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Breaking Cycles of Violence: Conflict Prevention in Intrastate Crises
Breaking Cycles of Violence Conflict Prevention in Intrastate Crises Author:William De Mars, Patrick D. Gaffney, Raimo Vayrynen "A well-integrated and well-structured text. — --Journal of Peace Research, November 2002 — *Offers strategies for conflict transformation, based on a "conflict prevention toolbox," which deals with all aspects of the conflict cycle — *Burundi and Macedonia make powerful case studies — Breaking Cycles of Violence studies how the... more » international community, working with local partners, can effectively pinpoint key breaking points and target resources for societies at risk of violent conflict.
This book provides policymakers, practitioners, scholars, and students with a framework for recognizing and tackling the complexities of internal and intrastate conflicts in order to avert violence and mass human suffering. It presents guidelines for using early warning indicators to assess the causes of conflict; using preventative action to contain it; and using multidimensional strategies to rehabilitate societies through the cycle of post-conflict peacebuilding.« less