Conflict and Development

"Conflict and Development has been a key textbook for my teaching over the past years, with its balanced blend of critical perspectives, good examples, and accessible presentation. This new edition enhances its usefulness by being more contextual in analysis, more practice-oriented in its discussion, and more nuanced in its approaches to the post-Cold War peacebuilding. It is an excellent reference not only for students but for field practitioners and policymakers."

SungYong Lee, Professor, Soka University

"This book is an excellent critical introduction to the subject area. The wide-ranging use of practical examples and case studies makes this invaluable for those who have a general interest in conflict and development as well as students. This 3rd edition adds Alasdair Gordon-Gibson as an author, who has had more than 20 years of experience delivering aid and development assistance with the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, the United Nations and others. This brings a more subtle analysis of aid and the humanitarian question to what is already an excellent book."Paul Jackson, Professor of African Politics and Director of Research for the College of Social Sciences, University of Birmingham

"With the growth of international efforts around the humanitarian, development and peace triple nexus, this classic volume on conflict and development is more relevant than ever before. The 3rd edition of Conflict and Development is an accessible volume, appropriate for learning in depth about how international development and humanitarian actors respond to conflicts. It includes helpful chapter summaries and discussion questions to stimulate debate around the many of the important questions being asked in international cooperation today."

Pamina Firchow, Associate Professor of Coexistence and Conflict, Brandeis University, and author of Reclaiming Everyday Peace: Local Voices in Measurement and Evaluation After War