Social Capital and Peace-Building: Creating and Resolving Conflict with Trust and Social Networks (Routledge Studies in Peace and Conflict Resolution) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415776589 ISBN 13: 9780415776585

Publisher: Routledge, 2008

Synopsis

This new edited collection illustrates the paradoxical power of social capital in creating and resolving conflict.

This is the first book to bring the two faces of social capital together in a single volume, and includes previously unpublished case studies, statistical analyses, and theoretical essays. The book is divided into three sections. The first investigates the role of social capital in inciting and/or furthering violence; the second examines the contributions of social capital to peace building; the third explores the complexities and ambiguities of roles social capital may play in peace and conflict. Policy implications and recommendations are included in many of the discussions in the chapters.

The volume tackles some key issues, such as: to what extent is social capital related to peace and conflict? What forms does social capital take in these associations, and how can the relationships be explained? What impact does this have on the state and/or state relations, and what policy prescriptions might be made in light of the link drawn between social capital and peace/conflict?

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About the Author

Michaelene Cox is Assistant Professor in the Department of Politics and Government at Illinois State University where she also serves as director of the Peace and Conflict Resolution Studies program.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415776589
• ISBN 13: 9780415776585
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224
• Editor: Cox Michaelene