Introduction; What peace? What process?; [...]& [...] Ginty PART I: PREPARING FOR PEACE: INTRODUCTION; [...]& [...] Ginty Explaining the Conflict Potential of Ethnicity; [...] The Timing of Peace Initiatives; I.W.Zartman Cultivating Peace; J.P.Lederach New Contexts for Political Solutions; J.Loughlin PART II: NEGOTIATIONS: INTRODUCTION; [...]& [...] Ginty Negotiations and Peace Processes; A.Guelke Rules and Procedures for Negotiated Peacemaking; [...] Toit Mediation and the Ending of Conflict; C.Mitchell Women, Gender and Peacemaking in Civil Wars; A.Potter Traditional and Indigenous Approaches to Peacemaking; [...] Ginty The Role of the News Media in Peace Negotiations; G.Wolfsfeld PART III: THE EFFECTS OF VIOLENCE ON PEACE PROCESSES: INTRODUCTION; [...]& [...] Ginty Peace Processes and the Challenges of Violence; S.Stedman Reframing the Spoiler Debate; M.[...] Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reconstruction; [...] PART IV: PEACE ACCORDS:INTRODUCTION; [...]& [...] Ginty Power-Sharing after Civil Wars; [...] Negotiating Human Rights; [...] Democratic Validation; B.Reilly Territorial Options; [...] PART V: PEACEBUILDING: INTRODUCTION; [...]& [...] 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; [...]& W.Stanley Refugees and IDPs in Peacemaking Processes; K.Jacobsen, [...]& [...] Negotiating Justice; P.Hayner Borrowing and Lending in Peace Processes; [...] Conclusion: Peace Processes, Present and Future; [...]& [...] Ginty