From Reaction to Conflict Prevention: Opportunities for the UN System

Fen Osler Hampson; David M. Malone

Published by Lynne Rienner Publishers 2002

From Reaction to Conflict Prevention

Opportunities for the UN System

Fen Osler Hampson and David M. Malone

In the series A project of the International Peace Institute

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781685855055

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Though the prevention of conflict is the first promise in the Charter of the United Nations, it is a promise constantly betrayed by international organizations, governments, and local actors alike. At the same time, and in a more positive vein, recent studies provide much-needed information about why and how today's conflicts start and what sustains them. This ground-breaking book presents some of the best scholarly and policy-relevant work on the practical challenges of conflict prevention within the UN system. The authors consider the causes and dynamics of war, the tools that are being developed to predict the eruption of conflict, and what is being done—and what could be done better—in the effort to move from promise to practice.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Preface David M. Malone Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
1 Introduction: Making Conflict Prevention a Priority Fen Osier Hampson, Karin Wermester and David M. Malone Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part I The Dynamics of War
2 Diagnosing Conflict: What Do We Know? Anne-Marie Gardner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
3 Containing Internal War in the Twenty-First Century Ted Robert Gurr Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
4 Measuring the Societal Impact of War Monty G. Marshall Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	63
5 Horizontal Inequalities as a Source of Conflict Frances Stewart Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	105
Part 2 Conflict Prevention: The State of the Art
6 Preventive Diplomacy at the United Nations and Beyond Fen Osier Hampson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
7 From Lessons to Action Michael S. Lund Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
8 Planning Preventive Action: Context, Strategy, and Implementation John G. Cockell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	185
9 Reassessing Recent Conflicts: Direct vs. Structural Prevention Peter Wallensteen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	213
10 Deconstructing Prevention: A Systems Approach to Mitigating Violent Conflict Tobi P. Dress and Gay Rosenblum-Kumar Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	229
11 Prevention: Theory and Practice Edward C. Luck Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	251
Part 3 Comparative Advantages: Practitioner Perspectives Beyond the United Nations
12 The Role of Research and Policy Analysis Maureen O’Neil and Necla Tschirgi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	275
13 Development and Conflict: New Approaches in the United Kingdom Mukesh Kapila and Karin Wermester Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	297
14 Addressing Conflict: Emerging Policy at the World Bank Patricia Cleves, Nat Colletta and Nicholas Sambanis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	321
15 Electoral Assistance and Democratization Bengt Sàve-Sôderbergh and Izumi Nakamitsu Lennartsson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	357
Part 4 Conclusion
16 Preventive Action at the United Nations: From Promise to Practice? Chandra Lekha Sriram and Karin Wermester Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	381
Selected Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	399
The Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	407
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	413
About the Book Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	431

Language: English
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 431

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Published: January 1, 2002
ISBN: 9781685855055