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One of the core aspects of the Palestinian refugee question is that of compensation or reparations for Palestinian refugees forcibly displaced by the establishment of Israel.
The Nakba saw the displacement of 85% of the Palestinian Arab population and the descendants of these displaced peoples numbers almost 5 million. Despite the gravity of the situation and the importance of restorative justice, many of the complex technical issues compensation...
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No siempre las políticas, leyes y planes de ordenamiento en Colombia se ajustan a las necesidades de un gran número de comunidades que se encuentran en situación de vulnerabilidad frente a la salud, la educación y la seguridad. Ante este panorama, varias comunidades han generado respuestas locales que proponen nuevas formas de entender la organización económica, la sostenibilidad ambiental, y el bienestar territorial, ajustadas a las demandas...
3) Building Peace, Creating Conflict?: Conflictual Dimensions of Local and International Peacebuilding
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One of the most significant challenges facing the international community today is how to stabilize and rebuild societies emerging from civil wars, and this book, which includes both theoretical discussions and empirical applications, considers the various factors of peacebuilding. As it addresses several pertinent academic debates-relating to international interventions and local ownership, international and local conceptions of gender equality,...
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Teniendo en cuenta el contexto en el que se ha encontrado inmersa la sociedad colombiana: más de sesenta años de violencias de diversa índole que dejaron profundas huellas en la cultura, en las formas como actuamos en la cotidianidad, en las relaciones de convivencia, en las maneras como dirimimos los conflictos, en las condiciones como nos relacionamos con la naturaleza, este libro aborda la educación para la paz no solo como una forma de encarar...
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In this unique volume, leading analysts from the Red Cross, Middle East Institute and Refugee Affairs - many of whom have been actively involved in past negotiations on this issue - provide an overview of the key dimensions of the Palestinian refugee problem. Mindful of the sensitive and contested nature of the subject, none offers a single solution. Instead, each contribution summarises and synthesises the existing scholarly and governmental work...
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Las formas en las que las campesinas y campesinos de Montes de María han resistido a las violencias de la desigualdad y el despojo, aventurando otros futuros para el campo en el país, nos dice mucho sobre la historia contemporánea de Colombia. Conscientes de esto, las editoras de Montes de María han reunido una serie de textos que propone reflexiones situadas e interdiciplinares sobre disputas locales por el acceso al agua, la participación política...
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Summary, Analysis & Review of The Arbinger Institute's The Anatomy of Peace by Instaread Preview: The Anatomy of Peace: Resolving the Heart of Conflict, Second Edition, is an expanded version, including additional appendices, of a successful 2006 publication by the Arbinger Institute. The book, which uses fictional characters to illustrate its points, details strategies for defusing political, personal, and business conflicts. It argues that conflict...
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El presente libro constituye un hito en la historia del trabajo mancomunado de los investigadores de las Facultades de Derecho de las Universidades de Zaragoza (España) y EAFIT (Colombia) y un paso importante en el esfuerzo común por ahondar en el análisis del conflicto armado que se vive en Colombia, las violaciones de los derechos humanos y el diseño de mecanismos de protección internacional, todo ello con el compromiso de profundizar en la...
9) El trabajo como elemento de construcción de paz y democracia en el marco del posconflicto colombiano
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La construcción de paz, como proceso de largo plazo, posterior a la firma de los acuerdos de finalización del conflicto involucra la empleabilidad de excombatientes y víctimas a través de mecanismos jurídicos, económicos, internacionales, de administración y psicológicos que se analizan en la presente obra. Los contactos entre la Teoría de la Resolución de Conflictos y las disciplinas que se ocupan del trabajo demandan la estructuración...
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A systematic approach to analyzing some of the transient aspects of war and peace with empirical cases that include Iraq, Israel-Palestine, Sri Lanka, and the Armenian genocide, this book discusses some of the critical and transformative issues in war and peacemaking. Considering subjects such as the roles of private military and security companies, the use of force in peace-support operations, how states, organizations, and individuals contribute...
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These readings in international relations in Africa grapple with the continent's changing place in the world. The essays confront issues such as the increasing tempo of armed conflict, the tendency of Western states and agencies to intervene in African settings, the presence of China, and the health of African states and their ability to participate in the global economy. Questions regarding sovereignty, leading regional actors, conflict and resolution,...
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Across the world, nonviolent movements are at the forefront of resistance against repression, imperial aggression and corporate abuse. However, it is often difficult for activists in other countries to know how best to assist such movements.
The contributors to People Power place nonviolent struggles in an international context where solidarity can play a crucial role. Yet they also warn that good intentions are not enough, solidarity has to...
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Este libro nació en una conversación entre los editores unas semanas antes del 2 de octubre del 2016, día en que el Acuerdo de Paz de La Habana fue sometido a plebiscito. Como muchos colombianos, nos enfrascamos en una discusión sobre diversos aspectos de lo pactado por el gobierno colombiano y las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia, farc. Esta inquietud de dos personas se transformó en un diálogo de veintitrés. Así, esta obra es...
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Historians, veterans, museums, and public education campaigns have all documented and commemorated the experience of Canadians in times of war. But Canada also has a long, rich, and important historical tradition of resistance to both war and militarization. This collection brings together the work of sixteen scholars on the history of war resistance. Together they explore resistance to specific wars (including the South African War, the First and...
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"Just Peacemaking: The New Paradigm for the Ethics of Peace and War" is the product of twenty-three scholars across various denominations who have collaborated annually since 1992 to specify the ten practical steps and develop the undergirding principles of this critical approach:
1. Support nonviolent direct action
2. Take independent initiatives to reduce threat
3. Use cooperative conflict resolution
4. Acknowledge responsibility for conflict and...
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Driven by genocide, civil war, political instabilities, ethnic and pastoral hostilities, the African Great Lakes Region, primarily Uganda, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Burundi, has been overwhelmingly defined by conflict. Kenneth Omeje, Tricia Redeker Hepner, and an international group of scholars, many from the Great Lakes region, focus on the interlocking conflicts and efforts toward peace in this multidisciplinary volume. These...
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In this compelling collection of oral histories, more than seventy-five peacemakers describe how they say no to war-making in the strongest way possible-by engaging in civil disobedience and paying the consequences in jail or prison. These courageous resisters leave family and community and life on the outside in their efforts to direct U.S. policy away from its militarism. Many are Catholic Workers, devoting their lives to the works of mercy instead...
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