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The cultural logic of transnationality and peace movement / Lindah Mhando -- Militarism, Islam and war / Imam Kassim Kupoz -- How do we teach our kids to kill? / Jack Gilroy -- / The First Gulf War : an Israel perspective / Ofer Ravid -- Masculinity getting in the way : peace activism in Palestinian territories / Irene Siegel -- The Kurds : the subject of cultural genocide / Kani Xulam -- Militarism and challenges to the peace movement / Horace Campbell -- The global empire / Enrique Dussel -- From coloniality to re-colonization / Anibal Quiano -- Epilogue: seeing cultural logics at large / Lindah Mhando -- Interview questions -- Contributors -- Bibliography -- Index

Subnational comparative research has received increasing attention as a method that is academically rigorous and offers in-depth knowledge about specific cases. However, the practical difficulties surrounding the selection of cases to be researched and compared are seldom discussed in a meaningful way in academic circles. Even though a research design may itself be very elaborate, we need significant information on the cases before we can actually decide on useful comparisons. Based on our experiences in studying how powersharing peace agreements affect the local level and why conflict dynamics often continue, we consider the following basic question: How do we actually know that a specific case suits a particular research design? The challenges we experienced in our research were twofold: first, how to conceptualize peace and identify indicators to measure the level of peacefulness; and second, how to obtain comprehensive and reliable disaggregated data on these indicators. By detailing our own experiences we hope to encourage a more open approach to the discussion of methodological challenges. -- methodology ; data collection ; peace research ; comparative design ; subnational research ; post-conflict societies

Die Herausforderung durch neue Formen nationaler und transnationaler kriegerischer und krimineller Gewalt stellt die klassischen Grenzen zwischen außerstaatlichem Gewaltumgang in zwischenstaatlichen Kriegen und innerstaatlicher Gewaltbegrenzung in Frage, damit aber auch die damit befassten Institutionen und Organisationen. Ethisch gesehen bedarf es zur Bewältigung der neuen Herausforderungen an die Gestaltung des inner- wie zwischenstaatlichen Friedens einer Kriteriologie, die den Problemlagen des Gewaltgebrauchs durch die unterschiedlichen Gewalten gerecht wird, an die klassischen Gewalteinhegungstheorien sowie an plurale Begründungskontexte anschlussfähig ist und dabei die Ambivalenz und Problematik jedes Gewaltumgangs nicht vernachlässigt. Eine solche Kriteriologie liegt in der Figur einer - maßgeblich durch Beiträge Hans-Richard Reuters geprägten - "Ethik rechtserhaltender Gewalt" vor, die den Fokus bildet, um den die Beiträge dieses Bandes gruppiert sind

Der Welt ist in Gefahr. Sie ist von Gier, Selbstsucht und kurzfristigem Denken geprägt. Es fehlt der moralische Kompass. Der Dalai Lama und Stéphane Hessel schlagen Alarm. Um die Menschenrechte weltweit durchzusetzen, fordern sie einen allgemeinen Bewusstseinswandel

"Does the EU matter in international security? The authors identify and explain the drivers of and brakes to EU foreign security action, offer methods of assessment to ascertain influence, and conclude that the union has become a niche international security provider that has in turn strengthened EU foreign policy"--

Consociationalism: power-sharing and self-governance / Stefan Wolff -- Centripetalism: cooperation, accommodation and integration / Benjamin Reilly -- Power dividing: the multiple-majorities approach / Philip G. Roeder -- The diplomacy of conflict management / I. William Zartman -- Quiet diplomacy: preventing conflict through discreet engagement / Craig Collins and John Packer -- Imperfect but indispensable: the United Nations and global conflict management / Anoulak Kittikhoun and Thomas G. Weiss -- Regional origins, global aspirations: the European Union as a global conflict manager / Nathalie Tocci -- Limited capabilities, great expectations: the African Union and regional conflict management / John Akokpari -- Political engagement, mediation, and the nongovernmental sector / Katia Papiagianni -- Between theory and practice: Rwanda / Janine Natalya Clark -- The challenges of implementation: Guatemala / Virginie Ladisch -- The failure of prevention: Kosovo / Marc Weller -- A never-ending story: Cyprus / Christalla Yakinthou -- The potency of external conflict management: Northern Ireland / Adrian Guelke