Download or read book Internationales Konfliktmanagement im Fokus written by Walter Feichtinger and published by Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft. This book was released on 2006 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fragile Staaten oder aus Burgerkriegen hervorgegangene Quasi-Staaten werden in der westlichen Welt wegen der zunehmenden Internationalisierung von Risiken wie Proliferation, organisierter Kriminalitat oder Terrorismus nicht mehr ausschliealich als regionales Problem wahrgenommen, sondern auch als potenzielle Gefahr fur die eigene nationale Sicherheit. Multinationale Interventionen in Konfliktgebiete sind deshalb vor allem proaktive Strategien zur Wahrnehmung nationaler Sicherheitsinteressen, und zwar auch dann, wenn sie humanitar begrundet werden. Insbesondere der Wiederaufbau bzw. Aufbau von staatlichen Strukturen im Konfliktgebiet stellt die intervenierenden Machte nach dem Ende der Kampfhandlungen vor groae Herausforderungen. Das vorliegende Buch versucht, anhand der Analyse des internationalen Engagements im Kosovo, in Afghanistan und in Moldova/Transnistrien die unterschiedlichen Zugange zum Nation- und Statebuilding sowohl bei den lokalen Akteuren als auch bei den intervenierenden Machten zu beschreiben. Durch die Analyse dreier unterschiedlicher Konzepte sollen die Komplexitat internationaler Friedensmissionen und das oft schwierige Zusammenspiel zwischen lokalen und internationalen Akteuren einerseits sowie zwischen militarischen und zivilen internationalen Akteuren andererseits dargestellt werden. Es wird versucht, neben der Analyse der Voraussetzungen fur ein erfolgreiches Engagement in Post-Konflikt-Gesellschaften auch Grenzen des Machbaren bei internationalen Friedensmissionen aufzuzeigen und nuchtern Bilanz zu ziehen.

Download or read book The Power of Dependence written by Michael F. Harsch and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2015-01-29 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the end of the Cold War, crises from the Balkans to Central Asia and Africa have forced international organizations to adapt, expand, and cooperate to end civil wars, manage humanitarian challenges, and contain terrorist threats. The Power of Dependence explores the complex relationship between two of these organizations: NATO and the United Nations. It advances an innovative resource dependence approach to explain the stark variation in interorganizational cooperation, combining insights from international relations theory and organizational science in a comprehensive theoretical framework. Comparing NATO and the UN's engagement in three major post-Cold War conflicts- Bosnia, Kosovo, and Afghanistan- the study finds that the level and balance of the organizations' resource dependence plays a crucial role in shaping the degree of cooperation. The Power of Dependence demonstrates the logic, dynamics, and impact of organizational interactions in addressing regional instability and violent conflict. It will be of interest to anyone concerned with understanding and building more effective interorganizational partnerships in crisis management.

Download or read book The Role of the European Union in Moldova s Transnistria Conflict written by Florian Küchler and published by ibidem-Verlag / ibidem Press. This book was released on 2012-02-27 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 1 January 2007, Moldova has been a direct neighbour of the European Union. Nonetheless, Moldova and the Russia-dominated geopolitics of the Black Sea region receive still relatively little attention in the West. This is all the more surprising as there remain a number of consequential political divisions and unresolved conflicts in the area. One of them is the Transnistria conflict in Moldova.This book is a contribution to the, so far, small research and policy agenda on Moldova, and includes findings of several research trips to Moldova, Transnistria and their neighbouring countries. At first, the study reassesses the Transnistria conflict. Contrary to widely held assumptions, this conflict is found to be mainly based on a clash of elites and geopolitical interests rather than on ethnic tensions. The second part of the book analyses the interests, official position, actual impact and potential role of the EU in Moldova's internal separatist conflict and its related external tensions with Russia. So far, the EU has had a limited involvement in the conflict resolution efforts and in the international relations of Moldova. This book concludes that it is becoming increasingly important and possible for the EU to get effectively involved in this region, but that the scope of EU activities in Moldova and Transnistria depends on the country’s relations with, and on the actions in this area of, the United States and Russia. At its end, the study offers recommendations for future EU policies directed at Moldova.

