Governance Conflict Analysis and Conflict Resolution

Preliminary sections

• Acronyms and abbreviations
• Preliminary Sections
• Foreword
• Preface
• Introduction

Part I. Governance and conflict management in a global context

• Governance Mechanisms in Divided Societies: Learning From and Using Global Experiences
• Risk Factors and Strategies for Managing Complex Societal Conflicts
• Deciphering the Global from the Local: The Conundrum of Contemporary Global Conflict Management
• Human Rights and Conflict Resolution

Part II. Management and resolution of conflict in the regional context

• OAS Efforts to Reinforce Democracy in Haiti through Dialogue
• Enhancing Regional Conflict Resolution Mechanisms in the Caribbean: CARICOM and the Failure of Mediation in the St. Kitts and Nevis Conflict

Part III. Perspectives on social stratification, political rivalry and ethnic insecurities

• The Nature and Causes of Ethnic Rivalry in Fiji
• Pluralism, Ethnicity and Governance in the Southern Caribbean
• The Politics of Deadlock in Trinidad and Tobago, 1995-2002
• Governance in an Ethnically Divided Society: The Guyana Case
• The Nature and Development of Social Conflict in Guyana
• African Extremism in an Age of Political Decay: The Case of Guyana
• The Social Construction of Race-Ethnic Conflict
• Stratification, Political Rivalry and Ethnic Insecurities: Theoretical Insights for Conflict Resolution

Part IV. High intensity conflicts

• Military Intervention and the Question of Democratization and Inter-Ethnic Peace
• Sri Lanka's Ethnic Conflict: Will Peace Prevail or Conflict Return?
• Resolving the Conflict in the Great Lakes Region: The Role of the International Community
• The Political Management of Ethnic Diversity with Specific Reference to the South African Constitution of 1996

Part V. The management and resolution of territorial conflicts

• From Territorial Conflict to Mutually Advantageous Development
• Third Parties and Crisis Settlement Between Neighbours: India and Pakistan Pre and Post-Nuclearization
• Management and Resolution of Territorial Conflicts: The Case of Venezuela
• The Guyana?Suriname Territorial Conflict: Is the Moment Opportune for Third Party Intervention?

Part VI. Poverty, economics and conflict management

• Poverty Reduction: In Search of a New Economic Format
• Poverty and Conflict Management in Jamaica
• Inner City Reprisal Homicides: A Case Study
• Poverty, Economics and Conflict Management

Part VII. Advancing conflict resolution through education

• Preparing Social Workers to Manage Conflict Through Mediation
• Education and Conflict Resolution for Democratization, Economic Development and Governance in Guyana
• Education: A Medium for Conflict Resolution at the Micro Level

Part VIII. Civil society, governance and social consensus

• Civil Society and Good Governance: Fortunes and Prospects in Guyana
• Civil Society, Governance and Social Consensus
• Building Partnerships between Civil Society and Governments: The Caribbean Experience
• Contributors