| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Peace and Conflict |
| Contents |
1. Introduction to Peace and conflict 2016 / David A. Backer, Ravi Bhavnani and Paul K. Huth -- 2. The cutting edge of research on peace and conflict / Karsten Donnay and Ravi Bhavnani -- 3. Armed conflict, 1946-2014 / Håvard Strand and Halvard Buhaug -- 4. Patterns and trends of the geography of conflict / Roudabeh Kishi, Clionadh Raleigh and Andrew M. Linke -- 5. Violence against civilians during Civil War / Hanne Fjelde, Lisa Hultman and Margareta Sollenberg -- 6. Non-state actors in Civil War / David E. Cunningham, Kristian Skrede Gleditsch and Idean Salehyan -- 7. Democracy, ethnic exclusion, and civil conflict : the Arab spring revolutions from a global comparative perspective / Manuel Vogt, Nils-Christian Bormann and Lars-Erik Cederman -- 8. Global terrorism and the deadliest groups since 2001 / Gary LaFree and Laura Dugan -- 9. Defense spending, arms production and transfers : the political economy of defense in a transitional phase / Aude-Emmanuelle Fleurant and Yannick Quéau -- 10. Global trends in the implementation of intrastate peace agreements / Jason Michael Quinn and Madhav Joshi -- 11. Why states repress : evaluating global patterns of abuse with the political terror scale / Reed M. Wood, Mark Gibney and Peter Haschke -- 12. Foreign aid and conflict : what we know and need to know / Bradley Parks, Caroline Bergeron and Michael J. Tierney -- 13. The peace and conflict instability ledger : ranking states on future risks / David A. Backer and Paul K. Huth -- 14. New developments in measuring the welfare effects of conflict exposure at the micro level / Tilman Brück, Patricia Justino and Philip Verwimp -- 15. Active armed conflicts in 2014 / Margareta Sollenberg -- 16. United Nations peacekeeping missions active in 2014 / Deniz Cil -- 17. Criminal justice for conflict-related violations : developments during 2014 / Anupma L. Kulkarni |
| Summary |
An authoritative source of information on violent conflicts and peacebuilding processes around the world, Peace and Conflict is an annual publication of the University of Maryland's Center for International Development and Conflict Management and the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (Geneva). The contents of the 2016 edition are divided into three sections: " Global Patterns and Trends provides an overview of recent advances in scholarly research on various aspects of conflict and peace, as well as chapters on armed conflict, violence against civilians, non-state armed actors, democracy and ethnic exclusion, terrorism, defense spending and arms production and procurement, peace agreements, state repression, foreign aid, and the results of the Peace & Conflict Instability Ledger, which ranks the status and progress of more than 160 countries based on their forecasted risk of future instability." Special Feature spotlights work on measuring micro-level welfare effects of exposure to conflict |
| Notes |
"CIDCM, Center for International Development & Conflict Management, The Graduate Institute Geneva." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references adn index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed June 30, 2016) |
| Subject |
Social conflict.
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Peace.
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War.
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Conflict management.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Conflict management
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Peace
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Social conflict
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War
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Backer, David A., editor.
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Bhavnani, Ravi, editor
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Huth, Paul K., 1959- editor.
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University of Maryland at College Park. Center for International Development and Conflict Management, issuing body.
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Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (Geneva, Switzerland), issuing body.
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| ISBN |
9781317232520 |
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1317232526 |
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9781317232537 |
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1317232534 |
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9781315625614 |
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131562561X |
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9781317232513 |
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1317232518 |
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