Understanding Conflict Resolution, the updated sixth edition, is a contemporary, applied, and critical Conflict Resolution textbook designed as the perfect guide for students studying Security and Peace and Conflict studies. With an emphasis on peace agreements between and with states and this book relies on data provided by the well-known Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP), which Wallensteen founded and now has become a standard source for systematic information on conflicts, wars and peace. This new edition includes: a contemporary focus that reflects on the nature of political conflict today while retaining the extensive historical work on liberal peacebuilding stronger, more engaging starts to each chapter that will include an introduction, case, and key point summaries a greater utilisation of the UCDP data throughout. An essential introductory text that provides the foundation needed for studies in Conflict Resolution. Peter Wallensteen is Senior Professor of Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University and Richard G. Starmann Sr. Research Professor Emeritus of Peace Studies at the Kroc Institute, University of Notre Dame, USA.
Peter Wallensteen is Senior Professor of Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, since 2012. He held the Dag Hammarskjoeld Chair of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University (1985-2012). He is also the Richard G. Starmann, Senior Research Professor of Peace Studies at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA (since 2006). He directs the Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) and the Special Program on International Targeted Sanctions (SPITS). His Understanding Conflict Resolution: War, Peace and the Global System (Sage, earlier edition, available also in an Arabic translation) is used in teaching around the world. His book Peace Research: Theory and Practice (Routledge 2011) demonstrates his range of research interests and has recently been translated into Chinese. Recently he also edited together with Ambassador Anders Bjurner Regional Organizations and Peacemaking: Challengers to the UN? (Routledge 2015). In 2010, he and Isak Svensson published The Go-Between (United States Institute of Peace Press), a study of mediation efforts by the renowned Swedish diplomat Jan Eliasson. Wallensteen has published widely on conflict trends, conflict resolution, mediation, prevention, sanctions and the United Nations.
The Problem And How To Approach IT Understanding Conflict Resolution Armed Conflicts And Peace Agreements Approaches To Conflict Resolution Analysing Conflict Resolution Basics Of Conflict Resolution The Resolution Of Conflicts Between States Conflict Resolution In Civil Wars Conflict Resolution In State Formation Conflicts Complexities In Conflict Resolution Conflict Complexes And Internationalization Of Conflicts International Organizations In Conflict Resolution Coercion And Enforcement Conflict Prevention And Peacebuilding Lessons For Conflict Resolution Locating Universal Themes For Conflict Resolution Global Challenges To Conflict Resolution Prospects For Peacebuilding In The 2020s
