Peace and Conflict 2016

<p>An authoritative source of information on violent conflicts and peacebuilding processes around the world <em>Peace and Conflict</em> is an annual publication of the University of Maryland’s Center for International Development and Conflict Management and the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (Geneva).</p><p>The contents of the 2016 edition are divided into three sections:</p><p>» <strong>Global Patterns and Trends</strong> provides an overview of recent advances in scholarly research on various aspects of conflict and peace as well as chapters on armed conflict violence against civilians non-state armed actors democracy and ethnic exclusion terrorism defense spending and arms production and procurement peace agreements state repression foreign aid and the results of the <strong>Peace & Conflict Instability Ledger</strong> which ranks the status and progress of more than 160 countries based on their forecasted risk of future instability.</p><p>» <strong>Special Feature </strong>spotlights work on measuring micro-level welfare effects of exposure to conflict. </p><p>» <strong>Profiles</strong> has been enlarged to survey developments in instances of civil wars peacekeeping missions and international criminal justice proceedings that were active around the world during 2014.</p><p>Frequent visualizations of data in full-color large-format tables graphs and maps bring the analysis to life and amplify crucial developments in real-world events and the latest findings in research.</p><p>The contributors include many leading scholars in the field from the US and Europe.</p>