ABSTRACT

This insightful book debates whether conflict within states has emerged as the Achilles Heel of the international community. It covers a wide-range of issues including the roots of internal conflict, small arms supplies, intervention, human rights and international humanitarian law, refugees and post-conflict reconstruction. Internal Conflict and the International Community provides supplementary reading for third level undergraduates, post-graduates and scholars of international relations, comparative politics, development studies, international law and security and defence studies.

chapter 1|15 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|25 pages

The Roots of Internal Conflict

chapter 3|25 pages

Small Arms and Light Weapons

chapter 4|24 pages

Refugees and Internal Conflicts

chapter 5|24 pages

Human Rights and Internal Conflicts

chapter 6|24 pages

International Humanitarian Law

chapter 7|27 pages

Responses to Internal Conflicts

chapter 8|24 pages

Post-Conflict Reconstruction

chapter 9|24 pages

The Analytical Dimensions

chapter 10|11 pages

Conclusions