"The Trouble with the Congo suggests a new explanation for international peacebuilding failures in civil wars. Drawing from more than 330 interviews and a year and a half of field research, it develops a case study of the international intervention during the Democratic Republic…
Global challenges: peace and war
Forfatterens formål med bogen er at behandle nogle af de mest fundamentale spørgsmål i forbindelse med krigsførelse til alle tider: Hvem udkæmper krige? Hvad drejer de sig om? For hvad føres der krig? Hvordan føres der krig? Hvorfor føres der krig? Bogen beskriver således krigsf…
This handbook is a collection of works from leading scholars in the conflict analysis and resolution field, all working from their own disciplines yet cognizant of the multidisciplinary nature of that field.
Jean Godefroy Bidima's La Palabre examines the traditional African institution of palaver as a way to create dialogue and open exchange in an effort to resolve conflict and promote democracy. In the wake of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commissions and the gacaca court…
The Future of Just War
These essays seek to reorient the Just War tradition around its core concerns of preventing the unjust use of force by states and limiting the harm inflicted on vulnerable populations such as civilian noncombatants. Contributors argue that the tradition needs to be updated to de…
The Future of Just War
These essays seek to reorient the Just War tradition around its core concerns of preventing the unjust use of force by states and limiting the harm inflicted on vulnerable populations such as civilian noncombatants. Contributors argue that the tradition needs to be updated to de…
Marriage is a mysterious, often irrational business. Making it work till death do you part--or just till the end of the week--isn't always easy. And no one ever handed you a user's manual. Until now. Here, Paula Szuchman and Jenny Anderson offer something new: a clear-eyed, rati…
Curriculum Vitae of Judge Christopher Weeramantry Judge Stephen Schwebel, President, International Court of Justice Sir Gerard Brennan, Chief Justice, High Court of Australia G.P.S. de Silva, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Sri Lanka 1. JURISPRUDENCE AND COMPARATIVE LAW The…
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…
"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…
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…