Research Catalog

Title

The uncertain transition from stability to peace / Robert D. Lamb, Kathryn Mixon, Sarah Minot.

Author

Lamb, Robert D. (Robert Dale)

Publication

Washington, DC : Center for Strategic and International Studies ; Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield, [2015]

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Additional Authors

• Center for Strategic and International Studies (Washington, D.C.). CSIS Program on Crisis, Conflict, and Cooperation, issuing body.
• Center for Strategic and International Studies (Washington, D.C.), publisher.

Description

viii, 39 pages; 28 cm

Summary

"Most violent conflicts since the turn of this century were in countries that had experienced an earlier violent conflict. How can we tell when a country is likely to remain stuck in a cycle of violence? What factors suggest it might be 'ripe' for stabilizing and peace building? The authors studied four cases in this report. Chad is stuck in a cycle of violence, while El Salvador, Laos, and Mozambique have had different results in their transitions from violence to stability to peace. Conflicts without internal cohesion of combatants or pressure from foreign patrons to stop fighting are probably not ripe for stabilizing. Where there are subnational or regional actors committed to violence, post-conflict peace building is not likely to succeed without enforcement capacity to contain violence or demonstrated commitments to increasing political inclusion and making material improvements in the lives of residents"--Publisher's web site.

Series Statement

CSIS reports

Uniform Title

CSIS report.

Subject

• Peace-building > Case studies
• War > Peace > Case studies
• Political stability > Case studies

Note

• "A report of the CSIS Program on Crisis, Conflict, and Cooperation."
• "February 2015."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Introduction. Violence and institutional change -- Stabilization versus peace building -- Method -- Case histories. Chad -- Laos -- Mozambique -- El Salvador -- From violence to stability. Chad-Laos -- Chad-Mozambique -- Chad-El Salvador -- Conclusions : ripeness and stabilization -- From stability to peace. Laos-Mozambique -- Laos-El Salvador -- Mozambique-El Salvador -- Conclusions : ripeness and peace building -- Influencing the transition from stability to peace.

Call Number

JFF 16-1625

ISBN

• 1442240555
• 9781442240551

OCLC

903675259

Author

Lamb, Robert D. (Robert Dale)

Title

The uncertain transition from stability to peace / Robert D. Lamb, Kathryn Mixon, Sarah Minot.

Imprint

Washington, DC : Center for Strategic and International Studies ; Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield, [2015]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

CSIS reports

CSIS report.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Added Author

Center for Strategic and International Studies (Washington, D.C.). CSIS Program on Crisis, Conflict, and Cooperation, issuing body.

Center for Strategic and International Studies (Washington, D.C.), publisher.

Research Call Number

JFF 16-1625