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. Ed(S): Berdal, Mats; Suhrke, Astri - The Peace In Between. Post-War Violence and Peacebuilding.  - 9780415680592 - V9780415680592
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The Peace In Between. Post-War Violence and Peacebuilding.

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Description for The Peace In Between. Post-War Violence and Peacebuilding. Paperback. Editor(s): Berdal, Mats; Suhrke, Astri. Series: Studies in Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding. Num Pages: 352 pages, 6 black & white tables, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: GTJ; HPS; JPS; JPV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 556.

This volume examines the causes and purposes of 'post-conflict' violence.

The end of a war is generally expected to be followed by an end to collective violence, as the term ‘post-conflict’ that came into general usage in the 1990s signifies. In reality, however, various forms of deadly violence continue, and sometimes even increase after the big guns have been silenced and a peace agreement signed. Explanations for this and other kinds of violence fall roughly into two broad categories – those that stress the legacies of the war and those that focus on the conditions of the peace. There are significant ... Read more

The premise of this volume differs. It argues that features which constrain or encourage violence stack up in ways to create distinct and different types of post-war environments. Critical factors that shape the post-war environment in this respect lie in the war-to-peace transition itself, above all the outcome of the war in terms of military and political power and its relationship to social hierarchies of power, normative understandings of the post-war order, and the international context.

This book will of much interest to students of war and conflict studies, peacebuilding and IR/Security Studies in general.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780415680592
SKU
V9780415680592
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99-1

About . Ed(S): Berdal, Mats; Suhrke, Astri
Astri Suhrke is a Senior Researcher at the Chr. Michelsen Institute, Bergen, Norway. Mats Berdal is Professor in the Department of War Studies, King’s College London, UK.

Reviews for The Peace In Between. Post-War Violence and Peacebuilding.
'Postwar peace is never easy and only rarely fully consolidated. In this important new collection of wide-ranging case studies, editors Astri Suhrke and Mats Berdal demonstrate the added-value of disaggregating peaces into four distinct categories
peace imposed by victors, challenged by losers, accepted by parties and divided among factions. They show how each has its own challenges and why ... Read more

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