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This book presents a critical review of the performance of UN Peacekeeping with its changing scope from traditional peacekeeping to peacemaking and peace building. In this context while taking the of case studies of UN peace building operations in Rwanda, Mozambique, East Timor and Sierra Leone, he has critically examined the achievements and challenges before the UN peacekeepers in performing their responsibilities in civil war like conditions. This...
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What are the origins and solutions of Africa's civil conflicts? Putting straight answers to this question, the origins of Africa's civil conflicts are the very corrupt politicians who think that members of the civil society are at their mercy and can do nothing to stop their lootings and unfairness. They buy houses overseas to send their children there to study, including transferring money into foreign bank accounts, leaving their people to perish,...
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If you think world peace is a naive concept, Paul K. Chappell's very existence will give you pause. It's not enough to say that Chappell – a WestPoint graduate and Iraq War veteran – is a soldier turned peace leader. Experiencing a traumatic upbringing and growing up mixed race in Alabama, he's a young man forged by violence, rage, and racism into a living weapon for peace. By unlocking the mysteries of human nature, he shows how the muscles of...
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One of the core aspects of the Palestinian refugee question is that of compensation or reparations for Palestinian refugees forcibly displaced by the establishment of Israel.
The Nakba saw the displacement of 85% of the Palestinian Arab population and the descendants of these displaced peoples numbers almost 5 million. Despite the gravity of the situation and the importance of restorative justice, many of the complex technical issues compensation...
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Uri Savir has an ambitious, indispensable goal: to bring peacemaking into the 21st century. "Little in today's world," writes Savir, "is more progressive than modern warfare. Yet little is more archaic than peacemaking." We remain trapped in a centuries-old mindset, with leaders bargaining warily for concessions and signing treaties that collapse because no one on the ground has any real stake in them. Drawing on his experiences negotiating the Oslo...
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No siempre las políticas, leyes y planes de ordenamiento en Colombia se ajustan a las necesidades de un gran número de comunidades que se encuentran en situación de vulnerabilidad frente a la salud, la educación y la seguridad. Ante este panorama, varias comunidades han generado respuestas locales que proponen nuevas formas de entender la organización económica, la sostenibilidad ambiental, y el bienestar territorial, ajustadas a las demandas...
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Is war ever a just way to resolve conflict? Diana Francis argues that it is not. With passion and eloquence, she mounts a head-on challenge to the belief that war as an institution is either necessary or effective for good.
Refuting the notion that human nature condemns us to perpetual carnage, she argues that we can change the ways we think and the systems we live by. In a tightly reasoned discussion of the ethics of war and peace she asserts...
28) Towards Peace
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The book contains valuable and knowledgeable articles by universally renowned scholar Dr. Ravinder Kumar on various topics related to Religion, Philosophy, Peace, Culture, Civilization, Asian values and some other related subjects such as armament, militarization and peace education. The topics have been divided in four categories viz. Caste and Class, Culture and Civilization, Philosophy and Religion, Miscellaneous Readers of all tastes will find...
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Does conflict transformation work? Or is the total rejection of global militarism the only route to peace?
Reviewing developments in the field of conflict transformation, Diana Francis acknowledges the work help it has afforded those engulfed in violent conflict to respond constructively. However, she argues that the dominant culture of power, resting on coercion and violence, must be displaced by the principles of interdependence, kindness...
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Peacebuilding and Reconciliation brings together a number of critical essays from members of the renowned Centre for Peace & Reconciliation Studies.
This highly topical book covers the latest developments and issues in the discipline of peacebuilding and reconciliation, using different global case studies of societies experiencing or emerging out of violent conflict. It brings together a range of scholars, including many from the global south,...
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Violence begets violence - so believes the majority of people around the world who have stood up in protest against war. Stop the Next War Now is a reflective look and call to action to end violence, by acclaimed peace activists, experts, and visionaries, including Eve Ensler, Barbara Lee, Arianna Huffington, Janeane Garafalo, Nancy Pelosi, Maxine Hong Kingston, and many more. The book shares expert insight on the issues and powers-that-be that encourage...
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La Cátedra Universitaria para la Cultura de Paz-que fue creada por la comunidad académica del Centro Universitario de Tonalá el 11 de octubre del 2019 con el objetivo de transformar la cultura hacia una visión de paz-, ha entendido muy bien a lo largo de estos primeros años de vida, que dicha transformación no se logrará sin realizar esfuerzos conjuntos por visibilizar los problemas que algunos filósofos, sociólogos y antropólogos nos han...
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Most approaches to peace building have either ignored or marginalized issues of gender and Women. Women consistently remain a minority of participants in peace building projects; they receive less attention than men in peace building policies; and gender analysis rarely informs peace building strategies. This is despite the many Uni ted Nat ions and European Commission resolutions which, for more than a decade, have criticized such marginalization...
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Summary, Analysis & Review of The Arbinger Institute's The Anatomy of Peace by Instaread Preview: The Anatomy of Peace: Resolving the Heart of Conflict, Second Edition, is an expanded version, including additional appendices, of a successful 2006 publication by the Arbinger Institute. The book, which uses fictional characters to illustrate its points, details strategies for defusing political, personal, and business conflicts. It argues that conflict...
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Soldiers of Peace, by West Point graduate and Iraq War veteran Paul K. Chappell, is the sixth book in his seven-book Road to Peace series. The titles in this important series can be read in any order. All are about waging peace, ending war, the art of living, and what it means to be human. In a world where so many "solutions" deal with surface symptoms rather than the root causes of our problems, Chappell's books provide real guidance we can follow...
36) Building Peace, Creating Conflict?: Conflictual Dimensions of Local and International Peacebuilding
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One of the most significant challenges facing the international community today is how to stabilize and rebuild societies emerging from civil wars, and this book, which includes both theoretical discussions and empirical applications, considers the various factors of peacebuilding. As it addresses several pertinent academic debates-relating to international interventions and local ownership, international and local conceptions of gender equality,...
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War Made Easy cuts through the dense web of spin to probe and scrutinize the key "perception management" techniques that have played huge roles in the promotion of American wars in recent decades. This guide to disinformation analyzes American military adventures past and present to reveal striking similarities in the efforts of various administrations to justify, and retain, public support for war. War Made Easy is essential reading. It documents...
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The phrase, "A Jewish state in the Land of Israel" plucks at the deepest heartstrings of every yearning Jew. For generations, since the destruction of the Temple and the exile to the diaspora, we have believed and hoped, prayed and dreamed about the ingathering of the exiles and our return to living in our Land standing tall, asking God to "break the yoke of the nations from over our necks and lead us to our land standing tall." The ultimate goal...
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The tragedies of the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians are never far from the pages of the mainstream press. Yet it is rare to hear about the reality of life on the ground -- and it is rarer still when these voices belong to women.
This book records the journey of a Jewish American physician travelling and working within Israel and the Occupied Territories. Alice Rothchild grew up in a family grounded by the traumas of the Holocaust...
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The exploration of the contributions is, made with regards, to the title in hand by the thought and practice of the global movement associated with the Turkish Muslim scholar Fethullah Gulen. The importance and distinctiveness of teaching of Gulen and the practice of the movement is that it is rooted in a confident Turkish Islamic heritage while being fully engaged with modernity. It offers the possibility of a contextualized renewal of Islam for...
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