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From Reaction to Conflict Prevention: Opportunities for the UN System

Fen Osler Hampson and David M. Malone
From Reaction to Conflict Prevention: Opportunities for the UN System
ISBN: 978-1-58826-043-7
$59.95
ISBN: 978-1-58826-019-2
$22.50
2002/431 pages/LC: 2001041774
A Project of the International Peace Institute

DESCRIPTION

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.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Fen Osler Hampson is professor of international affairs at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University (Canada). Most recent among his many publications are Madness in the Multitude: Human Security and World Disorder and Nurturing Peace: Why Peace Settlements Succeed or Fail. David M. Malone under-secretary-general of the United Nations, serves as  rector of the United Nations University. His most recent publication is The International Struggle over Iraq: Politics in the UN Security Council 1998-2005.

CONTENTS

  • Introduction: Making Conflict Prevention a Priority—F.O. Hampson, K. Wermester, and D. Malone.
  • THE DYNAMICS OF WAR.
  • Diagnosing Conflict: What Do We Know?—A-M. Gardner.
  • Containing Internal War in the 21st Century—T.R. Gurr.
  • Measuring the Societal Impact of War—M.G. Marshall.
  • Horizontal Inequalities as a Source of Conflict—F. Stewart.
  • CONFLICT PREVENTION: THE STATE OF THE ART.
  • Preventive Diplomacy at the United Nations and Beyond—F.O. Hampson.
  • From Lessons to Action—M.S. Lund.
  • Planning Preventive Action: Context, Strategy, and Implementation—J.G. Cockell.
  • Reassessing Recent Conflicts: Direct vs. Structural Prevention—P. Wallensteen.
  • Deconstructing Prevention: A Systems Approach to Mitigating Violent Conflict—T.P. Dress and G. Rosenblum-Kumar.
  • Prevention: Theory and Practice—E.C. Luck.
  • COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES: PRACTITIONER PERSPECTIVES BEYOND THE UNITED NATIONS.
  • The Role of Research and Policy Analysis—M. O'Neil and N. Tschirgi.
  • Development and Conflict: New Approaches in the UNITED Kingdom—M. Kapila and K. Wermester.
  • Addressing Conflict: Emerging Policy at the World Bank—P. Cleves, N. Colletta, and N. Sambanis.
  • Electoral Assistance and Democratization—B. Säve-Söderbergh and I.N. Lennartsson.
  • CONCLUSION.
  • Preventive Action at the United Nations: From Promise to Practice?—C.L. Sriram and K. Wermester.