Israel/Palestine
Polity Press, 2008. Alan Dowty analyzes this conflict from a historical perspective.
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Peace: A History of Movements and Ideas
Cambridge University Press, 2008. This book by David Cortright traces the peace movement's religious and intellectual roots.
Global Democracy and World Social Forums
Paradigm, 2007. This book co-edited by Jackie Smith offers a fresh and accessible analysis of the World Social Forum — one of the most important political developments of our time.
Reflective Peacebuilding: A Planning, Monitoring, and Learning Tool Kit
Kroc Institute and Catholic Relief Services, 2007. By John Paul Lederach, Reina Neufeldt, and Hal Culbertson. This practical book aims to improve peacebuilding practitioners’ capacity to design transformative change and track and improve upon those changes over time in unpredictable conflict contexts.
Social Movements for Global Democracy
Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007. Jackie Smith shows how social activists promote human rights and ecological sustainability.
State Repression and the Domestic Democratic Peace
Cambridge University Press, 2007. Christian Davenport looks at authoritarianism, state coercion, and democratic political institutions.
Understanding Conflict Resolution (2nd ed.)
SAGE Publications, 2007 (2nd edition). Peter Wallensteen offers this comprehensive guide to understanding conflict resolution in the global environment. He first reviews the development of conflict resolution since the Cold War. Next, he explores the settlement of three major types of international conflict: inter-state, internal, and those arising from state formation issues. In the last part of the book, he examines regional and international approaches and poses questions about the future of conflict resolution.
Uniting Against Terror
MIT Press, 2007. Edited by David Cortright and George A. Lopez. This book argues that defeating the global terrorist threat requires a bold new approach.
Women and the Contested State: Religion, Violence, and Agency in South and Southeast Asia
Notre Dame Press, 2007. This volume edited by Monique Skidman and Patricia Lawrence explores the intricate, dynamic relationships among women and the state and armed forces of Kashmir, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Burma. They also address the complex role that religion (Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism) plays among women during times of conflict.
Gandhi and Beyond: Nonviolence in an Age of Terrorism
Paradigm, 2006. Drawing on the legend and lessons of Gandhi, David Cortright traces the history of nonviolent social activism from the early 20th century to the war in Iraq.