Managing Armed Conflicts in the 21st Century

by Adekeye Adebajo (Editor), Chandra Lekha Sriram (Editor)

Overview

Produced with the International Peace Academy in New York, this volume focuses largely on the conflicts of the 1990s and future projects, examining multifacteted issues involved in conflict management, suggesting new approaches and tools for future conflict management.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781135271251
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/03/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	240
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Adekeye Adebajo, Chandra Lekha Sriram

Table of Contents

Contemporary Review "valuable and stimulating contribution to our understanding of violence, crime and war" "provides for a richness that lacks in much other work in this particular field... makes for interesting reading on the possibilities for the management of armed conflict." - International Affairs

Editorial Reviews

Eleven contributions from Adebajo and Sriram (both International Peace Academy, NY) and other young international scholars focus on the conflicts of the 1990s and suggest ways to better manage conflict in the future. Some recurrent themes in these essays include the economic benefits of war, the changing role of the UN in peace operations, non-traditional actors such as mercenaries and private security firms, and regional conflict management in Africa, Europe, and Asia. These papers were first published in a special issue of , v.7, no.4 (Winter, 2000). Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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