1st Edition
Conflict Prevention and Peace-building in Post-War Societies Sustaining the Peace
This volume provides an overview of the costs, benefits, consequences, and prospects for rebuilding nations emerging from violent conflict.
The rationale for this comes from the growing realization that, in the post-Cold War era and in the aftermath of 9/11, our understanding of conflict and conflict resolution has to include consideration of the conditions conducive to sustaining the peace in nations torn by civil war or interstate conflict. The chapters analyze the prospects for building a sustainable peace from a number of different perspectives, examining:
- the role of economic development
- democratization
- respect for human rights
- the potential for renewal of conflict
- the United Nations
- and other critical topics.
In an age when 'nation-building' is once again on the international agenda, and scholars as well as policy makers realize both the tremendous costs and benefits in fostering developed, democratic, peaceful and secure nations, the time has truly come for a book that integrates all the facets of this important subject.
Conflict Prevention and Peace-building in Post-War Societies will appeal to students and scholars of peace studies, international relations, security studies and conflict resolution as well as policy makers and analysts.
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION:
Jim Meernik and David Mason, University of North Texas
CONFLICT PREVENTION: WORKING TOWARD "NEGATIVE" PEACE
Sustaining the Peace: Stopping the Recurrence of Civil Wars
David Mason and Jason Quinn, University of North Texas
Structuring the Peace: Civil War Settlements, Institutions, and Beyond
Caroline Hartzell, Gettysburg College
The Role of the OSCE in Conflict Prevention and Democratization
The Honourable Bruce George, Member of Parliament; President of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly
The Impact of Imposed Democratic Polities on Regional Peace, Prosperity & Democracy
Andrew Enterline and Michael Greig, University of North Texas
PEACEBUILDING: WORKING TOWARD POSITIVE PEACE IN POST CONFLICT SOCIETIES
Paths to Peacebuilding: The Transformation of Peace Operations
Paul Diehl, University of Illinois
Reconstructing Strife-Torn Societies: An Analysis of Third Party Peacebuilding in Intrastate Disputes, 1945-2002.
Mark J. Mullenbach, University of Central Arkansas
Military Interventions and the Promotion of Human Rights
Jim Meernik, Steve Poe, & Erum Sheikh, University of North Texas
Can Truth Reconcile Divided Nations?
James Gibson, Washington University, St. Louis
Struggling toward Democracy: Conflict’s Affects on Political Attitudes and Behavior in Central America
John A. Booth, University of North Texas, and Patricia Bayer Richard, Ohio University
Breaking the Conflict Trap
Lani Elliott, Consultant to World Bank
Post-Conflict Economic Development and Sustaining the Peace
Seonjou Kang and Jim Meernik, University of North Texas
CONCLUSION:
Jim Meernik and David Mason, University of North Texas
Biography
James D. Meernik, T. David Mason
