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Preventive diplomacy : stopping wars before they start

Author: Kevin M Cahill
Publisher: New York : BasicBooks and the Center for International Health and Cooperation, ©1996.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Kevin M Cahill
ISBN: 0465061885 9780465061884
OCLC Number: 35001754
Description: xiv, 370 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Part I. Interrupting a global epidemic of violence --
Introduction / Kevin M. Cahill --
Challenges of preventive diplomacy : the role of the United Nations and its Secretary-General / Boutros Boutros-Ghali --
Part II. Ethiology and local remedies --
Preventive diplomacy : development, education, and human rights / Mohammed Bedjaoui --
The mentality of conflicts : stability and diversity / John Hume --
Preventive diplomacy and the media / Michael J. O'Neill --
Preventive diplomacy : women and men in partnership for a healthier society / Rosario Green --
Localizing outbreaks : the role of regional organization in preventive action / Salim Ahmed Salim --
Part III. Signs, symptoms, and early intervention --
Early-warning systems : from surveillance to assessment to action / Ted Robert Gurr --
Observation, triage, and initial therapy : the role of fact-finding missions and other techniques / Marrack Goulding --
Economic sanctions as a means to international "health" / Robert Skidelsky and Edward Mortimer --
The peace-keeping prescription / Kofi A. Annan --
Creating healthy alliances : leadership and coordination among NGOs, governments, and the United Nations in times of emergency and conflict / Cyrus Vance and Herbert S. Okun --
Part IV. Humanitarian challenges --
Humanitarian neutrality : myth or reality? / Alain Destexhe --
Curative prevention : breaking the cycle of displacement / Francis Deng --
The diplomatic implications of emerging diseases / Eoin O'Brien --
The role of international NGOs in preventing conflict / Kenneth Hackett --
Old concepts and new approaches : three stages of positive prevention / Peter Hansen --
Part V. Establishing trust in the healer --
A clinician's caution : rhetoric and reality / David Owen --
Establishing trust in the healer : preventive diplomacy and the future of the United Nations / Jan Eliasson.
Responsibility: edited by Kevin M. Cahill.

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