The Slippery Slope to Genocide: Reducing Identity Conflicts and Preventing Mass Murder

Author:   Mark Anstey ,  Paul Meerts ,  I. William Zartman
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
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Pages:   432
Publication Date:   16 February 2012
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Author:   Mark Anstey ,  Paul Meerts ,  I. William Zartman
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 23.90cm , Height: 3.60cm , Length: 16.30cm
Weight:   0.848kg
ISBN:  

9780199791743


ISBN 10:   0199791740
Pages:   432
Publication Date:   16 February 2012
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
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Part I. Introduction Chapter 1: The Problem: Preventing Identity Conflicts and Genocide Mark Anstey and I. William Zartman Chapter 2: The Roots and Prevention of Genocide and Related Mass Violence Ervin Staub Part II. Internal Dynamics: The Parties Chapter 3: The Identity Trap: Managing Paradox in Crisis Bargaining William A. Donohue Chapter 4: The Identity Narratives Jesús Romero-Trillo Chapter 5: Negotiating Memories and Justice in the Philippines Ariel Macaspac Penetrante Chapter 6: Diasporas and the Politics of Identity in International Negotiations Fen Osler Hampson Chapter 7: Outbidding and the Decision to Negotiate Jannie Liljia Chapter 8: The Insides of Identity and Intragroup Conflict Jay Rothman Chapter 9: Handling Spoilers and the Prospect of Violence Marie-Joëlle Zahar Part III. Intervention Dynamics: The Mediator Chapter 10: Mediation and Identity Conflicts Joshua Smilovitz Chapter 11: The Challenge of Partnerism Moty Cristal Chapter 12: Conditions for Internal Conflict Resolution through External Intervention Frank Pfetsch Chapter 13: Who Gets What in Peace Agreements? David Cunningham Chapter 14: Evolving International Law of Intervention and Prevention Franz Cede, University of Budapest Chapter 15: The International Community Response Peter Wallensteen, Frida Möller, and Erik Melander Chapter 16: OSCE HCNM: Strategies of the Legitimate Intervener in Internal Identity Conflicts Fedor Meerts and Tassos Coulaloglou Chapter 17: Negotiating Out of Conflict: External Interventions in Africa Mark Anstey Part IV. Conclusions Chapter 18: Lessons for Theory I. William Zartman and Mark Anstey Chapter 19:Lessons for Practice Mart Anstey and Paul Meerts

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<br> This well-edited collection is a sophisticated, timely, state-of-the-art analysis of a notoriously difficult set of conflict management issues. Both scholars and practitioners will find it seriously useful in helping identify which of the legion of identity-difference situations around the world have the potential to turn murderous, and what kinds of diplomatic intervention are most likely to be successful in preventing and reacting to such catastrophes. -- Gareth Evans, Co-Chair, International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty; President Emeritus, International Crisis Group; Former Foreign Minister of Australia; and author of The Responsibility to Protect: Ending Mass Atrocity Crimes Once and for All<br><p><br> The positive notion of identity has far too often been exploited by forces aiming to aggravate tensions between groups of different religions or ethnic backgrounds. In my own mediation work in Africa and the Middle East, I have often noted how the dimension


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I. William Zartman is Jacob Blaustein Professor Emeritus at The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington DC. His books include Cowardly Lions: Missed Opportunities to Prevent Deadly Conflict and State Collapse and Negotiation and Conflict Management. Mark Anstey is Emeritus Professor at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University and was a professor with Michigan State University in Dubai from 2008 to 2011. He has also taught in several South African universities. Involved in promoting peace in South Africa, he served as Director of Monitoring (Eastern Cape) for the Independent Electoral Commission in the country's historic 1994 elections. Paul Meerts is Advisor to the Director of the Netherlands Institute of International Relations at Clingendael. He is a visiting professor at the College of Europe (Bruges), the University of Economics (Prague), and the UNESCO Institute for Water Education (Delft). All three editors are on the Steering Committee for the Processes of International Negotiation Network at the International Institute for Applied Systems.

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