Peacekeeping Books

New and Published Books

1. Zionist Israel and Apartheid South Africa

   Civil society and peace building in ethnic-national states

   By Amneh Badran

   Series: Routledge Studies on the Arab-Israeli Conflict

   This book is a comparison of two ethnic-national "apartheid" states – South Africa and Israel – which have been in conflict, and how internal dissent has developed. In particular it examines the evolution of effective white protest in South Africa and explores the reasons why comparably powerful...

   Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
2. The Transformation of UN Conflict Management

   Producing images of genocide from Rwanda to Darfur and beyond

   By Touko Piiparinen

   Series: Routledge Research on International Organisations

   The world has vowed "Never again" in memory of the 800,000 Rwandans and other groups slaughtered by génocidaires. Yet, ever since the Holocaust, the international community has repeatedly betrayed its pledge, most notably in 1994 with regard to the Rwandan Tutsi, and again ten years later in Darfur...

   Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
3. Euroscepticism in Southern Europe

   A Diachronic Perspective

   Edited by Susannah Verney

   Euroscepticism has emerged as a growing constraint on European integration, starting with the Maastricht Treaty in the early 1990s, continuing with the mid-2000s constitutional debacle and intensifying with the eurozone crisis – a crisis in which Southern Europe has played a key role. But is...

   Published May 30th 2013 by Routledge
4. South America and Peace Operations

   Coming of Age

   Edited by Kai Michael Kenkel

   Series: Cass Series on Peacekeeping

   This volume is the first English-language work to focus specifically on South America in the context of peace operations. The region of South America has been undergoing significant changes recently with regard to its attitudes towards participation in peace operations. Leaving behind a strong...

   Published May 15th 2013 by Routledge
5. Peace Operations and Organized Crime

   Enemies or Allies?

   Edited by James Cockayne, Adam Lupel

   Series: Cass Series on Peacekeeping

   Peace operations are increasingly on the front line in the international community’s fight against organized crime; this book explores how, in some cases, peace operations and organized crime are clear enemies, while in others, they may become tacit allies. The threat posed by organized crime to...

   Published May 9th 2013 by Routledge
6. Land and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding

   Edited by Jon Unruh, Rhodri Williams

   Series: Post-Conflict Peacebuilding and Natural Resource Management

   Claims to land and territory are often a cause of conflict, and land issues present some of the most contentious problems for post-conflict peacebuilding. Among the land-related problems that emerge during and after conflict are the exploitation of land-based resources in the absence of authority,...

   Published April 28th 2013 by Routledge
7. Regional Organizations in African Security

   Edited by Fredrik Soderbaum, Rodrigo Tavares

   The African continent is plagued by some of the most brutal and violent conflicts in the world. At the same time that warfare is changing, so has the state’s capacity to provide security and political stability to its citizens. This book deals with the role of regional organizations in Africa’s...

   Published April 24th 2013 by Routledge
8. Transitional Justice in South Asia

   A Study of Afghanistan and Nepal

   By Tazreena Sajjad

   Series: Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series

   Offering a comparative case study of transitional justice processes in Afghanistan and Nepal, this book critically evaluates the way the "local" is consulted in post-conflict efforts toward peace and reconciliation. It argues that there is a tendency in transitional justice efforts to contain the...

   Published April 17th 2013 by Routledge
9. Negotiating for Peace in the Middle East (Routledge Revivals)

   By Ismail Fahmy

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   Ismail Fahmy was Minister of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Premier of Egypt, but resigned in protest against President Sadat’s visit to Jerusalem in 1977. This book, published in 1983, presents the first portrait of Sadat from within the Arab ruling elite, and gives unique coverage of the crucial...

   Published April 11th 2013 by Routledge
10. The Role of Courts in Transitional Justice

    Voices from Latin America and Spain

    Edited by Jessica Almqvist, Carlos Esposito

    Bringing together a group of outstanding judges, scholars and experts with first-hand experience in the field of transitional justice in Latin America and Spain, this book offers an insider’s perspective on the enhanced role of courts in prosecuting serious human rights violations and grave crimes,...

    Published April 11th 2013 by Routledge