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From Promise to Practice : Strengthening UN Capacities for the Prevention of Conflict / ed. by Karin Wermester, Chandra Lekha Sriram.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: A project of the International Peace InstitutePublisher: Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2023]Copyright date: ©2003Description: 1 online resource (429 p.)Content type:
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  • 9781588261359
  • 9781685855239
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- Part 1 Theoretical Challenges, Operational Opportunities -- 2 From Risk to Response: Phases of Conflict, Phases of Conflict Prevention -- 3 Third-Party Incentives and the Phases of Conflict Prevention -- Part 2 Lessons from the Field: Managing the Gestation of Conflict -- 4 Quiet Diplomacy and Recurring "Ethnic Clashes" in Kenya -- 5 Zanzibar: A Multilevel Analysis of Conflict Prevention -- 6 Fiji: Peacemaking in a Multiethnic State -- Part 3 Lessons from the Field: Anticipating the Triggers of Violence -- 7 Javakheti, Georgia: Why Conflict Prevention? -- 8 East Timor: The Path to Self-Determination -- Part 4 Lessons from the Field: Preventing Escalation or Resurgence -- 9 Colombia: International Involvement in Protracted Peacemaking -- 10 Tajikistan: Bad Peace Agreements and Prolonged Civil Conflict -- 11 Liberia: Legacies and Leaders -- 12 Preventing Conflict Escalation in Burundi -- Part 5 Options for the Future -- 13 Insights from the Cases: Opportunities and Challenges for Preventive Actors -- 14 From Promise to Practice? Conflict Prevention at the UN -- List of Acronyms -- Selected Bibliography -- The Contributors -- Index -- About the Book
Summary: How can the United Nations, regional and subregional organizations, government donors, and other policymakers best apply the tools of conflict prevention to the wide range of intrastate conflict situations actually found in the field? The detailed case studies and analytical chapters in From Promise to Practice offer operational lessons for fashioning strategy and tactics to meet the challenges of specific conflicts, both potential and actual.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- Part 1 Theoretical Challenges, Operational Opportunities -- 2 From Risk to Response: Phases of Conflict, Phases of Conflict Prevention -- 3 Third-Party Incentives and the Phases of Conflict Prevention -- Part 2 Lessons from the Field: Managing the Gestation of Conflict -- 4 Quiet Diplomacy and Recurring "Ethnic Clashes" in Kenya -- 5 Zanzibar: A Multilevel Analysis of Conflict Prevention -- 6 Fiji: Peacemaking in a Multiethnic State -- Part 3 Lessons from the Field: Anticipating the Triggers of Violence -- 7 Javakheti, Georgia: Why Conflict Prevention? -- 8 East Timor: The Path to Self-Determination -- Part 4 Lessons from the Field: Preventing Escalation or Resurgence -- 9 Colombia: International Involvement in Protracted Peacemaking -- 10 Tajikistan: Bad Peace Agreements and Prolonged Civil Conflict -- 11 Liberia: Legacies and Leaders -- 12 Preventing Conflict Escalation in Burundi -- Part 5 Options for the Future -- 13 Insights from the Cases: Opportunities and Challenges for Preventive Actors -- 14 From Promise to Practice? Conflict Prevention at the UN -- List of Acronyms -- Selected Bibliography -- The Contributors -- Index -- About the Book

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How can the United Nations, regional and subregional organizations, government donors, and other policymakers best apply the tools of conflict prevention to the wide range of intrastate conflict situations actually found in the field? The detailed case studies and analytical chapters in From Promise to Practice offer operational lessons for fashioning strategy and tactics to meet the challenges of specific conflicts, both potential and actual.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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