War and peace in transition [[electronic resource] ] : changing roles of external actors / / edited by Karin Aggestam & Annika Björkdahl

• Pubblicazione: Lund [Sweden], : Nordic Academic Press, 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (209 p.)
• Disciplina: 327.172
• Soggetto topico: War; Peace; Military art and science; Globalization; Security, International; Politics and war
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: AggestamKarin BjörkdahlAnnika
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover ; Copyright; Contents; About the Authors ; Foreword ; Introduction: War and Peace in Transition ; 1. New Roles for External Actors? Disagreements about International Regulation of Private Armies ; 2. The Privatisation of Security and State Control of Force Patterns, Challenges and Perceptions in the Case of Iraq ; 3. The EU's Intervention in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict ; 4. The Changing Character of Peace Operations The Use of Force at the Tactical Level ; 5. Witnessing the Unbearable Alma Johansson and the Massacres of the Armenians 1915 ; 6. Sequencing of Peacemaking in Emerging Conflicts 7. Mediating between Tigers and Lions Norwegian Peace Diplomacy in Sri Lanka's Civil War ; Conclusion: Changing Roles and Practices ; References ; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: <DIV><DIV>A systematic approach to analyzing some of the transient aspects of war and peace with empirical cases that include Iraq, Israel-Palestine, Sri Lanka, and the Armenian genocide, this book discusses some of the critical and transformative issues in war and peacemaking. Considering subjects such as the roles of private military and security companies, the use of force in peace-support operations, how states, organizations, and individuals contribute to conflict resolution, and the challenge of coordinating various peacemaking efforts, this study explores the manifold demands and challe
• Titolo autorizzato: War and peace in transition
• ISBN: 91-85509-89-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910453234703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II