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Quality Peace: Peacebuilding, Victory and World Order
In Quality Peace, leading peace researcher Peter Wallensteen offers a broad analysis of peacebuilding, isolating what does and not work when settling conflicts. The book uses statistical analysis to compare two war outcomes-negotiated settlement and victory- in the post-Cold War era. Wallensteen finds that if peace is to last, three conditions must be met: a losing party must retain its dignity; security and the rule of law must be ensured for all; and the time horizon for the settlement must be long enough to ensure a sense of normalcy. Wallensteen breaks down the components of all of these conditions and applies them to interstate conflicts, civil wars in which rebels are aiming to take over the entire state, and separatist rebellions. He also delves into the issue of world order and the significance of major power relations for local peace efforts. Thus, the work provides a remarkable understanding of how different types of war outcomes deal with post-war conditions. Sharply argued and comprehensive, Quality Peace will invigorate peace research and stimulate peace practice, becoming an authoritative work in the field.
Book Details
- Publisher: OUP Us
- Publish Date: Oct 6th, 2015
- Pages: 272
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 9.10in - 6.00in - 0.80in - 0.80lb
- EAN: 9780190215552
- Categories: • Peace• Human Rights• International Relations - General
About the Author
Peter Wallensteen is a pioneer in peace research, having worked in the field since the 1960s, and Since 2006 is Richard G. Starmann Sr. Research Professor of Peace Studies at the Kroc Institute at the University of Notre Dame. He was a founder of the Department of Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University and the first holder of the Dag Hammarskjöld chair in peace research in Sweden in 1985. He directed the Uppsala Conflict Data Program, which has become a leading provider of data on armed conflict and other forms of organized violence around the world.
Praise for this book
"Carefully distinguishing among post war conditions that result in subsequent violence and war from those that do not, Wallensteen has produced a significant, timely and rich analysis of the possibilities for Quality Peace (which he defines in terms of security, dignity and predictability) in the aftermath of conflict between states, internal conflicts over government and internal conflicts over state formation and territory. The detailed analyses of cases and data and the detailed principles presented as testable hypotheses in the conclusion make this the foundational analysis for all subsequent analyses of peaceful (and failed) outcomes." -Michael Stohl, Director, Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara