Social Capital and Peace-Building

Creating and Resolving Conflict with Trust and Social Networks
Herausgeber: Cox, Michaelene

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Produktbeschreibung

This new edited collection illustrates the paradoxical power of social capital in creating and resolving conflict. It is the first book to bring the two faces of social capital together in a single volume, and includes previously unpublished case studies, statistical analyses, and theoretical essays.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. November 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9780415776585
• ISBN-10: 0415776589
• Artikelnr.: 23605989

Autorenporträt

Michaelene Cox is Assistant Professor in the Department of Politics and Government at Illinois State University where she also serves as director of the Peace and Conflict Resolution Studies program.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Michaelene Cox Part I. Social Capital as an Instrument of
Violence 1. Shades of orange and green: Civil society and the peace process
in Northern Ireland Roberto Belloni 2. Reporting the greater odds: Dissent
and militancy among trusting East-Central European citizens Michaelene Cox
3. Social capital, crime and welfare: the cases of Colombia and Honduras
José Cuesta 4. Analyzing the dark side of social capital: Organized crime
in Russia Leah Gilbert 5. Illicit interest groups, social capital, and
conflict: A study of the FARC Patricia Micolta Part II. Social Capital as a
Catalyst for Peace 6. The color of tears is the same everywhere:
Inter-ethnic networking and grassroots organizing among women workers in
conflict-ridden Sri Lanka Sandya Hewamanne 7. Gender, conflict, and social
capital: Bonding and bridging in war in the Former Yugoslavia Maja Korac
8. Decentralization and social capital formation in communities of Mali
Keith Moore 9. Cyprus conflict and social capital theory: a new perspective
on an old conflict Raymond Saner Part III. Ambiguities of Social Capital in
Peace and Conflict 10. The pacific promise of civic institutions? Causal
ambiguity in the study of social capital Terrence Chapman 11. Social
capital in exclusive and inclusive networks: Satisfying human needs through
conflict and conflict resolution Susan Allen Nan 12. Exploring
opportunities and obstacles for a constructive role of social capital in
peacebuilding: A framework for analysis Thania Paffenholz