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The SAGE Handbook of Conflict Resolution (eBook, PDF)

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'The SAGE Handbook of Conflict Resolution demonstrates the range of themes that constitute modern conflict resolution. It brings out its key issues, methods and dilemmas through original contributions by leading scholars in a dynamic and expanding field of inquiry. This handbook is exactly what it sets out to be: an indispensable tool for teaching, research and practice in conflict resolution' - Peter Wallensteen, Professor of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University and University of Notre Dame



'Bercovitch, Kremenyuk and Zartman are among the most important figures in the conflict resolution field. They have pieced together, with the help of more than 35 colleagues from numerous countries, a state-of-the-art review of the sources of international conflict, available methods of conflict management, and the most difficult challenges facing the individuals and organizations trying to guide us through these conflict-ridden times. The collection is brimming with penetrating insights, trenchant analyses, compelling cases, and disciplined speculation. They help us understand both the promise of as well as the obstacles to theory-building in the new field of conflict resolution' - Lawrence Susskind, Professor and Director of the MIT - Harvard Public Disputes Program



'The last three sentences of this persuasive book: "We conclude this volume more than ever convinced that conflict resolution is not just possible or desirable in the current international environment. It is absolutely necessary. Resolving conflicts and making peace is no longer an option; it is an intellectual and practical skill that we must all posses." If you are part of that "we," intellectually or professionally, you will find this book a superb companion' - Thomas C Schelling, Professor Emeritus, Harvard University and University of Maryland



Conflict resolution is one of the fastest-growing academic fields in the world today. Although it is a relatively young discipline, having emerged as a specialized field in the 1950's, it has rapidly grown into a self-contained, vibrant, interdisciplinary field. The SAGE Handbook of Conflict Resolution brings together all the conceptual, methodological and substantive elements of conflict resolution into one volume of over 35 specially commissioned chapters. The Handbook is designed to reflect where the field is today by drawing on the contributions of experts from different fields presenting, in a systematic way, the most recent research and practice.

Jacob Bercovitch is Professor of International Relations, and Fellow of the Royal Society, at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Victor Kremenyuk is deputy director of the Institute for USA and Canada Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow. He is also a research associate at IIASA.

I. William Zartman is Jacob Blaustein Professor of Conflict Resolution and International Organization at the Nitze School of Advanced International Studies of Johns Hopkins University

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Jacob Bercovitch is Professor of International Relations, and Fellow of the Royal Society, at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand. He received his Ph.D. from the London School of Economics. His main research interests in the areas of international conflict resolution and mediation. He is former Vice President of the International Studies Association, and the author or editor of 12 books and about 100 articles on these issues. He has held Fellowships from London, Harvard, Georgetown, U.S. Institute of Peace, and the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. His most recent publication is Conflict Management, Security and Third Party Intervention in East Asia, published by Routledge in 2008 Victor Kremenyuk is deputy director of the Institute for USA and Canada Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow. He is also a research associate at IIASA. His areas of interest are international conflict resolution, crisis management, foreign policy, and the negotiation process. He has published more than 100 works in Russian and other languages, and edited both the first and second editions of PIN′s book International Negotiation: Analysis, Approaches, Issues, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, 2002. William Zartman is Jacob Blaustein Professor of Conflict Resolution and International Organization at the Nitze School of Advanced International Studies of Johns Hopkins University. He is the author of The Practical Negotiator, The 50% Solution, Cowardly Lions: Missed Opportunities to Prevent Deadly Conflict and State Collapse and Ripe for Resolution, editor of The Negotiation Process and Positive Sum, among other books, and co-editor of Diplomacy Games, a recent book in the PIN Series. Prof Zartman is member of the Steering Committee of the (PIN) at (IIASA). He is organizer of the Washington Interest in Negotiations (WIN) Group and was distinguished fellow at the US Institute of Peace. He received his PhD from Yale University and an honorary doctorate from the Catholic University at Louvain.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: SAGE Publications
• Seitenzahl: 704
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Juni 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781446206591
• Artikelnr.: 42154191