Ramsbotham, Oliver.

Contemporary conflict resolution : the prevention, management and transformation of deadly conflicts / Oliver Ramsbotham, Tom Woodhouse and Hugh Miall. - 3rd ed. - Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : Polity, 2011. - xxvi, 507 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 436-486) and index.

Introduction to conflict resolution : concepts and definitions -- Conflict resolution : origins, foundations and development of the field -- The statistics of deadly quarrels and the measurement of peace -- Understanding contemporary conflict -- Preventing violent conflict -- Containing violent conflict : peacekeeping -- Ending violent conflict : peacemaking -- Postwar reconstruction -- Peacebuilding -- Reconciliation -- Towards cosmopolitan conflict resolution -- Environmental conflict resolution -- Gender and conflict resolution -- Conflict resolution and the ethics of intervention -- Culture, religion and conflict resolution -- Conflict resolution in art and popular culture -- Conflict resolution, the media and the communications revolution -- Managing linguistic intractability : dialogue, discourse and radical disagreement -- Conflict resolution : theories and critiques -- Conflict resolution and the future.

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Pacific settlement of international disputes.
Conflict management.

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