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A conflict resolution specialist explores the nature of disputes that become intractable quagmires, and offers cutting edge methods for solving them

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Developing links between psychology and politics, the authors explore what lies behind the aggressive facade of negotiations and how, underneath the mask, there is a human being.

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Examines the complex interplay of history, culture, and politics that have shaped the longstanding conflict between the Ife and Modakeke communities in Nigeria.

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This work covers the Arab-Israeli conflict, looking at the relationship between those who shape the events and the Western journalists who cover them. It explores the ways in which government officials try to manipulate the news media, and how reporters contend with such interference.

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This work covers the Arab-Israeli conflict, looking at the relationship between those who shape the events and the Western journalists who cover them. It explores the ways in which government officials try to manipulate the news media, and how reporters contend with such interference.

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In this groundbreaking and controversial critique of the selections of Nobel Peace Prize winners, an eminent Norwegian lawyer and peace activist calls for its return to legal and moral compliance with the will of Alfred Nobel who wished to support disarmament to prevent war.

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South Sudanese analyst Akech Thiong reveals how the politics of fear lies at the heart of Sudans civil war, and explores how the countrys rulers have exploited fear and ethnic hatred to secure power.

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The Power Paradox reveals how mainstream views of power restrict the conceptual insights needed to resolve conflict. Bennett identifies fascinating contradictions within discourses of power and relational dynamics, acknowledging the enduring quandary of power struggles: we are all implicated within them.

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The use of incentives in a number of locations around the world to modify bellicose behaviour is the subject of this collection of essays. The argument favours the use of the carrot rather than the stick in international conflict resolution situations.

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Despite our advances in technology and education, we still live in a world permeated by violence. This introductory textbook in the field of peace psychology addresses the psychological causes of violence and nonviolence, conflict resolution, nonviolent struggle, and the confluence of public policy and private lifestyles.

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Langholtz examines how psychology and other social sciences can offer both theoretical explanations and practical applications in the resolution and amelioration of potentially violent international conflicts.

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This book lays out the Rondine method of peacebuilding training as it has been used for more than 20 years to foster interpersonal, interreligious, and intercultural relations, and explores the reception of this psycho-social peacebuilding methodology by a series of scholars and practitioners.

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This book is the first critical reflection on peace and conflict studies. Bringing in innovative thinking to understand the trajectories of conflict and violence, justice and peace, both in the Global South and the Global North, it combines conceptual thinking with empirical illustrations for an inclusive discussion on a truly global field.

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"A ... reconciliation expert argues that a two-state solution is no longer a viable path to create lasting peace in Israel and Palestine. Disputes over settlements, the right of return, the rise of Hamas, recognition of Israel as a Jewish state, and other intractable issues have repeatedly derailed peace negotiations"--Provided by publisher.

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The final two sections examine conflict in the public sector and international conflict, with individual chapters on managing conflict in the policy process, the theoretical dimensions of environmental mediation, relationships of hierarchy, and deterrence and the management of international conflict.

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This work aims to show why the prevention, management and conclusion of war require an understanding of the subjective aspects of decision making, as well as of the hardware and tactics of military operations. Past US security policy decisions are combined with future problems to distill lessons.

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This book is designed as an undergraduate textbook to be used as a foundation text for peace and conflict studies (PACS) programs or for anyone interested in an overview of the field of peace and conflict studies. The book provides an introduction to the field balancing theory, research, and practice.

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This book is designed as an undergraduate textbook to be used as a foundation text for peace and conflict studies (PACS) programs or for anyone interested in an overview of the field of peace and conflict studies. The book provides an introduction to the field balancing theory, research, and practice.

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This book illustrates the centrality of communication in analyzing, understanding, and creating conflict transformation in personal, family, and work relationships. The resulting volume presents an engaging mix of scholarly chapters, think pieces, and personal experiences.

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Introduces and explains the dynamics of conflict and resolution particularly in ethnic, ethnopolitical, and intercultural or intergroup conflicts. This book provides an overview of the elements of group conflict, ethnicity, identity, and diasporas. It explores key ways of using communication principles to resolve conflict.