{"product_id":"measuring-peace-principles-practices-and-politics-hardcover","title":"Measuring Peace: Principles, Practices, and Politics - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRichard Caplan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow can we know if the peace that has been established following a civil war is a stable peace? More than half of all countries that experienced civil war since World War II have suffered a relapse into violent conflict, in some cases more than once. Meanwhile the international community expends billions of dollars and deploys tens of thousands of personnel each year in support of efforts to build peace in countries emerging from violent conflict. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book argues that efforts to build peace are hampered by the lack of effective means of assessing progress towards the achievement of a consolidated peace. Rarely, if ever, do peacebuilding organizations and governments seek to ascertain the quality of the peace that they are helping to build and the contribution that their engagement is making (or not) to the consolidation of peace. More rigorous assessments of the robustness of peace are needed. These assessments require clarity about the characteristics of, and the requirements for, a stable peace. This in turn requires knowledge of the local culture, local history, and the specific conflict dynamics at work in a given conflict situation. Better assessment can inform peacebuilding actors in the reconfiguration and reprioritization of their operations in cases where conditions on the ground have deteriorated or improved. To build a stable peace, it is argued here, it is important to take the measure of peace.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRichard Caplan, \u003cem\u003eProfessor of International Relations, University of Oxford\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRichard Caplan is Professor of International Relations at the University of Oxford. He has written extensively on international organizations and conflict management, specifically on post-conflict peace- and state-building. He is the author of \u003cem\u003e International Governance of War-Torn Territories\u003c\/em\u003e (Oxford University Press, 2005) and \u003cem\u003e Europe and the Recognition of New States in Yugoslavia\u003c\/em\u003e (Cambridge University Press, 2005), and the editor of \u003cem\u003e Exit Strategies and State Building\u003c\/em\u003e (OUP, 2012) and \u003cem\u003e Europe's New Nationalism: States and Minorities in Conflict\u003c\/em\u003e (OUP, 1996). He has served as a Specialist-Advisor to the Select Foreign Affairs Committee of the UK House of Commons, a consultant to the UN Peacebuilding Support Office, and a member of the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on Fragile States.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.6 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 25, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51753966272800,"sku":"9780198810360","price":188.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/9bc92174c90c70497822e334f2e78ddb.webp?v=1780030475","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/measuring-peace-principles-practices-and-politics-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}