Lexington Books
Pages: 196
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Trim: 6⅛ x 9¼
978-0-7391-4341-4 • Hardback • December 2012 • $120.00 • (£92.00)
978-0-7391-4343-8 • eBook • December 2012 • $114.00 • (£88.00)
Tim Jacoby is senior lecturer in conflict studies at the University of Manchester.
Alpaslan Özerdem is director of the Centre for Peace and Reconciliation Studies at Coventry University.
Introduction
Chapter 1: Conflict Transformation and the Pursuit of Peace
Chapter 2: International Conflict Resolution Processes
Chapter 3: The Kurdish Rebellion
Chapter 4: Turkey 2023: A Best Case Scenario
Chapter 5: Turkey 2023: A Worst Case Scenario
Chapter 6: Human Security in Turkey
Conclusions
In a timely manner, the book adopts a unique approach to the Kurdish conflict based on ‘scenario-building,’ which prompts us to think about future scenarios of the Kurdish issue in Turkey. . . .One of the book’s most important contributions is that it provides brief and refined analyses of four cases of international conflict resolution processes. . . .At this point, the book is valuable in that it provides considerations on conflict transformation that deal with the root causes of the conflict and of human security that will open the door for freedom from want and fear, and freedom to live in dignity, all crucial for the establishment of positive peace in Turkey. Therefore, the book is highly recommended as useful not only for conflict resolution scholars but also for readers who are interested in exploring possible pathways to peace in Turkey.
— Insight Turkey
Benefiting from a wide range of international experiences of conflict resolution and using both the history and the contemporary dynamics of the country as a guide, [this book] convincingly imagines a sustainable future for the country and makes a very compelling argument with a simple and easily understandable language for Turkish policy makers to look into the country’s current problems from different angles.
— Mustafa Aydin, Kadir Has University, Turkey