Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
2-2014
Department 1
Political Science
Abstract
Book Summary: This comprehensive new Handbook explores the significance and nature of armed intrastate conflict and civil war in the modern world. Civil wars and intrastate conflict represent the principal form of organised violence since the end of World War II, and certainly in the contemporary era. These conflicts have a huge impact and drive major political change within the societies in which they occur, as well as on an international scale. The global importance of recent intrastate and regional conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Somalia, Nepal, Cote d'Ivoire, Syria and Libya – amongst others – has served to refocus academic and policy interest upon civil war.
Chapter Summary: This chapter provides an assessment of current theories regarding peacebuilding efforts following civil war, evaluates UN peacebuilding efforts over the past 20 years, and offers suggestions regarding future research on the topic.
Copyright Note
This is the publisher's version of the work. This publication appears in Gettysburg College's institutional repository by permission of the copyright owner for personal use, not for redistribution.
Recommended Citation
Hartzell, Caroline. “Peacebuilding After Civil War.” Routledge Handbook of Civil Wars. Eds. Edward Newman and Lark DeRouen, Jr. (London: Routledge Press, 2014), 376-386.
Required Publisher's Statement
The full book is available from the publisher at: http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415622585/
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