The Understanding and Management of Global Violence: New Approaches to Theory and Research on Protra

Introduction: A Protracted Conflict Approach to the Study of Social Conflict; H. Starr PART I: THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS Protracted International Conflicts: Ten Propositions; E.E. Azar Conceptualizing Protracted Conflict and Protracted Conflict Management; G. Friedman Conceptualizing and Identifying Crisis in Protracted Social Conflict; G.D. Thomas Who Participates in Protracted Conflicts and Why? Rediscovering the Group and its Needs; S.Peg PART II: EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION Forecasting Violent Episodes in the Protracted Conflict in Southern Lebanon; P.A. Schrodt Protracted Conflict, Intervention, and Revolution: Case Studies of Nicaragua and the Philippines; M.V. Simon Yielding Ground: Loss and Conflict Escalation in Sri Lankan Protracted Conflict; M.Kuchinsky Protracted Conflict and Enduring Rivalry: Indian, Pakistan and the Dynamics of Stalemate Over Kashmir; S.Sharm Index