CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. FIGURES AND TABLES vi
4. ABBREVIATIONS vii
5. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS x
6. 1 INTRODUCTION 1
7. 2 UNDERSTANDING AND RETHINKING ‘CONFLICT RESOLUTION’: A CONCEPTUAL AND THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK 24
8. 3 CONFLICT AND PEACE: HISTORY OF THE NORTHERN IRISH AND TURKEY’S KURDISH PEACE PROCESSES 72
9. 4 BACKCHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS: TALKING TO THE ENEMY BEHIND THE SCENES 110
10. 5 PEACE AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION ORGANISATIONS: CATALYSTS FOR PEACE? 149
11. 6 OFFICIAL NEGOTIATIONS: THE LONG, NARROW ROAD TO PEACE 183
12. 7 CONCLUSION 221
13. APPENDIX: INDEX OF INTERVIEWS 241
14. BIBLIOGRAPHY 244
15. INDEX 283