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This Handbook offers a comprehensive examination of the peace,
security, and development nexus from a global perspective, and
investigates the interfaces of these issues in a context
characterised by many new challenges. By bringing together more
than 40 leading experts and commentators from across the world, the
Handbook maps the various research agendas related to these three
themes, taking stock of existing work and debates, while outlining
areas for further engagement. In doing so, the chapters may serve
as a primer for new researchers while also informing the wider
scholarly community about the latest research trends and
innovations. The volume is split into three thematic parts:
Concepts and approaches New drivers of conflict, insecurity, and
developmental challenges Actors, institutions, and processes. For
ease of use and organisational consistency, each chapter provides
readers with an overview of each research area, a review of the
state of the literature, a summary of the major debates, and
promising directions for future research. This Handbook will be of
much interest to students of peace and conflict studies,
development studies, security studies, and International Relations.
The Routledge Handbook of Turkish Politics pulls together
contributions from many of the world's leading scholars on
different aspects of Turkey. Turkey today is going through possibly
the most turbulent period in its history, with major consequences
both nationally and internationally. The country looks dramatically
different from the Republic founded by Ataturk in 1923. The pace of
change has been rapid and fundamental, with core interlinked
changes in ruling institutions, political culture, political
economy, and society. Divided into six main parts, this Handbook
provides a single-source overview of Turkish politics: Part I:
History and the making of Contemporary Turkey Part II: Politics and
Institutions Part III: The Economy, Environment and Development
Part IV: The Kurdish Insurgency and Security Part V: State, Society
and Rights Part VI: External Relations This comprehensive Handbook
is an essential resource for students of Politics, International
Relations, International/Security Studies with an interest on
contemporary Turkey.
This edited volume empirically examines key theoretical and
practical issues relevant to the promotion of local ownership in
contemporary international peacebuilding. This book attempts to
provide comprehensive understanding of the issue of local ownership
in international peacebuilding. By providing an empirical analysis
of nine case studies, the volume aims to supplement contemporary
academic discussions on local ownership, which have thus far mainly
focused on its normative or theoretical dimensions. The case
studies included here examine the peace operations in a wide range
of countries - Afghanistan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Cambodia, Cyprus,
Kenya, Uganda, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, and Sri Lanka. The book
seeks to address the weaknesses of conventional studies
by:,empirical review of the achievements and limitations of
previous attempts to promote local ownership; examination of the
key concepts of local ownership; and analysis of structural and
practical challenges. The volume concludes by presenting practical
proposals for addressing the limitations of contemporary local
ownership promotion. Through these means, the book aims to explore
a key research question from both theoretical and empirical
perspectives: How can international peacebuilding facilitate
effective, active local community participation? This volume will
be of much interest to students of peacebuilding, development
studies, global governance, peace and conflict studies, security
studies and IR.
This book offers a comparative survey of 18 contemporary peace
processes conducted by leading international scholars. There is no
standard model of peace processes and all will vary according to
the context, type of conflict, timing, national and global economic
climate, and factors like natural disasters. Therefore, making
comparisons between peace processes is difficult, but it is
beneficial - indeed, imperative - and is the principal motivation
behind this volume. What works in one context may not work in
another, but it can be modified and adapted to fit another context.
The book is structured to maximise comparison between processes,
and the case studies chosen are topical and span the major regions
of the world. The concluding chapter systematically compares the
case studies around 11 variables that cover the conflict context,
peace process procedures, the responsiveness of the peace process
to demands, and levels of participation and inclusion. Each peace
process is then given a numeric score according to each of these
variables, and the book thereby reaches judgements on whether each
case can be termed a 'success' or a 'failure'. This book will be
essential reading for students of peace studies, conflict
resolution, war and conflict studies, security studies, and IR.
Crossing disciplinary boundaries, this volume by A-zerdem and
Roberts conceptualizes the challenges of developing sustainable
agriculture in post-conflict environments as well as identifying
the policies and practical solutions to achieve sustainable
agricultural production which is central to the survival of
humanity. Without sustainable agriculture, populations remain
vulnerable increasing the likelihood of a return to conflict.
Therefore, sustainable agriculture is central to effective
post-conflict recovery that provides human security as well as
stability and rule of law. Unique in combining a comprehensive and
comparative understanding of sustainable agriculture challenges in
post-conflict environments, there is originality in the
interdisciplinary nature of the book. Interdisciplinary often means
bringing together a political scientist and a sociologist, but in
this case it means bringing together natural and social scientists,
as well as those with practical experience in development and
agricultural contexts. By adopting a holistic multi-disciplinary
approach which identifies key themes and case studies, this book
sets the scene for the debate surrounding sustainable agriculture
in post-conflict environments. Seeing 'fixing' agriculture as more
than merely a technical matter, the volume focuses on this critical
post-conflict challenge with social, political and cultural
characteristics and consequences as well as the obvious economic
ones.
