Peace and Conflict 2008

Peace and Conflict is a biennial publication that provides key data and documents trends in national and international conflicts ranging from isolated acts of terrorism to internal civil strife to full-fledged interstate war. Peace and Conflict is a large format, full-color reference including numerous graphs, tables, maps, and appendices dedicated to the visual presentation of data. Crisp narratives are highlighted with pull-quote extracts that summarize trends and major findings. Other key features include: - the Peace and Conflict Instability Ledger, ranking the status and progress of 160 countries based on their forecasted risk of future instability. - Presents a global survey of all international and domestic terror events since 1970. - Focuses on the 2008 special theme of "Challenges to the Stability of States." - Dedicated to the use of open source data to further research and replication. - Linked to a suite of data analysis tools perfect for students and policy analysts: www.cidcm.umd.edu/pc