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Across the Lines of Conflict
Michael (Eds) Lund
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Description for Across the Lines of Conflict
Hardcover. Editor(s): Lund, Michael; McDonald, Steve. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: GTJ; JPSD; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Through a comparative analysis of six case studies, this volume illustrates key conflict-resolution techniques for peacebuilding. Outside parties learn how to facilitate cooperation by engaging local leaders in intensive, interactive workshops. These opposing leaders reside in small, ethnically divided countries, including Burundi, Cyprus, Estonia, Guyana, Sri Lanka, and Tajikistan, that have experienced communal conflicts in recent years. In Estonia and Guyana, peacebuilding initiatives sought to ward off violence. In Burundi and Sri Lanka, initiatives focused on ending ongoing hostilities, and in Cyprus and Tajikistan, these efforts brought peace to the country after its violence had ended. The contributors follow a ... Read more
Through a comparative analysis of six case studies, this volume illustrates key conflict-resolution techniques for peacebuilding. Outside parties learn how to facilitate cooperation by engaging local leaders in intensive, interactive workshops. These opposing leaders reside in small, ethnically divided countries, including Burundi, Cyprus, Estonia, Guyana, Sri Lanka, and Tajikistan, that have experienced communal conflicts in recent years. In Estonia and Guyana, peacebuilding initiatives sought to ward off violence. In Burundi and Sri Lanka, initiatives focused on ending ongoing hostilities, and in Cyprus and Tajikistan, these efforts brought peace to the country after its violence had ended. The contributors follow a ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
845g
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231704502
SKU
V9780231704502
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99-15
About Michael (Eds) Lund
Michael Lund is senior specialist for conflict and peacebuilding at Management Systems International Inc. and was consulting program manager for the Project on Leadership and Building State Capacity at the Wilson Center. Steve McDonald is a global fellow and former director of the Africa Program at the Wilson Center.
Reviews for Across the Lines of Conflict
This book charts new territory in its structured approach to understanding whether it is possible to build up will among host country or society leaders to take on peacebuilding roles, and if so, how. It focuses on leadership engagement, an element that has long been recognized as essential to peace processes.
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Pamela Aall, U.S. Institute of Peace Specialists will ... Read more