New Paths and Policies towards Conflict Prevention : Chinese and Swiss Perspectives (Paperback)

Introduction: Understanding Conflict Prevention in the Shifting Global Context Rachel F. Madenyika and Jason Tower  Part I: The Broader Norms of Prevention and Building Peace  1. How to sustain peace? A review of the scholarly debate Bjorn Gehrmann  2. Political Violence Prevention: Definitions and Implications Stephanie C. Hofmann  3. A Tale of Two ‘Peaces’: Peacebuilding in the Twenty-First Century: Liberal Peace, Developmental Peace and Peacebuilding Yin He  4. How to Curb Conflict: Policy Lessons from the Economic Literature Dominic Rohner  Part II: Approaches to Preventing Conflict  5. The Deep Roots of Swiss Conflict Prevention David Lanz  6. Considerations for the Design and Preparation of National Dialogue Processes Katia Papagianni  7. China and Mediation: Principles and Practice Tiewa Liu  Part III: Opportunities for Peace?  8. How to Understand the Peacebuilding Potential of the Belt and Road Initiative Dongyan Li  9. Security Sector Reform and Conflict Prevention Albrecht Schnabel  10. ‘A Community of Shared Future for Mankind’ and Implications for Conflict Prevention Guihong Zhang  Conclusion: Future Collaborative Efforts to Prevent Conflict Rachel F. Madenyika and Jason Tower