Article Title

Introduction

Authors

Elise Boulding

Abstract

Excerpt

The papers brought together here represent a part of the work of the IPRA (International Peace Research Association) Commission on Conflict Resolution and Peace Building that met during the 1994 Conference of the International Peace Research Association at Malta to address the issues of peace building in crisis areas. The focus here is particularly on new approaches to peace building, including United Nations reform and civil society innovation. After fifty years of UN peace building efforts, it is clear that the UN cannot function effectively without the involvement of civil society in each conflict region. How the UN, member states and civil society can interact effectively is an important new question for the peace research community, and these papers offer some fresh thinking on the subject.

Keywords

Centre for International Peacebuilding, conflict-resolving community, peacebuilding, problem-solving skills, United Nations (UN), violence

Publication Date

6-1997

DOI

10.46743/1082-7307/1997.1178

Recommended Citation

Boulding, Elise (1997) "Introduction," Peace and Conflict Studies: Vol. 4 : No. 1 , Article 1.
DOI: 10.46743/1082-7307/1997.1178
Available at: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/pcs/vol4/iss1/1