Civil Society, Conflict and Violence

by Wolfgang Dörner and Regina A. List

This book looks at the role that civil society organizations play in dealing with conflict and violence. The authors argue that in most of the prevalent conceptualizations the conflict dimension of civil society is either downplayed or inadequately addressed. They contend that the ability to deal with conflict is at the heart of organized civil society; in the political process, one of civil society's key functions is to express and mediate between...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 178093047X
• ISBN13: 9781780930473
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.3"