Believers, Skeptics, and Failure in Conflict Resolution

• Main Author: Spears, Ian S. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Peace.; International relations.; Peace Studies.; Conflict Studies.; International Relations Theory.; Foreign Policy.

This book discusses the following questions: Why are some conflicts so enduring and why is conflict resolution so hard? The author begins by introducing two conflicting perspectives, Skeptics and Believers, to highlight the lack of consensus on conflict resolution. The book further examines the lite...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction: The Problem of Conflict Resolution
• 2. Perspectives on Conflict Resolution
• 3. The Sources of Violent Conflict and the Banality of Conflict Resolution
• 4. Problems of Knowledge, Power and Political Will
• 5. States, Leaders, Governance and Why Conflict Resolution Fails
• 6. Why Belligerents Choose Conflict Over Peace.