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El libro recoge las reflexiones que enmarcan la reconciliación como una posibilidad real y punto de partida para la construcción de un tejido social que paulatinamente siembre la paz, no como utopía, sino como una expresión concreta de relación y acción, tal como lo muestra el mismo texto cuando aborda en su parte final algunas experiencias concretas, nacionales e internacionales que han dejado en los contextos sociales en los que se han desarrollado...
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In recent years, a burgeoning literature has explored the strategic advantages of using nonviolent resistance to achieve positive political outcomes, such as regime change and democratization. Yet, despite one-fifth of largescale nonviolent campaigns occurring during the course of a civil war, we know little about the effect nonviolent resistance might have on the transformation of armed conflict. Bringing together the previously isolated literatures...
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Today, we live in a world where we are less exposed to violence than at any other time in history. However, we also know that violence can come knocking on our door at any moment. Preparing for this possibility means more than physical safety; it means being clear with ourselves about the ethics of violence. Can violence be justified? When should we fight? How should we fight? And in situations when things have gone badly, may we kill?
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Combining peace and conflict studies with public administration research, Divided Cities critically investigates the roles of public administration and civil servants in resolving issues that are potentially conflictual in divided societies. Zooming in on nine cities with very different legacies and democratic development - Copenhagen, Malmö, Toronto, Belfast, Mostar, Cape Town, Mitrovica, Nicosia, and Jerusalem - the contributors analyze the tools,...
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The writings selected here are based mainly on talks and lectures delivered by Dr Norman Porter during the period 1994-1998. This period, stretching from paramilitary ceasefires through to the signing and endorsement of the Good Friday Agreement, represented the most promising in Northern Ireland's history.
Norman Porter's advocacy of political change, as reflected in these writings, captured something of the period's promise. His advocacy also...
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In Death as a Way of Life, David Grossman, one of Israel's great fiction writers, addresses urgent questions regarding the middle east in a series of passionate essays and insightful articles.
Writing not only as one of his country's most respected novelists and commentators, but as a husband and father and peace activist bitterly disappointed in the leaders of both sides, Grossman asks: What went wrong after Oslo? How can Israelis and Palestinians...
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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...
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¿En dónde comienza el tratamiento y la intervención a las víctimas? ¿En las metodologías de acompañamiento o en las teorías e ideas que dan origen a estas?
En torno a esta reflexión gira este libro, como un análisis sobre la producción de la victimología y el discurso sobre las víctimas. Esta apuesta conceptual reclasifica la lógica de la victimización al diferenciar la sujeción al daño según sea la condición de la víctima de...
89) El trabajo como elemento de construcción de paz y democracia en el marco del posconflicto colombiano
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La construcción de paz, como proceso de largo plazo, posterior a la firma de los acuerdos de finalización del conflicto involucra la empleabilidad de excombatientes y víctimas a través de mecanismos jurídicos, económicos, internacionales, de administración y psicológicos que se analizan en la presente obra. Los contactos entre la Teoría de la Resolución de Conflictos y las disciplinas que se ocupan del trabajo demandan la estructuración...
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La paz, entendida como un largo proceso, es uno de los ejes temáticos de este testimonio autobiográfico de Alberto Rojas Puyo. A comienzos de 1980, este político colombiano, que entonces militaba en el Partido Comunista Colombiano, insistió en que la resolución del conflicto armado sólo se podía pensar como un proceso y no simplemente como la reunión de las partes y la firma de un acuerdo de desarme y desmovilización.
Este autorrelato sobre...
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"Winner of the 2012 Academic Palestine Book Award, Middle East Monitor" "Winner of the 2012 British-Kuwait Friendship Society Book Prize in Middle Eastern Studies" "One of Choice's Top 25 Titles for 2012" Sara Roy is senior research scholar at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University. Her books include Failing Peace: Gaza and the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict and The Gaza Strip: The Political Economy of De-development.
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Este libro analiza, desde una perspectiva filosófica y sociológica, las consecuencias epistemológicas diferenciales respecto de cuatro tipos significativos de discursos sobre la transformación del conflicto social latinoamericano en contraste con los discursos de paz.
Focaliza su análisis en el periodo comprendido entre los años sesenta y ochenta del siglo XX, referente a partir del cual se muestra cómo el discurso crítico y propositivo frente...
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While Daniel Holland's memoir details his involvement in the draft resistance movement of the 1960s, the impetus to share his story now comes from the dangerous new president and congress that have taken control of the United States Government. There is no telling how quickly they will plunge our nation into war. People who are of age to fight in the wars of today were not yet born when the lessons of Vietnam were being learned, so this book may serve...
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These readings in international relations in Africa grapple with the continent's changing place in the world. The essays confront issues such as the increasing tempo of armed conflict, the tendency of Western states and agencies to intervene in African settings, the presence of China, and the health of African states and their ability to participate in the global economy. Questions regarding sovereignty, leading regional actors, conflict and resolution,...
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Often the so-called 'Irish question' is reduced to one of ancestral hatreds, but this timely book following the revenant tensions borne out of Brexit negotiations grounds its study in the context of colonialism, anti-imperialism and liberation struggles. This study demonstrates that 'peace' might not be found in 'justice', and argues instead of a 'peace process' for a 'pacification process'.
96) Punto de encuentro: Reflexiones sobre la construcción de paz en el Centro Poblado Héctor Ramírez
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Este libro es resultado de un trabajo colaborativo entre estudiantes, profesoras y una comunidad de excombatientes en proceso de reincorporación del Centro Poblado conocido como Espacio Territorial para la Capacitación y Reincorporación Héctor Ramírez (ETCR-HR); da cuenta de la creación de oportunidades de aprendizaje colectivo en el proceso de reflexión-acción, así como del proceso de integración del conocimiento y la acción en respuesta...
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Le terrorisme a pris une importance considérable dans notre société. Hyper-médiatisé, mal connu et mal interprété par nombre de ceux qui le commentent, il est aussi récupéré au service d'idéologies politiques et d'ambitions personnelles par nombre de ceux qui sont censés le combattre. Ce livre invite à le comprendre pour ce qu'il est réellement : un crime certes atroce, mais d'une grande banalité dans le paysage des violences sociales....
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In King Charles the Wise, Nicholas Hagger celebrated Prince Charles's humanitarian vision and foresaw the birth of a united world. In The Coronation of King Charles, he celebrates the coming Carolingian Age. The hope is that all the divisions within the UK and problems of humankind, will be resolved under a new democratic World State working to abolish war, enforce disarmament, combat famine, disease and poverty, and solve the world's environmental...
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December 2014 marked a year since the passing of Nelson Mandela-a man who was as much myth as flesh and blood. Transition pays tribute to Mandela's worldly attainments and to his otherworldly sainthood. Featuring remembrances from Wole Soyinka, Xolela Mangcu, Pierre de Vos, and Adam Habib, this issue assembles Mandela's staunchest allies-for whom he approached saintliness-as well as his most entrenched critics. Other contributors consider the iconicity...
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