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Published: 1st September 2000
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The end of the Cold War has changed the shape of organized violence in the world and the ways in which governments and others try to set its limits. Even the concept of international conflict is broadening to include ethnic conflicts and other kinds of violence within national borders that may affect international peace and security. What is not yet clear is whether or how these changes alter the way actors on the world scene should deal with conflict: * Do the old methods still work? * Are there new tools that could work better? * How do old and new methods relate to each other? International Conflict Resolution After the Cold War critically examines evidence on the effectiveness of a dozen approaches to managing or resolving conflict in the world to develop insights for conflict resolution practitioners. It considers recent applications of familiar conflict management strategies, such as the use of threats of force, economic sanctions, and negotiation. It presents the first systematic assessments of the usefulness of some less familiar approaches to conflict resolution, including truth commissions, "engineered" electoral systems, autonomy arrangements, and regional organizations. It also opens up analysis of emerging issues, such as the dilemmas facing humanitarian organizations in complex emergencies. This book offers numerous practical insights and raises key questions for research on conflict resolution in a transforming world system.
| Preface | p. ix |
| Conflict Resolution in a Changing World | p. 1 |
| Traditional and Emerging Strategies for International Conflict Resolution | p. 3 |
| What Works in a Changed World? | p. 9 |
| The Challenge of Developing Usable Knowledge | p. 12 |
| About the Studies | p. 15 |
| Some Recurring Themes | p. 32 |
| Evaluating Interventions in History: The Case of International Conflict Resolution | p. 38 |
| Challenges of Evaluation | p. 42 |
| Meeting the Challenges | p. 55 |
| Conclusion | p. 76 |
| Defining Moment: The Threat and Use of Force in American Foreign Policy Since 1989 | p. 90 |
| How Threats Are Evaluated | p. 94 |
| Case Studies | p. 100 |
| Conclusion | p. 112 |
| Economic Sanctions and Post-Cold War Conflicts: Challenges for Theory and Policy | p. 123 |
| Conceptual and Methodological Issues in Sanctions Research | p. 125 |
| Analytical Framework: Sanctions as a Coercive Bargaining Strategy | p. 131 |
| Sanctions in the Post-Cold War Era: Patterns and Analysis | p. 141 |
| Toward a Strategy of "Sanctions Realism": Challenges for Theory and Policy | p. 161 |
| Spoiler Problems in Peace Processes | p. 178 |
| Spoilers: A Preliminary Typology | p. 180 |
| Strategies of Spoiler Management | p. 183 |
| Case Studies of Spoiler Management | p. 189 |
| Spoiler Management: Evaluating Success and Failure | p. 210 |
| Conclusion | p. 219 |
| Ripeness: The Hurting Stalemate and Beyond | p. 225 |
| Ripeness Theory in Practice | p. 226 |
| Ripeness in Action | p. 232 |
| Proposed Refinements to the Theory | p. 235 |
| Conclusion | p. 245 |
| Interactive Conflict Resolution: A View for Policy Makers on Making and Building Peace | p. 251 |
| The Multilevel Peace Process | p. 253 |
| Interactive Conflict Resolution: What Is It? | p. 255 |
| Interactive Conflict Resolution: Principles and Process | p. 259 |
| Evaluating Interactive Conflict Resolution | p. 263 |
| Snapshots of Interactive Conflict Resolution | p. 267 |
| What Have We Learned? The Challenges of Cumulative Experience | p. 290 |
| Interactive Conflict Resolution: Issues in Theory, Methodology, and Evaluation | p. 294 |
| Methods and Objectives in Interactive Conflict Resolution | p. 296 |
| Ascertaining that Interactive Conflict Resolution Attains Its Microobjectives | p. 305 |
| Does Interactive Conflict Resolution Attain Its Macrogoals? | p. 310 |
| Conceptualizing the Impact of Interactive Conflict Resolution: Plausible Effects | p. 312 |
| Research and Methodological Issues | p. 318 |
| Why the Impact of Interactive Conflict Resolution is Likely to Be Overestimated | p. 324 |
| Increasing the Value and Augmenting the Impact of Interactive Conflict Resolution | p. 326 |
| Summary and Conclusion | p. 328 |
| Past Truths, Present Dangers: The Role of Official Truth Seeking in Conflict Resolution and Prevention | p. 338 |
| The Emergence of Truth Commissions as a Transitional Tool | p. 339 |
| Truth Commissions and the Prevention or Resolution of Violent Conflicts | p. 356 |
| Gauging Success | p. 368 |
| Conclusion | p. 373 |
| New Challenges to Conflict Resolution: Humanitarian Nongovernmental Organizations in Complex Emergencies | p. 383 |
| Complex Humanitarian Emergencies and the New Challenges | p. 385 |
| Evidence and Case Selection | p. 390 |
| The Critics: Humanitarianism as an Obstacle to Conflict Resolution | p. 390 |
| Addressing the Challenge | p. 398 |
| Conclusion | p. 411 |
| Electoral Systems and Conflict in Divided Societies | p. 420 |
| Introduction | p. 420 |
| Developing an Analytical Framework for a Contingent Theory of Electoral System Design | p. 429 |
| The World of Electoral Systems | p. 437 |
| The Importance of the Process Which Led to the Choice of Electoral System | p. 441 |
| Electoral Systems and Conflict Management | p. 446 |
| Conclusions | p. 462 |
| Advice for Policy Makers | p. 473 |
| Autonomy as a Strategy for Diffusing Conflict | p. 483 |
| Autonomy as a Conflict-Resolving Device | p. 483 |
| The Legal Bases for Autonomy | p. 489 |
| Pros and Cons of Autonomy: An Overview of Experience and Some Arguments | p. 494 |
| Criteria for Judging the Success of Autonomy | p. 501 |
| Experiences of Autonomy: Propositions | p. 504 |
| Conclusion | p. 524 |
| Language Conflict and Violence: The Straw that Strengthens the Camel's Back | p. 531 |
| The Relationship of Language to Political Conflict | p. 533 |
| The Route from Ethnic Conflict to Ethnic Violence | p. 535 |
| How Can a Straw Strengthen the Camel's Back? | p. 541 |
| Comparative Speculations | p. 546 |
| Policy Analysis | p. 559 |
| Summary and Conclusion | p. 562 |
| The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe: Its Contribution to Conflict Prevention and Resolution | p. 569 |
| Development and Institutionalization of the CSCE/OSCE | p. 572 |
| The OSCE Role in Conflict Prevention, Cease-Fire Mediation, Conflict Resolution, and Postconflict Security Building | p. 580 |
| Conclusion | p. 601 |
| About the Authors | p. 617 |
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ISBN: 9780309070270
ISBN-10: 0309070279
Audience:
Professional
Format:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 644
Published: 1st September 2000
Country of Publication: US
Dimensions (cm): 23.67 x 16.46
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Weight (kg): 1.16
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