Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgements

List of Abbreviations

PART I: CONTEMPORARY CONFLICT RESOLUTION

1 Introduction to Conflict Resolution: Concepts and Definitions

2 Conflict Resolution: Origins, Foundations and Development of the Field

3 The Statistics of Deadly Quarrels and the Measurement of Peace

4 Understanding Contemporary Conflict

5 Preventing Violent Conflict

6 Containing Violent Conflict: Peacekeeping

7 Ending Violent Conflict: Peacemaking

8 Post-War Reconstruction

9 Peacebuilding

10 Reconciliation

PART II: COSMOPOLITAN CONFLICT RESOLUTION

11 Towards Cosmopolitan Conflict Resolution

12 Environmental Conflict Resolution

13 Gender in Conflict Resolution

14 The Ethics of Intervention

15 Culture, Religion and Conflict Resolution

16 Conflict Resolution in Art and Popular Culture

17 Conflict Resolution, the Media and the Communications Revolution

18 Linguistic Intractability: Engaging Radical Disagreement

19 Conflict Resolution: Theories and Critiques

20 Conflict Resolution and the Future

About the Author

Oliver Ramsbotham is Emeritus Professor of Conflict Resolution at Bradford University.

Tom Woodhouse is Adam Curle Professor of Conflict Resolution at Bradford University.

Hugh Miall is Professor of International Relations at the University of Kent.

Reviews

"The fourth edition of this ground-breaking textbook presents the field of conflict resolution in a world after the failure of the Arab Spring, the rise of ISIS, a newly aggressive Russia, and increasing tensions in the South China Sea. Recognizing the challenges such a world presents, the authors nevertheless remain committed to a cosmopolitan vision of the field as the indispensable alternative to that other vision: If you want peace, prepare for war."
—Kevin Avruch, School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University "Contemporary Conflict Resolution, now updated with current research and new approaches to deeply difficult protracted conflicts, remains the most comprehensive, well-conceputalized and useful introductory text to the wider fields of peace and conflict studies. I highly recommend this book to students, professors, policymakers and practitioners, it is an invaluable resource."
—John Paul Lederach, Kroc Institute, University of Notre Dame