UU: Conflict and Peace-Building

The module focuses on: concepts and theories of conflict resolution; peacemaking/peacebuilding with specific relevance to humanitarian disaster situations; and the conditions and consequences of humanitarian action in conflict situations.

Barnett, Michael N., The empire of humanity: a history of humanitarianism
Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 2011
 
Kriesberg, Louis.; Dayton, Bruce W., Constructive conflicts: from escalation to resolution
4th ed.: Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, c2012
 
Ramsbotham, Oliver; Woodhouse, Tom; Miall, Hugh, Contemporary conflict resolution: the prevention, management and transformation of deadly conflicts
Fourth edition.: Malden, MA: Polity Press, 2016
 
Solnit, Rebecca. A paradise built in hell: the extraordinary communities that arise in disaster
New York, N.Y.: Viking, 2009
 
Wallensteen, Peter, Understanding conflict resolution
4th ed.: Los Angeles: Sage, 2015
 
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