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The term peace process is now widely used to describe
attempts to manage and resolve conflict. As the nature of conflict
has changed, so the range of available tools for producing peace
has grown. Alongside a plethora of political actions, there is now
a greater international awareness of how peace can be brokered and
policed. As a result, peace processes now extend well beyond the
actuality of ceasefires and an absence of war to cover legacy
issues of victims, truth and reconciliation.
This book expertly examines the practical application of solutions
to conflict. The first part analyses various political means of
conflict management, including consociational power-sharing,
partition, federalism and devolution. The second explores the
extent to which these political formulas have been applied – or
ignored – in a wide range of conflicts including
Bosnia-Herzegovina, Northern Ireland, Israel-Palestine, Lebanon,
the Basque Region and Sri Lanka.
Comparative Peace Processes combines optimism with a realist
approach to conflict management, acknowledging that the propensity
of dominant states to engage in political experimentation is
conditioned by the state of conflict. It will be a valuable
resource for anyone interested in general theories of political
possibilities in peace processes and the practical deployment of
political ideas in conflict zones.
Table of Content
Introduction
* The Concept of a Peace Process
* Prescriptions for Conflict Management or Resolution
* Peace: Implementation; Maintenance; Reconciliation
* Deadlock: The Palestinian ‘Peace Process’
* Conflict and Confessionalism in Lebanon
* Consociational Triumph: Northern Ireland’s Peace
Process
* Confederalism and Consociation in Bosnia-Herzegovina
* ETA’s Slow Defeat: The basque ‘Peace
Process’
* When a Peace Process Fails: Sri Lanka
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
About the author
Jon Tonge is Professor of Politics at Liverpool University and the co-editor of the Journal Parliamentary Affairs.
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