Preventing Deadly Conflict

by I. William Zartman

Overview

Conflict is inherent to all human and inter-state relations, but it is not inevitable. Since the end of the Cold-War, the prevention of conflict escalation into violence through management and resolution has become a fundamental objective of the international system.

So how does prevention work when it works, and what can be done when tried and tested practices fail? In this book, I. William Zartman offers a clear and authoritative guide to the key challenges of conflict prevention and the norms, processes and methods used to dampen and diffuse inter and intra-state conflict in the contemporary world. Early-stage techniques including awareness de-escalation , stalemate , ripening , and resolution , are explored in full alongside the late or crisis stage techniques of interruption , separation and integration . Prevention, he argues, is a battle that is never won: there is always more work to be done. The search for prevention - necessary but still imperfect - continues into new imperatives, new mechanisms, new agents, and new knowledge, which this book helps discover and apply.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780745686950
Publisher:	Polity Press
Publication date:	10/29/2015
Series:	War and Conflict in the Modern World
Sold by:	JOHN WILEY & SONS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	284
File size:	399 KB

About the Author

I. William Zartman is Professor Emeritys at John Hopkins University

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Fatal Attraction of Prevention
1. The Inevitability and Value of Conflict
2. The Ubiquity of Prevention
3. Norms for Long-term Prevention
4. Mechanisms of Mid-term Prevention
5. Methods of Pre-Crisis Prevention
6. Means of Late (And Earliest) Post-Crisis Prevention
7. Conclusions: The Elusive Quest for Prevention
Notes
Suggestions for Further Reading

Editorial Reviews

"The publication of Preventing Deadly Conflict by I. William Zartman is a valuable addition to this crucially important field. He has been a leading scholar in this field for years and has made fundamental contributions. This book will have much value for years to come."
David A. Hamburg, President Emeritus, Carnegie Corporation of New York

"In this very timely work, Bill Zartman argues that the mechanisms to head off and contain potentially deadly conflicts in the world have to date been largely effective. But sustainable prevention in a fast changing world demands that they be constantly reinforced, improved, and adapted, and negative containment needs to give way to positive solution searches. Rich with real-world references, Preventing Deadly Conflict explains the why and the how of more effective practice."
Mark Anstey, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa

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