This edited volume empirically examines key theoretical and
practical issues relevant to the promotion of local ownership in
contemporary international peacebuilding. This book attempts to
provide comprehensive understanding of the issue of local ownership
in international peacebuilding. By providing an empirical analysis
of nine case studies, the volume aims to supplement contemporary
academic discussions on local ownership, which have thus far mainly
focused on its normative or theoretical dimensions. The case
studies included here examine the peace operations in a wide range
of countries - Afghanistan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Cambodia, Cyprus,
Kenya, Uganda, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, and Sri Lanka. The book
seeks to address the weaknesses of conventional studies
by:,empirical review of the achievements and limitations of
previous attempts to promote local ownership; examination of the
key concepts of local ownership; and analysis of structural and
practical challenges. The volume concludes by presenting practical
proposals for addressing the limitations of contemporary local
ownership promotion. Through these means, the book aims to explore
a key research question from both theoretical and empirical
perspectives: How can international peacebuilding facilitate
effective, active local community participation? This volume will
be of much interest to students of peacebuilding, development
studies, global governance, peace and conflict studies, security
studies and IR.
Crossing disciplinary boundaries, this volume by A-zerdem and
Roberts conceptualizes the challenges of developing sustainable
agriculture in post-conflict environments as well as identifying
the policies and practical solutions to achieve sustainable
agricultural production which is central to the survival of
humanity. Without sustainable agriculture, populations remain
vulnerable increasing the likelihood of a return to conflict.
Therefore, sustainable agriculture is central to effective
post-conflict recovery that provides human security as well as
stability and rule of law. Unique in combining a comprehensive and
comparative understanding of sustainable agriculture challenges in
post-conflict environments, there is originality in the
interdisciplinary nature of the book. Interdisciplinary often means
bringing together a political scientist and a sociologist, but in
this case it means bringing together natural and social scientists,
as well as those with practical experience in development and
agricultural contexts. By adopting a holistic multi-disciplinary
approach which identifies key themes and case studies, this book
sets the scene for the debate surrounding sustainable agriculture
in post-conflict environments. Seeing 'fixing' agriculture as more
than merely a technical matter, the volume focuses on this critical
post-conflict challenge with social, political and cultural
characteristics and consequences as well as the obvious economic
ones.
Participatory research methodologies have been used since the 1970s
as a tool to garner accurate information about communities in which
development practitioners operate. Their usefulness as a collection
of research techniques has been evident in academic disciplines
such as politics, sociology, anthropology and economics, among
others. This informative text assesses the use of participatory
methods as a research tool in the contexts of development and
reconstruction after conflict and disasters by identifying
cross-cutting themes and establishing a comparative lessons-learned
framework that can help inform future uses of them, both for
practitioners and researchers. More importantly, rather than
adopting a prescriptive perspective, this book provides a critical
analysis of such methodologies. Specifically, the reader will
benefit from the collation of the experiences of those who utilize
participatory research methods in different countries and contexts,
and from different academic and practitioner perspectives.
This edited volume explores human security challenges in the
context of Turkey. Turkey occupies a critical geopolitical position
between Europe, the Middle East and the Caucasus. It is an
important peace-broker in regional conflicts and a leading country
in peacekeeping operations, and has been a generous donor for
disaster response around the world. However, Turkey is also facing
a number of fundamental sociocultural and development challenges
and its internal stability is affected by a protracted armed
conflict based on Kurdish separatism. In other words, Turkey is at
a crossroads in its transformation from a state-centred security
perspective to one based on human security. To explore selected
human security challenges within a wider context of peace and
development, this volume focuses on a number of key issues in
relation to democratization and social cohesion, before going on to
investigate the role of Turkey as an agent of peace in the
international context. Written by academics from the fields of
peace studies, international relations, politics and development
studies, the discussions examine and highlight the issues that
Turkey must overcome if it is to successfully strengthen its human
security trajectories in the near future. This book will be of much
interest to students of human security, Turkish politics, conflict
management, peace studies and IR in general.
This handbook explores the challenges and opportunities for
leadership and conflict response in the context of Africa at
several levels. Leadership plays a vital role in affecting conflict
response but is frequently only examined at the macro level of
state, government, and international organizations. This handbook
addresses the need to explore challenges and opportunities for
leadership at several levels: macro (global, regional, national),
meso (NGOs, religious groups, academics), and micro (civil society
organizations, youth groups, women's organizations). Analysis from
multiple levels provides a broader explanation of conflict dynamics
and helps to fit localized conflict transformation approaches into
wider national or regional structures. The multidisciplinary essays
presented in this volume encompass the psychological, political,
and structural dimensions of conflict response and demonstrate how
its success is fundamentally linked to the style of effectiveness
of leadership, among other factors. The volume is divided into four
thematic sections: Part I: The theory and dynamics of conflict
response and leadership Part II: Macro-level leadership experiences
in conflict response Part III: Meso-/micro-level leadership
experiences in conflict response Part IV: Recommendations for
improved leadership in conflict response This book will be of much
interest to students of conflict resolution, peace studies, African
politics, security studies, and international relations, in
general.
