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  • International Tribunals and Human Security

    by James Meernik ...
    The purpose of this text is to evaluate the extent to which international judicial institutions—principally the four most prominent tribunals, the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, the Special Court for Sierra Leone and the International Criminal Court— have proven effective in advancing human security. It examines the ... Read more

    $42.09 USD

  • Social Capital and the Reintegration of Former Combatants

    Colombian Paramilitaries, Guerrillas and Their Leaders

    by James Meernik, Gustavo Duncan, Juan Camilo Gaviria Henao, Clarita Toro Uribe ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Civil Wars and Intra-State Conflict
    This book develops a theory of successful reintegration after intra-state conflict, centred on the development of social capital and its use by former combatants after demobilization.The book shows that those former combatants who are able to develop social ties and social capital in their communities, with their families and through involvement in peacebuilding activities will be more likely to ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • Judging Justice

    How Victim Witnesses Evaluate International Courts

    by James David Meernik, Kimi Lynn King ...
    Some injustices are so massive, so heinous, and so extraordinary that ordinary courts are no longer adequate. The creation of international courts and tribunals to confront major violations of human rights sought to bring justice to affected communities as well as to the entire world. Yet if justice is a righting of the imbalance between what has happened and what is reflected in the law, no ... Read more

    $46.79 USD

  • The Political Use of Military Force in US Foreign Policy

    by James David Meernik ...
    From the Quasi War with France and the opening of Japan, to the numerous interventions of the 1990s, these events have been situated at the heart of US foreign policy. There are four different explanations as to why the US, throughout its history, has used military force just short of war. Some scholars have suggested that nations use military force on behalf of security objectives. Others have ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Judgment Day

    Judicial Decision Making at the International Criminal Tribunals

    by Rosa Aloisi, James Meernik ...
    This book demonstrates how, after many years of inactivity after the World War II tribunals, judges at the Yugoslav, Rwanda and Sierra Leone tribunals, and to a lesser extent the International Criminal Court, have seized the opportunity to develop international law on war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Meernik and Aloisi argue that judges are motivated by a concern for human rights ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Democratization in Taiwan

    Challenges in Transformation

    by Philip Paolino ...
    Taiwan faces many of the same challenges as most newly democratized nations such as the legacy of an authoritarian government, a traditional culture, ethnic division and non-majoritarian political institutions. Each chapter in this volume sheds light on the democratization process. The contributors examine questions concerning the state of political trust, ethnicity, democratic values and ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • As War Ends

    What Colombia Can Tell Us About the Sustainability of Peace and Transitional Justice

    Edited by James Meernik, Jacqueline H. R. DeMeritt, Mauricio Uribe-López ...
    For decades a bitter civil war between the Colombia government and armed insurgent groups tore apart Colombian society. After protracted negotiations in Havana, a peace agreement was accepted by the Colombian government and the FARC rebel group in 2016. This volume will provide academics and practitioners throughout the world with critical analyses regarding what we know generally about the post ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

  • The Witness Experience

    Testimony at the ICTY and Its Impact

    by Kimi Lynn King, James David Meernik ...
    This book provides the most comprehensive and scientific assessment to date of what it means to appear before war crimes tribunals. This ground-breaking analysis, conducted with the cooperation of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Victims and Witnesses Section, examines the positive and negative impact that testifying has on those who bear witness to the horrors ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • Conflict Prevention and Peace-building in Post-War Societies

    Sustaining the Peace

    Edited by T. David Mason, James D. Meernik ...
    Series series Contemporary Security Studies
    This volume provides an overview of the costs, benefits, consequences, and prospects for rebuilding nations emerging from violent conflict.The rationale for this comes from the growing realization that, in the post-Cold War era and in the aftermath of 9/11, our understanding of conflict and conflict resolution has to include consideration of the conditions conducive to sustaining the peace in ... Read more

    $82.99 USD

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    by Andrew Clapham ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Today it is usually not long before a problem gets expressed as a human rights issue. An appeal to human rights in the face of injustice can be a heartfelt and morally justified demand for some, while for others it remains merely an empty slogan. Taking an international perspective and focusing on highly topical issues such as torture, arbitrary detention, privacy, health and discrimination, this ... Read more

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  • European Union Sanctions and Foreign Policy

    When and Why do they Work?

    by Clara Portela ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in European Politics
    Winner of the THESEUS promising award for Research on European Integration 2011.Sanctions are an important tool within the foreign policy of the European Union, which have until now remained obscure to both scholars and the general public. This book examines sanctions as a political tool of influence and evaluates the efficacy of sanctions imposed by the EU against third countries and their ... Read more

    $82.99 USD

  • Adaptive Mediation and Conflict Resolution

    Peace-making in Colombia, Mozambique, the Philippines, and Syria

    Edited by Cedric de Coning, Ako Muto, Rui Saraiva ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This open access book introduces adaptive mediation as an alternative approach that enables mediators to go beyond liberal peace mediation, or other determined-design models of mediation, in the context of contemporary conflict resolution and peace-making initiatives. Adaptive mediation is grounded in complexity theory, and is specifically designed to cope with highly dynamic conflict situations ... Read more

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