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Handbook of Research on Transitional Justice and Peace Building in Turbulent Regions
In the era of globalization, awareness surrounding issues of violence and human rights violations has reached an all-time high. In a world where billions of human beings have the potential to create endless destruction, these same individuals are capable of working cooperatively to create adequate solutions to current global problems. The Handbook of Research on Transitional Justice and Peace Building in Turbulent Regions focuses on current issues facing nations and regions where poverty and conflict are endangering the lives of citizens as well as the socio-economic viability of those regions. Highlighting crucial topics and offering potential solutions to problems relating to domestic and international conflict, societal safety and security, as well as political instability, this comprehensive publication is designed to meet the research needs of economists, social theorists, politicians, policy makers, human rights activists, researchers, and graduate-level students across disciplines.
Resisting War
This book explores how local social organization and cohesion enable covert and overt nonviolent strategies.
The Colombian Peace Process and the Principle of Complementarity of the International Criminal Court
Striking a balance between peace and justice has long been debated by scholars and practitioners. There has been definite progress in a world in which blanket amnesties were at times granted with little hesitation. There is a growing understanding that accountability has both pragmatic and principled arguments in its favor. Practical arguments as much as shifts in norms have created a situation in which the choice is increasingly seen as "which forms of accountability" rather than a stark one between peace and justice. The Colombian Justice and Peace Law 975 and its implementation offer an interesting and unique approach to dealing with the international crimes committed in Colombia’s decades-long armed conflict. Yet, will this approach suffice with regard to Colombia’s obligations under international law to investigate and prosecute international crimes? Does it meet the standards of the ICC, which has been monitoring the Colombian situation for some time now? In particular, does it pass the complementarity test laid out in the ICC statute or will the ICC have to intervene in Colombia to enforce international criminal law?
Political Branding in Cities
This book examines how cities suffering from poor government made a transition to brand politics to break a cycle of inertia.
Peace Movements Worldwide
This three-volume anthology is a comprehensive overview of how the human yearning for peace has played out, and is playing out, on this planet. Peace Movements Worldwide is quite simply the most comprehensive work of its kind on this important subject. In its three volumes, experts document the history and growth of the peace movement, why it is important, who gets involved, and how it can succeed. Organized by major themes and issues, the work examines every facet of human striving for peace, from the global to the personal. The first volume, History and Vitality of Peace Movements, explores the meaning of peace—its historical, philosophical, and biological foundations and related spiritual, gender, social, and economic viewpoints. The second volume, Players and Practices in Resistance to War, discusses control over weapons, efforts to prevent and end violent conflict, and efforts to heal the traumatic aftereffects of violence. The third volume, Peace Efforts That Work and Why, looks at how mankind can build a new world order by building communities with a sustainable culture of peace.
Re-conocimientos
Re-conocimientos presenta balances sobre diversos campos de estudio que enmarcan los cuatro problemas aquí abordados: el activismo social por la paz, la acción colectiva de género, el estado y la movilidad urbana. Aunque son asuntos que dan la apariencia inicial de ser muy distintos entre sí, en realidad, tal como se sugieren en la introducción general, están ligados por el hecho de ser configuraciones producidas por la interacción de sujetos colectivos con capacidad de agencia, concepción que ha permitido a los autores compartir, junto a otros investigadores, un programa de investigaciones unificado en el Grupo de Investigación sobre Acción Colectiva y Cambio Social, ACASO, ligado al Centro de Investigaciones y Documentación Socioeconómica, CIDSE, de la Universidad del Valle.
Western Intervention in the Balkans
Conflicts involve powerful experiences. The residue of these experiences is captured by the concept and language of emotion. Indiscriminate killing creates fear; targeted violence produces anger and a desire for vengeance; political status reversals spawn resentment; cultural prejudices sustain ethnic contempt. These emotions can become resources for political entrepreneurs. A broad range of Western interventions are based on a view of human nature as narrowly rational. Correspondingly, intervention policy generally aims to alter material incentives ('sticks and carrots') to influence behavior. In response, poorer and weaker actors who wish to block or change this Western implemented 'game' use emotions as resources. This book examines the strategic use of emotion in the conflicts and interventions occurring in the Western Balkans over a twenty-year period. The book concentrates on the conflicts among Albanian and Slavic populations (Kosovo, Montenegro, Macedonia, South Serbia), along with some comparisons to Bosnia.
Modern Israeli Drama in Translation
"About brothers, love, and deception ... dramatizes the frustrations and anger of social failures and outcasts"--P. [4] of cover.
Renovadas formas de hacer oposición
Este texto ofrece herramientas y conceptos para hacer una oposición política novedosa. Desde el ámbito legal aporta iniciativas en cuanto a garantías y justas reglas para la actividad política, y desde el ámbito de la presión y movilización social ofrece un repertorio de estrategias, tácticas y símbolos, todo esto con ejemplos de experiencias históricas. Si pensamos en un proceso de paz exitoso es entonces imperativo ofrecer desde la academia unas herramientas y pautas para hacer política y ejercer oposición. Los aportes de este libro contribuyen a tal causa, y serán más impactantes en directa proporción a la difusión y discusión de este texto.
Visiones alternativas a la ciudad de hoy
La serie de artículos reunidos en este volumen buscan alertar, analizar y proponer caminos para la comprensión de lo urbano y la acción en estos escenarios. Poco más de la mitad de los artículos refieren como objeto de estudio el caso bogotano, pero un buen número de autores han decidido deslocalizar las reflexiones y lanzar análisis que involucran diversas realidades. Así mismo, se ha buscado convocar miradas desde diversas orillas disciplinares con la expectativa de esbozar un panorama complejo de aquellos aspectos que afectan e involucran el estudio de la ciudad.