Download or read book Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law 2006 written by Jann K. Kleffner and published by T.M.C. Asser Press. This book was released on 2009-12-31 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world's only annual publication devoted to the study of the laws of armed conflict, the Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law provides a truly international forum for high-quality, peer-reviewed academic articles focusing on this highly topical branch of international law. The Yearbook also includes a selection of documents from the reporting period, many of which are not accessible elsewhere, and a comprehensive bibliography of all recent publications in humanitarian law and other relevant fields. Ease of use of the Yearbook is guaranteed by the inclusion of a detailed index. Distinguished by its topicality and contemporary relevance, the Yearbook of International Humanitarian Law bridges the gap between theory and practice and serves as a useful reference tool for scholars, practitioners, military personnel, civil servants, diplomats, human rights workers and students.

Download or read book Positive Peace in Kosovo written by Elisabeth Schleicher and published by Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften. This book was released on 2012 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kosovo today, more than eleven years after the war, is still a fragile and unfinished state enjoying only limited sovereignty while continuing to be divided into a Serb north and an Albanian dominated south. All the important dimensions of society in Kosovo remain critical and highly unstable. While the security situation in the country, except the North, has considerably improved, the living conditions of the Kosovar population are still in a dismal state. Corruption and organized crime continue to block the development of a viable state, an efficient bureaucracy, and a democratic political culture. This book systematically analyzes and describes the relevant developments in Kosovar society since the end of the war and investigates how successfully peace has been established in Kosovo.

Download or read book PAIS International in Print written by Catherine Korvin and published by . This book was released on 2003-05 with total page 2046 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains bibliographic references with abstracts and subject headings to public and social policy literature and to world politics published in print and electronic formats; international focus.

Download or read book Managing in a VUCA World written by Oliver Mack and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-07-15 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity (VUCA) and addresses the need for broader knowledge and application of new concepts and frameworks to deal with unpredictable and rapid changing situations. The premises of VUCA can shape all aspects of an organization. To cover all areas, the book is divided into six sections. Section 1 acts as an introduction to VUCA and complexity. It reviews ways to manage complexity, while providing examples for tools and approaches that can be applied. The main focus of Section 2 is on leadership, strategy and planning. The chapters in this section create new approaches to handle VUCA environments pertaining to these areas including using the Tetralemma logics, tools from systemic structural constellation (SySt) approach of psychotherapy and organizational development, to provide new ideas for the management of large strategic programs in organizations. Section 3 considers how marketing and sales are affected by VUCA, from social media’s influence to customer value management. Operations and cost management are highlighted in Section 4. This section covers VUCA challenges within global supply chains and decision-oriented controlling. In Section 5 organizational structure and process management are showcased, while Section 6 is dedicated to addressing the effects of VUCA in IT, technology and data management. The VUCA forces present businesses with the need to move from linear modes of thought to problem solving with synthetic and simultaneous thinking. This book should help to provide some starting points and ideas to deal with the next era. It should not be understood as the end of the road, but as the beginning of a journey exploring and developing new concepts for a new way of management.

Download or read book Complex Interpersonal Conflict Behaviour written by Evert Van der Vliert and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2013-05-24 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about reactions to interpersonal conflict such as avoiding, negotiating, and fighting. It breaks away from the prevailing assumption that conflict behaviours are mutually isolated reactions having mutually isolated effects. Instead, reactions are viewed as components of complex conflict behaviour that influence each other's impact on the substantive and relational outcomes. The simultaneous and sequential occurrence of, for example, problem solving and fighting should therefore be studied together and not separately. The author presents a ladder of stepwise increases in theoretical quality, and designs the sequence of chapters in such a way that the theoretical value increases step by step. The lower steps lead to the description of behavioural components and to a model of integrative and distributive dimensions. The upper steps lead to the dimensions of dual concern for one's own and the other's goals and to complexity explanations in terms of the novel paradigm of conglomerated conflict behaviour. The chapters are summarised into thirty-four interrelated propositions. Six empirical studies demonstrate the validity of crucial propositions at each level of the theoretical framework. This monograph primarily reaches out to an academic readership. However, due to its clear structure, its comprehensive propositions, its frequent use of figures, and its glossary, the book will also provide an invaluable resource for any student and practitioner interested in conflict management and negotiation.

