Aggestam, Karin ; Björkdahl, Annika


War and peace in transition : changing roles of external actors

changing roles of external actors

Aggestam, Karin ; Björkdahl, Annika | WAR AND PEACE IN TRANSITION : CHANGING ROLES OF EXTERNAL ACTORS : changing roles of external actors


BoklivArtikelnr: 9789185509225

Boken analyserar förändrade roller för externa aktörer i konflikter och fredsprocesser efter kalla kriget.

  • Analyserar krig och fred i förändring.

  • Fokuserar på externa aktörers roller.

  • Utgiven som förlagsband, 2009.

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Bindning: Förlagsband

Bokförlag: Nordic Academic Press
ISBN: 9789185509225

Omfång: 206 s.
Språk: Engelska
Utgivningsdatum: 2009-06-10

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The post-Cold War era is characterised by shifting patterns of war and peace. The new demands and challenges facing external actors, such as international peacekeeping forces and mediators, are therefore manifold. In War and Peace in Transition the authors address some of the critical and transformative issues in war and peacemaking, such as the roles of private military and security companies and the use of force in peace support operations. The authors discuss how states, organisations and individuals contribute to conflict resolution. Another focus is the challenge of coordinating various peacemaking efforts.

The contributors - scholars in the field of Peace and Conflict Research - take a systematic approach to analysing some of these transient aspects of war and peace with empirical cases ranging from Iraq, Israel-Palestine, Sri Lanka to the Armenian genocide.

The Authors:

Karin Aggestam, Associate Professor in Political Science and Director of Peace and Conflict Research, Lund University.
Annika Björkdahl, Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science, Lund University.

Joakim Berndtsson, Postdoctoral Researcher in Peace and Development Research at the School of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg.
Birger Heldt, Director of Research at the Folke Bernadotte Academy, and Associate Professor of Peace and Conflict Research.
Kersti Larsdotter, Research Assistant at the Department of War Studies at the Swedish National Defence College, and Ph.D. student at the School of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg.
Kristine Höglund, Associate Professor at the Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University.
Anna Leander, Professor at Copenhagen Business School.
Michael Schulz, Associate Professor in Peace and Development Research, University of Gothenburg.
Maria Småberg, Ph.D. and Lecturer at the Department of History and the Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Lund University.
Isak Svensson, Assistant Professor at the Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University.

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Boken analyserar krig och fred i den post-kalla kriget eran, med fokus på externa aktörers förändrade roller och utmaningar inom fredsbevarande och medling.

Författarna diskuterar kritiska frågor kring fredsbyggande, inklusive privata militära företags roll och användningen av våld i fredsstödsoperationer.

Boken är en ny förlagsband, utgiven av Nordic Academic Press den 10 juni 2009, omfattar 206 sidor och är skriven på engelska.

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