Description
Conflict Analysis: Understanding Causes, Unlocking Solutions is a guide for practitioners seeking to prevent deadly conflict or mitigate political instability. Governments, nongovernmental organizations, and businesses operating in conflict zones will find this volume to be a practical, accessible reference for understanding and communicating persuasively about threats of organized violence. This handbook integrates theory and practice and emphasizes the importance of analyzing the causes of peace as well as the causes of conflict. It stresses that conflict analysis is a social as well as an intellectual process, helping practitioners translate analysis into effective action.
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Endorsements
"A must read for all analysts and practitioners seeking to cope with conflict. The book is broadly rooted in the literature on analysis and planning and provides good concrete examples at every point. A deep and thoroughly practical handbook." - Dean G. Pruitt, Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University
Author Biography
Matthew Levinger is visiting professor of international affairs and director of the National Security Studies Program at The Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University. Among his previous positions, he was a senior program officer at USIP's Academy of International Conflict Management and Peacebuilding, director of the Academy for Genocide Prevention at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, and a William C. Foster Fellow at the U.S. Department of State.
United States Institute of Peace
The United States Insitute of Peace was created by the US congress as a federally funded press creating works to prevent and resolve global conflict by providing education and resources to work towards peace.
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- Publisher United States Institute of Peace
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9781601271433
- Publication Country or regionUnited States
- FormatPaperback
- Primary Price 24.95 USD
- Pages280
- ReadershipProfessional and Scholarly
- Publish StatusPublished
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