Peace and Conflict 2012

Peace and Conflict is a biennial publication that provides key data and follows trends in national and international conflicts ranging from isolated acts of terrorism to internal civil strife to full-fledged inter-country war. A major trend it tracks is the incidence of wars beyond the protracted conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.*BR**BR*Peace and Conflict 2012 focuses on the theme of policy guidance for preventing conflict. It covers special topics with original contributions that focus on mediation, economic recovery, and the impact of elections.*BR**BR*Peace and Conflict is a large-format reference book including numerous graphs, tables, maps, and appendices dedicated to the visual presentation of data. Crisp narratives are highlighted with box quote extracts that summarise trends and major findings such as the continuing increase in high casualty terrorist acts and risk of genocide in certain areas.

J. Joseph Hewitt is Director for Government Relations at the Center for International Development and Conflict Management (CIDCM), University of Maryland, where he specializes in quantitative analysis of international conflict. Jonathan Wilkenfeld is Professor of Government and Politics and Vice President and Vice Provost for International Programs at the University of Maryland. He is co-director of the International Crisis behavior Project and a PI at the Center for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism. Ted Robert Gurr is former Director of the Minorities at Risk Project and Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland (Emeritus). He is author of numerous books and articles, including the award-winning Why Men Rebel (now out in a new 40th Anniversary Edition) and Peoples vs. States: Minorities at Risk in the New Century (U.S. Institute of Peace Press, 2000). Birger Heldt is Director of Research at the Folke Bernadotte Academy (Sweden), where he focuses on the statistical study of peacekeeping and preventive diplomacy/peacemaking.