Download or read book Handbook of Conflict Management Research written by Oluremi B. Ayoko and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2014-07-31 with total page 563 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique book draws together current thoughts and research in conflict management. Specifically, it brings a wealth of knowledge from authorities in the field on emerging issues such as power in conflict, cognition and emotions in conflict, leading

Download or read book The Anthropology of the State written by Aradhana Sharma and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-02-09 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This innovative reader brings together classic theoretical textsand cutting-edge ethnographic analyses of specific stateinstitutions, practices, and processes and outlines ananthropological framework for rethinking future study of “thestate”. Focuses on the institutions, spaces, ideas, practices, andrepresentations that constitute the “state”. Promotes cultural and transnational approaches to thesubject. Helps readers to make anthropological sense of the state as acultural artifact, in the context of a neoliberalizing,transnational world.

Download or read book Intercultural Mediation and Conflict Management Training written by Claude-Hélène Mayer and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-01-23 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book introduces the topic of intercultural mediation and conflict management. Based on the latest scientific research and successful conflict management practices, it provides theoretical insights and practical, self-reflective exercises, role-plays and case studies on conflict, mediation, intercultural mediation, and solution-finding in conflict mediation. The book serves both as a self-learning tool to expand personal competences and cultural sensitivity, and as training material for seminars, workshops, secondary, advanced and higher education and vocational training. It is a valuable contribution to the fields of intercultural conflict mediation and conflict management, intercultural communication, intercultural training and coaching. This is a book about practicing – the applied practice of competent conflict crafts in diverse intercultural contexts. Conflict practitioners, mediators, and intercultural trainers would be inspired by Professor Claude-Hélène Mayer’s creative integration of relevant intercultural models with do-able conflict strategies and in reaching intergroup harmony with reflexivity and cultural resonance. --- Professor Stella Ting-Toomey, Human Communication Studies, California State University at Fullerton, USA, and Co-Editor of The SAGE Handbook of Conflict Communication, 2e Given the difficulty and complexity of successful intercultural collaboration and conflict mediation, this is a much-needed addition to cross-cultural positive psychology. It is rich in content and training. I highly recommend it for teaching, corporate training, and for executive coaches. --- Professor Paul T.P. Wong, President International Network on Personal Meaning and President Meaning-Centered Counselling Institute, Toronto, Canada Intercultural conflict resolution is a critically important task in this modern world. This book by Professor Mayer is a welcome handbook on how to use mediation to resolve those conflicts. It should be in the library of every conflict mediator. My congratulations to Professor Mayer for her important work. --- Dan Landis, Founding President, International Academy of Intercultural Research, Affiliate Professor of Psychology, University of Hawaii

Download or read book Journal of Cultural Management and Cultural Policy Zeitschrift f r Kulturmanagement und Kulturpolitik written by Constance DeVereaux and published by transcript Verlag. This book was released on 2021-12-31 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Journal of Cultural Management and Cultural Policy offers international perspectives on a wide range of issues in cultural management and cultural policy research and practice. This issue looks at the effects political upheavals and processes of social transformation have on the conditions for cultural production, dissemination, education, policy, and management. The transfer from one political party to another, even when it occurs through legitimate political processes, can mean the difference between funding and lack of funding, restrictive versus liberal policies, or freedom of expression and censorship. The 1989 transformations in Central and Eastern Europe are one example among many others. Current upheavals in many countries have major implications for cultural management and politics given that artistic autonomy is at risk or already restricted with the potential to fundamentally reorder the cultural field. The contributors confront and reflect upon instances of political upheaval and social change that have had a pronounced effect on the arts.

