Early warning and conflict prevention : limitations and possibilities /

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Imprint:The Hague ; Boston : Kluwer Law International, c1998.
Description:xii, 204 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Nijhoff law specials ; v. 39
Nijhoff law specials ; 39.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3486974
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Other authors / contributors:Walraven, Klaas van, 1958-
Nederlands Instituut voor Internationale Betrekkingen "Clingendael"
ISBN:904111064X (alk. paper)
Notes:Papers presented at a symposium held at Netherlands Institute of International Relations 'Clingendael' in Nov. 1996.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-197) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Inter-governmental Organizations and Preventing Conflicts: Political Practice Since the End of the Cold War / Klaas van Walraven
  • 3. Humanitarian and Conflict-oriented Early Warning: A Historical Background Sketch / Howard Adelman
  • 4. Difficulties in Early Warning: Networking and Conflict Management / Howard Adelman
  • 5. Acting Early: Detection, Receptivity, Prevention and Sustainability, Reflecting on the First Post-Cold War Period / Peter Wallensteen
  • 6. From Information to Political Action: Some Political Prerequisites / Ruddy Doom
  • 7. Early Warning and Conflict Prevention: The Role of the United Nations / James S. Sutterlin
  • 8. Prospects for a Division of Labour: African Regional Organizations in Conflict Prevention / Gilbert M. Khadiagala
  • 9. Peace-Building and African Organizations: Towards Subcontracting or a New and Sustainable Division of Labour? / Timothy M. Shaw, Sandra J. MacLean and Katie Orr
  • 10. Conclusions
  • App. Debating Early Warning and Conflict Prevention.