Introduction; What peace? What process?; J.Darby& R.Mac Ginty PART I: PREPARING FOR PEACE: INTRODUCTION; J.Darby& R.Mac Ginty Explaining the Conflict Potential of Ethnicity; C.Young The Timing of Peace Initiatives; I.W.Zartman Cultivating Peace; J.P.Lederach New Contexts for Political Solutions; J.Loughlin PART II: NEGOTIATIONS: INTRODUCTION; J.Darby& R.Mac Ginty Negotiations and Peace Processes; A.Guelke Rules and Procedures for Negotiated Peacemaking; P.du Toit Mediation and the Ending of Conflict; C.Mitchell Women, Gender and Peacemaking in Civil Wars; A.Potter Traditional and Indigenous Approaches to Peacemaking; R.Mac Ginty The Role of the News Media in Peace Negotiations; G.Wolfsfeld PART III: THE EFFECTS OF VIOLENCE ON PEACE PROCESSES: INTRODUCTION; J.Darby& R.Mac Ginty Peace Processes and the Challenges of Violence; S.Stedman Reframing the Spoiler Debate; M.J.Zahar Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reconstruction; V.Gamba PART IV: PEACE ACCORDS:INTRODUCTION; J.Darby& R.Mac Ginty Power-Sharing after Civil Wars; T.Sisk Negotiating Human Rights; C.Bell Democratic Validation; B.Reilly Territorial Options; Y.Ghai PART V: PEACEBUILDING: INTRODUCTION; J.Darby& R.Mac Ginty The UN and Liberal Peacebuilding; O.Richmond From Peace to Democratisation; C.Arnson& D.Azpuru War, Peace and Extra-Legal Economies; C.Nordstrom Military and Police Reform after Civil Wars; C.Call& W.Stanley Refugees and IDPs in Peacemaking Processes; K.Jacobsen, H.Young& A.Osman Negotiating Justice; P.Hayner Borrowing and Lending in Peace Processes; J.Darby Conclusion: Peace Processes, Present and Future; J.Darby& R.Mac Ginty