor Herbert C. Kelman, a leading figure in the conflict resolution community and one of the most influential peace researchers.Professor Kelman, a social psychologist, has been a pioneer of conflict resolution and peace research, and ...
Root Narrative Theory and Conflict Resolution: Power, Justice and Values
1st Edition
By Solon Simmons
February 13, 2020
This book introduces Root Narrative Theory, a new approach for narrative analysis, decoding moral politics, and for building respect and understanding in conditions of radical disagreement. This theory of moral politics bridges emotion and reason, and, rather than relying on what people say, it ...
Peace in International Relations
2nd Edition
By Oliver P. Richmond
January 16, 2020
This updated and revised second edition examines the conceptualisation and evolution of peace in International Relations (IR) theory. The book examines the concept of peace and its usage in the main theoretical debates in IR, including realism, liberalism, constructivism, critical theory, and ...
Resolving International Conflict: Dynamics of Escalation, Continuation and Transformation
1st Edition
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By Isabel Bramsen, Poul Poder, Ole Waever
May 21, 2019
Resolving International Conflict rethinks the dynamics of conflict escalation and continuation by engaging with research from the wide range of subfields in this area. The book suggests a new framework for understanding conflict as a particular form of situation, interaction and tension. It shows ...
Universities and Conflict: The Role of Higher Education in Peacebuilding and Resistance
1st Edition
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By Juliet Millican
May 07, 2019
This book uses a series of case studies to examine the roles played by universities during situations of conflict, peacebuilding and resistance. While a body of work dealing with the role of education in conflict does exist, this is almost entirely concerned with compulsory education and schooling...
State Domination and the Psycho-Politics of Conflict: Power, Conflict and Humiliation
1st Edition
By Daniel Rothbart
April 08, 2019
This book offers a detailed study of the psycho-politics of governmental manipulation, in which a vulnerable population is disciplined by contorting their sense of self-worth. In many conflict settings, a nation’s government exerts its dominance over a marginalized population group through laws, ...