Download or read book Data Analysis and Decision Support written by Daniel Baier and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2005-07-13 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is a great privilege and pleasure to write a foreword for a book honor ing Wolfgang Gaul on the occasion of his sixtieth birthday. Wolfgang Gaul is currently Professor of Business Administration and Management Science and the Head of the Institute of Decision Theory and Management Science, Faculty of Economics, University of Karlsruhe (TH), Germany. He is, by any measure, one of the most distinguished and eminent scholars in the world today. Wolfgang Gaul has been instrumental in numerous leading research initia tives and has achieved an unprecedented level of success in facilitating com munication among researchers in diverse disciplines from around the world. A particularly remarkable and unique aspect of his work is that he has been a leading scholar in such diverse areas of research as graph theory and net work models, reliability theory, stochastic optimization, operations research, probability theory, sampling theory, cluster analysis, scaling and multivariate data analysis. His activities have been directed not only at these and other theoretical topics, but also at applications of statistical and mathematical tools to a multitude of important problems in computer science (e.g., w- mining), business research (e.g., market segmentation), management science (e.g., decision support systems) and behavioral sciences (e.g., preference mea surement and data mining). All of his endeavors have been accomplished at the highest level of professional excellence.

Download or read book Praxishandbuch Psychosomatische Medizin in Der Rehabilitation written by Volker Köllner and published by Fischer Gustav Verlag GmbH & Company KG. This book was released on 2020-11-21 with total page 483 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aktuelles State-of-the-Art-Wissen in knapper, präziser Darstellung über alle Fragen zur psychosomatischen Medizin in der Rehabilitation. Dargestellt werden evidenzbasierte Reha-Therapiestandards (ambulant und stationär; psychodynamisch und verhaltenstherapeutisch) sowie alle Formen der Prävention. Kästen, Tabellen und Übersichten zeigen Ihnen das Wichtigste auf einen Blick und helfen Ihnen, sich die Inhalte dauerhaft zu merken. Von den Grundlagen über multimodale Konzepte der Rehabilitation, sozialmedizinische Beurteilung, somatische Fachgebiete bis zu Schnittstellen und Versorgungsstrukturen, Reha-Nachsorge bleiben keine Fragen offen. Das Buch beantwortet kurz und prägnant Fragen zu den Themen: das Bio-Psycho-soziale Konzept der Rehabilitation / Grundlagen / Diagnostik und Indikation in der Rehabilitation / multimodales Konzept der Rehabilitation / Prozess der psychosomatischen Rehabilitation / sozialmedizinische Beurteilung / Reha-Qualitätssicherung / Störungsbilder in der Psychosomatischen Rehabilitation - ICD-Perspektive / Problemfelder in der Psychosomatischen Rehabilitation - ICF-Perspektive / somatische Fachgebiete / Schnittstellen und Versorgungsstrukturen / Reha-Nachsorge / Reha-Forschung sowie den Ausblick auf Reha 2030.

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Download or read book Principles and Practice of Clinical Research written by John I. Gallin and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2011-04-28 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second edition of this innovative work again provides a unique perspective on the clinical discovery process by providing input from experts within the NIH on the principles and practice of clinical research. Molecular medicine, genomics, and proteomics have opened vast opportunities for translation of basic science observations to the bedside through clinical research. As an introductory reference it gives clinical investigators in all fields an awareness of the tools required to ensure research protocols are well designed and comply with the rigorous regulatory requirements necessary to maximize the safety of research subjects. Complete with sections on the history of clinical research and ethics, copious figures and charts, and sample documents it serves as an excellent companion text for any course on clinical research and as a must-have reference for seasoned researchers. *Incorporates new chapters on Managing Conflicts of Interest in Human Subjects Research, Clinical Research from the Patient's Perspective, The Clinical Researcher and the Media, Data Management in Clinical Research, Evaluation of a Protocol Budget, Clinical Research from the Industry Perspective, and Genetics in Clinical Research *Addresses the vast opportunities for translation of basic science observations to the bedside through clinical research*Delves into data management and addresses how to collect data and use it for discovery*Contains valuable, up-to-date information on how to obtain funding from the federal government

Download or read book Advances in Global Leadership written by Joyce S. Osland and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2019-11-18 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Advances in Global Leadership, Volume 12 updates researchers and practitioners on the state of the field and ongoing research gaps. Part I presents new empirical studies; Part II features pioneering scholars and trainers in the Practitioner's Corner. Contributors range from well-known voices to newly minted scholars with fresh perspectives.