This Handbook offers a comprehensive examination of the peace,
security, and development nexus from a global perspective, and
investigates the interfaces of these issues in a context
characterised by many new challenges. By bringing together more
than 40 leading experts and commentators from across the world, the
Handbook maps the various research agendas related to these three
themes, taking stock of existing work and debates, while outlining
areas for further engagement. In doing so, the chapters may serve
as a primer for new researchers while also informing the wider
scholarly community about the latest research trends and
innovations. The volume is split into three thematic parts:
Concepts and approaches New drivers of conflict, insecurity, and
developmental challenges Actors, institutions, and processes. For
ease of use and organisational consistency, each chapter provides
readers with an overview of each research area, a review of the
state of the literature, a summary of the major debates, and
promising directions for future research. This Handbook will be of
much interest to students of peace and conflict studies,
development studies, security studies, and International Relations.
This book examines the complex and under-researched relationship
between recruitment experiences and reintegration outcomes for
child soldiers. It looks at time spent in the group, issues of
cohesion, identification, affiliation, membership and the post
demobilization experience of return, and resettlement.
This book offers a comparative survey of 18 contemporary peace
processes conducted by leading international scholars. There is no
standard model of peace processes and all will vary according to
the context, type of conflict, timing, national and global economic
climate, and factors like natural disasters. Therefore, making
comparisons between peace processes is difficult, but it is
beneficial - indeed, imperative - and is the principal motivation
behind this volume. What works in one context may not work in
another, but it can be modified and adapted to fit another context.
The book is structured to maximise comparison between processes,
and the case studies chosen are topical and span the major regions
of the world. The concluding chapter systematically compares the
case studies around 11 variables that cover the conflict context,
peace process procedures, the responsiveness of the peace process
to demands, and levels of participation and inclusion. Each peace
process is then given a numeric score according to each of these
variables, and the book thereby reaches judgements on whether each
case can be termed a 'success' or a 'failure'. This book will be
essential reading for students of peace studies, conflict
resolution, war and conflict studies, security studies, and IR.
The Routledge Handbook of Turkish Politics pulls together
contributions from many of the world's leading scholars on
different aspects of Turkey. Turkey today is going through possibly
the most turbulent period in its history, with major consequences
both nationally and internationally. The country looks dramatically
different from the Republic founded by Ataturk in 1923. The pace of
change has been rapid and fundamental, with core interlinked
changes in ruling institutions, political culture, political
economy, and society. Divided into six main parts, this Handbook
provides a single-source overview of Turkish politics: Part I:
History and the making of Contemporary Turkey Part II: Politics and
Institutions Part III: The Economy, Environment and Development
Part IV: The Kurdish Insurgency and Security Part V: State, Society
and Rights Part VI: External Relations This comprehensive Handbook
is an essential resource for students of Politics, International
Relations, International/Security Studies with an interest on
contemporary Turkey.
This book examines the complex and under-researched relationship
between recruitment experiences and reintegration outcomes for
child soldiers. It looks at time spent in the group, issues of
cohesion, identification, affiliation, membership and the post
demobilization experience of return, and resettlement.
DDR is an essential compnent of international peacebuilding
schemes. This title is the first appraisal of its effectiveness in
a variety of international contexts. It draws out lessons to be
learned.In countries affected by war, the cessation of hostilities
inevitably produces a large number of demobilised combatants, most
of them lacking any basic means of support or livelihood. The
failure to respond to the disarmament, demobilisation and
reintegration (DDR) of such former combatants can cause high levels
of insecurity, at worst a resumption of armed conflict. Accordingly
DDR is now a regular component of post-conflict reconstruction
efforts around the world. Postwar Recovery provides a unique study
of DDR in action. Drawing upon the experience of four major
war-torn societies - Afghanistan, Kosovo, El Salvador and Sierra
Leone - the author provides the first comparative analysis of DDR,
exploring the planning, implementation and effectiveness of DDR in
each country. In a final chapter, the author draws out the lessons
to be learned.
Peace in Turkey 2023: The Question of Human Security and Conflict
Transformation, by Tim Jacoby and Alpaslan OEzerdem, explores how
the Kurdish conflict could possibly be transformed towards positive
peace. By drawing on peace, conflict transformation and human
security theories, Peace in Turkey 2023 seeks to redress a
long-felt concern in Turkey: how to address the current challenge
of establishing sustainable peace in the country. What will Turkey
look like at its Republic's centenary celebrations in 2023? Will it
be able to resolve the Kurdish crisis through peaceful means and
successfully transform the conflict towards positive peace? Will it
be a country of peace, prosperity, rule of law, and democracy, or
will the current violence intensify and continue to polarize
society? To address these questions, Jacoby and OEzerdem use
scenario-writing derived from peace theory to highlight new ways to
consider political violence and the future of Turkey, this study
will appeal to both specialist and non-specialist students and
teachers from a diverse range of disciplinary backgrounds.
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