Acknowledgments; Theoretical Introduction; I: Negotiating Colonial and National Politics; 1 Algerian Women in the Public Sphere; 2 Ama Ata Aidoo's Modernism and the Politics of Postcolonialism; 3 Rewriting Power; II: Postcolonial Injustices; 4 National Reconciliation through Nar…
This book gives practical tips on how to manage disputes and personality clashes before they create major problems for business and relationships. Written in laymen's terms with examples, acronyms, and illustrations, it helps the reader understand the causes of conflict and how …
From the ice age to the Cold War, from Reykjavik to the Volga, from Minos to Margaret Thatcher, Norman Davies here tells the entire history of Europe in one single volume. The narrative zooms in from the distant focus of Chapter One, which explores the first five million years o…
After retracing the genesis of the politics of punishment and pardon after 1945 and analyzing the construction of the idea of transitional justice and its rise in power, three case studies are presented putting transitional justice to the test. Examined are the limits, contradic…
The Sage handbook of conflict resolution
"Conflict Resolution is one of the fastest growing academic fields in the world today. Although it is a relatively young discipline, having emerged as a specialized field in the 1950s, it has rapidly grown into a self-contained, vibrant, interdisciplinary field. The SAGE Handboo…
Despite the increased trend towards secularisation in state schooling, issues of religion and spirituality have remained important. Increased pluralism within societies through expanding migration patterns is changing the religious and cultural contours of many countries in Euro…
"Natural resource wealth is conducive to a country's development. Nevertheless, the last few decades have shown a harsher reality, where natural resources have also triggered, financed or fuelled a number of internal armed conflicts. Examples include the armed conflicts in Cambo…
"This Companion examines contemporary challenges in Peace and Conflict Studies (PACS) and offers practical solutions to these problems.The book examines the following eight specific components of Peace and Conflict Studies: Peace and conflict studies praxis, Structure–agency ten…
This book is based on the findings of a comparative study examining the role played by traditional justice mechanisms in dealing with the legacy of violent conflict in Africa. It focuses on five countries: Burundi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Sierra Leone and Uganda, that are used as th…
"Alan Doss offers a rare window into the real world of UN peacekeeping missions in Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Doss's story is one of presidents and prelates, warlords and warriors, heroes and villains, achievements and disappointm…