The Uncertain Transition from Stability to Peace 9781442240568, 9781442240551

Most violent conflicts since the turn of this century were in countries that had experienced an earlier violent conflict

180 35 494KB

English Pages 54 Year 2015

The Uncertain Transition from Stability to Peace
9781442240568, 9781442240551

With the increasing use of elections as a tool for peacebuilding after civil war, the question of why some postconflict

210 61 1MB Read more

Contrary to the common belief that peace and democracy go hand in hand after a civil war, Pereira Watts argues they are,

287 27 9MB Read more

The first edition of Tunisia was released just nine months before the eruption of the Arab Spring. The most substantial

269 10 667KB Read more

In this timely collection, a dozen leading scholars of international affairs consider the twentieth century’s recurring

356 110 14MB Read more

252 95 6MB Read more

After El Salvador's brutal civil war ended in 1992, crime rates shot up. People began to speak of the peace as &quo

349 48 1MB Read more

Discusses the revolution strictly within the limits of Virginia in its transition from colony to commonwealth to show th

120 74 10MB Read more

The debate on the transition from feudalism to capitalism, originally published in Science and Society in the early 1950

636 50 2MB Read more

Like yoga before it, mindfulness is now flourishing in every sector of society. It is a buzzword in everything from medi

425 96 1MB Read more

A sobering study of the troubled African nation, both pre- and post-genocide, and its uncertain future The brutal civi

369 38 9MB Read more