Overview
Analyses how violent international conflicts can be effectively addressed with the help of prudent peace policies
Presents many historical case studies on conflicts including the former Yugoslavia, Iraq, Israel/Palestine, North Korea and other regions
Discusses controversial positions on these conflicts, helping the reader to recognise and grasp different political positions on today’s issues
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This volume analyses the historical background of violent international conflicts. Starting with an analysis of the conflict and cooperation structures in post-communist Eastern Europe and the eastern expansion of the European Union, the author discusses the problem of acts of intervention in response to severe human rights violations, taking Kosovo, Libya and in a further text also Darfur, as examples. To analyse the subject of ethnonational autonomy and independence movements, the author presents case studies on Bosnia-Herzegovina, Belgium, Cyprus, on the Kurdish areas of Iraq, Iran, Syria and Turkey, on Israel/Palestine, on China with regard to Tibet and Xinjiang, and on the genocide of the Armenians in the Ottoman Empire. The classic subjects of inter-state security and armament policy include the controversy over the nuclear policies of Iran and North Korea, while the analysis of the changes in Russia’s political system focuses on their far-reaching consequences for international politics. This book will appeal to students and scholars of international relations and peace and conflict studies, as well as to practitioners and decision makers in the field of peace politics.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Studies in History, Political Science, Geography, and Pedagogics in Marburg/ Lahn, Berlin, Bratislava, 1974-1990 Research Director at the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt, 1975-1993 Professor of Political Science and Political Sociology at the Goethe University of Frankfurt, 1993-2005 Chair/Professor of Political Science and Contemporary History at the University of Mannheim, Visiting Professor at the Universities of Copenhagen, Irvine, Cal., Vilnius, 1993-2009 Research area and project director at the Mannheim Center for Social Research, since 2009 Lecturer at the Faculty of Social Sciences at the Goethe University of Frankfurt.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: International Politics
Book Subtitle: Political Issues Under Debate - Vol. 1
Authors: Egbert Jahn
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-47685-7
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-662-47684-0Published: 13 November 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-51525-9Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-47685-7Published: 03 November 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 274
Topics: International Relations, Public Policy, Dispute Resolution, Mediation, Arbitration