John Paul Lederach

Tom Woodhouse

This book recognizes and honors the life and work of Adam Curle, one of the leading pioneers of peace education, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of his birth in July 1916. The book is organized in four parts: a brief introduction to Curle’s personal and professional biography and key aspects of his work a biographical essay on Adam Curle with selected photos in color key innovative texts that cover the different periods and themes of Curle’s life and work; the texts are selected by Tom Woodhouse and John Paul Lederach, who have unique access to the Adam Curle Collection, which is part of the special collections archive of the University of Bradford Library a reflective essay on the continued relevance of Curle’s work for contemporary peace and conflict research

Adam Curle: Pioneer in Peace Research, Education and Action

Oliver Ramsbotham

Conflict resolution theory has become relevant to the various challenges faced by the United Nations peacekeeping forces as efforts are made to learn from the traumatic and devastating impact of the many civil wars that have erupted in the 1990s. This work analyzes the theory.

Peacekeeping and Conflict Resolution

This book is about the ways in which conflict resolution theory has become relevant to the challenges faced by UN peacekeeping forces as efforts are made to learn from the impact of the civil wars that have erupted in the 1990s.

Hugh Miall

Since the end of the Cold War, conflict prevention and resolution, peacekeeping and peacebuilding have risen to the top of the international agenda. The third edition of this hugely popular text explains the key concepts, charts the development of the field, evaluates successes and failures, and assesses the main current challenges and debates in the second decade of the twenty-first century. Existing material has been thoroughly updated and seven new chapters added, on conflict resolution in a changing international order; environmental conflict resolution; conflict resolution in the arts and popular culture; conflict resolution, the media and the communications revolution; managing radical disagreement in intractable conflict; theories and critiques of the field; and upcoming challenges and tasks for the next generation. The authors argue that a new form of cosmopolitan conflict resolution is emerging, which offers a hopeful means for human societies to handle their conflicts non-violently and eventually to transcend and celebrate their differences. Part I offers a comprehensive survey of the theory and practice of conflict resolution. Part II sets the field within the context of rapid global change and addresses the controversies that have surrounded conflict resolution as it has entered the mainstream. Contemporary Conflict Resolution is essential reading for students of peace and security studies, conflict management and international politics, as well as for those working in non-governmental organizations and think-tanks.

Contemporary Conflict Resolution

Adam Curle's pioneering work as the founding Professor of Peace Studies at Bradford University has been significantly more important to the peace-studies field than is generally understood. Although his ideas were far ahead of his time, they have not been adequately taught and understood--in part because of the dominance of "realistic" approaches to political science and partly because his writings have not been readily available. This book captures Professor Curle's core contributions in an accessible, edited form so that the breadth of his work can become more available to new students and the next generation of world leaders. A unique feature of Adam Curle's work is his stimulating focus on the inner spiritual and outer dimensions of peace making.

Tom Woodhouse

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