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Positive Peace addresses how sustainable intra-state peace could best be elicited through the UN system in non-liberal/democratic divided societies. It offers a novel positive peace vision together with a comprehensive framework for positive peace that would strengthen the UN’s conflict prevention pillars and complement its post-conflict peacebuilding efforts.

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All too often, international approaches to addressing conflict reflect a 'negative' understanding of peace and thus seek to manage or contain conflict rather than address its underlying sources. This excellent book demonstrates how the concept of 'positive peace' is not only realistic but also essential, so that international conflict prevention is both sustainable and ethical. Professor Edward Newman, University of Leeds

This is a book that takes theoretical and practical work on the promotion of world peace to a new level of sophistication and dynamism. It reformulates the framework in which to think about the difference between 'negative' peace as the absence of conflict per se and 'positive' peace that integrates key elements of social justice into a result that can be truly sustainable. The argument is a rare combination of theoretical vigour together with a set of clear suggestions for practical changes in UN policy. It is work that can make a difference. Professor Sheldon Leader, University of Essex All too often, international approaches to addressing conflict reflect a 'negative' understanding of peace and thus seek to manage or contain conflict rather than address its underlying sources. This excellent book demonstrates how the concept of 'positive peace' is not only realistic but also essential, so that international conflict prevention is both sustainable and ethical. Professor Edward Newman, University of Leeds This book constitutes a significant contribution to the literature on positive peace as it bridges in a beautiful way theory with practice. The author engages in an elegant and detailed manner with the normative foundations of the concept, puts forward concepts of her own and puts UN structures to the test in the area of conflict prevention. Anyone interested in understanding this concept or how to operationalize it at the UN level should read this book! Dr. Clara Sandoval, Senior Lecturer, School of Law, and founding member of the Essex Transitional Justice Network (ETJN), University of Essex

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Tuba Turan received her Ph.D. from the University of Essex (2014) and her LLM degree in International Law with International Relations from the University of Kent at Canterbury (2005).

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