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Zusatztext "Too much of the writing on international affairs is long on opinions and short on facts. Peace and Conflict is the rare exception. Its clear presentations of evidence and analyses help to better inform discussions about the most pressing security challenges in today's world."-Fareed Zakaria! Editor! Newsweek InternationalOn Peace and Conflict 2008:"Peace and Conflict is an essential tool for scholars and policymakers seeking the facts behind the headlines about the nature and extent of conflict around the world. It provides a systematic! empirically grounded! and highly nuanced assessment of the darker aspects of human nature and underscores! yet again! the inescapable truth of our interconnected world and intertwined fate."-Vartan Gregorian! President! Carnegie Corporation of New York Informationen zum Autor J. Joseph Hewitt is Director for Government Relations at the Center for International Development and Conflict Management (CIDCM)! University of Maryland! where he specializes in quantitative analysis of international conflict. Jonathan Wilkenfield is Director of CIDCM and one of the principals of the Maryland Center for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism. He also directs the International Crisis Behavior Project (with Michael Brecher) and the Minorities at Risk Project. His most recent publication is Mediating International Crises (Routledge 2005). Ted Robert Gurr is founder of the Minorities at Risk and Polity Projects and Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland (Emeritus). He is author of numerous books and articles! including the award-winning Why Men Rebel and! most recently! Peoples vs. States: Minorities at Risk in the New Century (U.S. Institute of Peace Press 2000). Klappentext "Peace and Conflict" is a biennial publication that provides key data and documents trends in national and international conflicts ranging from isolated acts of terrorism to internal civil strife to full-fledged interstate war. "Peace and Conflict" is a large format! full-color reference including numerous graphs! tables! maps! and appendices dedicated to the visual presentation of data. Crisp narratives are highlighted with pull-quote extracts that summarize trends and major findings. Each volume includes: Global Trends in Violent ConflictGlobal Trends in DemocratizationSelf-Determination Movements and Outcomes Special topics such as mass civilian fatalities in conflict zones! trends in UN peacekeeping! and international terrorism.See the news release from the University of Maryland at http: //www.newsdesk.umd.edu Zusammenfassung Provides key data and documents trends in national and international conflicts ranging from isolated acts of terrorism to internal civil strife to full-fledged interstate war. This work includes numerous graphs, tables, maps, and appendices dedicated to the visual presentation of data. Inhaltsverzeichnis Peace and Conflict 2008 Contents Chapter 1: Introduction Tedd Robert Gurr! J. Joseph Hewitt! and Jonathan Wilkenfeld Regular Features Chapter 2: The Peace and Conflict Instability Ledger: Ranking States on Future Risks J. Joseph Hewitt Chapter 3: Trends in Global Conflict! 1946-2005 J. Joseph Hewitt Chapter 4: Trends in Democratization: A Focus on Instability in Anocracies Amy Pate Chapter 5: Self-Determination Movements and Their Outcomes David Quinn Challenges to the Stability of States Chapter 6: Global Terrorism and Failed States Gary LaFree! Laura Dugan! and Susan Fahey Chapter 7: Ethnopolitical Violence and Terrorism in the Middle East Victor Asal! Carter Johnson! and Jonathan Wilkenfeld Chapter 8: Unstable States and International Crises Jonathan Wilkenfeld
