Sustainable Peace
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| Rating | : | 4.66 (998 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0847685616 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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(Terrorism and Political Violence)This is a very comprehensive survey of the existing organizations working to build sustainable peace. Clements, director, Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University)A thoroughly informative, indeed, a dazzling tour d'horizon of new regional actors in preventive diplomacy. Peck should be congratulated for this valuable contribution to the conflict prevention literature. (Michael W. This is a vitally important contribution to the debate about preventive diplomacy, early responses to incipient violent conflict, and medium- to long-term peace-building and peacemaki
A review of the organizational school Peck writes lucidly and with erudition, outlining the roles that myriad international organizations have played, or have capacity to play, in precipitating resolution to conflict. Of particular note and value is her focus upon mechanisms of function, rather than upon units of function. As or
Connie Peck is coordinator of the Fellowship Program in Peacemaking and Preventive Diplomacy, which is cosponsored by the United Nations Institute for Training and Research and the International Peace Academy.
The end of the twentieth century saw the easing of East-West tension but not the end of violent conflict_especially within states. There has been growing consensus that the international community needs to find more effective ways of preventing such internal conflicts. The most successful approaches of these organizations could be applied through proposed Regional Centers for Sustainable Peace.. Good governance offers groups a 'voice' in resolving grievances at an early stage before they grow into major problems, safeguards human rights, and promotes a fairer distribution of resources. This book argues that the most sustainable means of promoting peace within states is the development of good governance, which can address the root causes of conflict and meet basic human security needs. The author suggests that the focus of good international and regional governance should be the promotion of more effective national and local governance, and she outlines the efforts of the United Nations, regional organizations_such as the Organization for Secu