englischThe second volume of the ‘Bibliography of Peace Theories’ deals with a period that has received little attention in recent decades, reviewing almost three hundred authors and commenting on more than one hundred in detail. Thus, for the first time, the diversity of approaches to this subject [...]

englischThe book is an empirical study of the values, customary law and conflicts in Andean communities of Peru and Ecuador. These rural societies maintained their traditional conflict resolution systems both for reasons of cultural identity and because of the inability of the state to protect them [...]

englischGreat powers have been considered to be comparatively resistant against international human rights pressures. At the same time, they do not always seem to brush aside international criticism easily. Nevertheless, a systematic comparative study into the effects and success conditions of [...]

englischThis book contributes to the empirical closure of the research gap concerning the local impacts of the new global wave of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in mining. Focusing on corporate and local narratives from Kenya, the book evaluates the credibility of claims that the engagement [...]

englischDealing with a society's violent past does not necessarily lead to more justice and reconciliation, as Eva Ottendörfer explains with regard to the case study of Timor-Leste. She challenges the premises of international engagement in transitional justice and presents a reformulation of basic [...]

englisch60 years after the signing of the Geneva Conventions, civilians still represent the vast majority of victims in armed conflicts. This is particularly the case in asymmetrical conflicts in which non-state armed groups are involved. This book analyzes under which conditions armed groups are [...]

englischSince the 1990s, Security Sector Reform (SSR) constitutes a concept of the international community to address deficient security governance. Social anthropological perspectives have only recently started to find their ways into the academic debate on the issue. With her study, the author [...]

Wie verändern sich islamistische Bewegungen? Um diese zentrale Frage zu beantworten, analysiert die Autorin zwei islamistische Bewegungen aus vergleichender Perspektive: Die Islamic Action Front in Jordanien (1989-2010) sowie die An-Nahdha in Tunesien (1981-2011). Sie führte zahlreiche Interviews [...]

Machtübergänge im internationalen System verlaufen – entgegen der weitverbreiteten Ansicht - nicht zwangsläufig unfriedlich. Eine systematische Behandlung des Konzepts des friedlichen Machtübergangs steht bisher jedoch noch aus, insbesondere im Rahmen der power transition theory (PTT) – der [...]

Eine von Krieg, Gewalt und Genozid betroffene Gesellschaft muss die schwierige Aufgabe bewältigen, ein friedensförderndes Mittelmaß zwischen vergeltenden und restorativen Ansätzen der Vergangenheitsbewältigung zu finden. Die Arbeit diskutiert anhand der Fallbeispiele Ruanda, Kambodscha und Guatemala [...]