Islands of agreement : managing enduring armed rivalries

Type

Book

Authors

Blum, Gabriella

ISBN 10

067402446X

ISBN 13

9780674024465

Tags

Textbook Rental ASINs, Negotiating, Foreign & International Law, Diplomacy, Political Science, Business & Finance, Law, International Relations, India, Pakistan, Turkey, Greece, Israel, Lebanon

Abstract

"We are culturally conditioned to think of war and peace in binary terms of strict opposition. Correspondingly, we tend to focus our attention on conflict prevention or conflict resolution. But as Islands of Agreement demonstrates, peace and war are seldom polar totalities but increasingly can and do coexist within the confines of a single scenario." "Through a strategy she calls 'islands of agreement, ' Blum argues that within the most entrenched and bitter struggles, adversaries can carve out limited areas that remain safe or even prosperous amidst a tide of war. These havens effectively reduce suffering and loss and allow mutually beneficial exchanges to take place, offering hope for broader accords."--Jacket.

Description

Contents:
Islands of agreement: the conceptual framework -- India and Pakistan: islands of the subcontinent -- Greece and Turkey: archipelagos of agreement -- Israel and Lebanon: an island of agreement at work -- Testing theory in practice.

Biblio Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-337) and index.

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