New Resource at ACL

Peace Movements Worldwide is a new title edited by March Pilisuk and Michael N. Nagler.  Published by Praeger, the set includes three volumes:

• History and Vitality of Peace Movements
• Players and Practices in Resistance to War
• Peace Efforts that Work and Why

Appropriate for a variety of scholarly articles, this is a comprehensive resource that expresses the many voices and frameworks for work in peace studies, peacemaking, and conflict resolution.

Check out  Peace Movements Worldwide today at the Arlington Campus Library!

Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

All New and All That – Arlington Campus Library Opens in Founders Hall

The Arlington Campus Library is pleased to celebrate our new library in Founders Hall. The new library space features increased space for students, new tables and comfortable furniture, ten study rooms with media and presentation equipment, and a brand new technology classroom.

Stop by and check it out, or come by to participate in of our workshops on Research Strategies for Conflict Analysis and Resolution.

• Wednesday, February 16th at 7:30 PM
• Saturday, March 5th at 11:00 AM
• Saturday, April 9th at 11:00 AM

Register at http://ittraining.gmu.edu or contact Gretchen Reynolds, Liaison Librarian – Conflict Studies, at greynol3@gmu.edu or 703-993-8267 for more information.

Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Arlington Campus Library Celebrates ICAR Faculty Authors

As you may (or may not) know, the Arlington Campus Library has a revolving faculty authors display.  Each semester we feature the works of Mason faculty based at the Arlington Campus.  During Fall 2010, we are featuring books by faculty authors at the Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution.  The Faculty Authors display includes short faculty biographies and accompanying print works.  As the semester continues, other ICAR faculty books will be added and removed from the display to try to cover as many research topics as possible.  Not only does the display allow us to highlight the accomplishments and works of our Arlington Campus faculty, but it’s also a great way to get these books off the shelves and into the hands of students!

Faculty authors from the School of Public Policy will be featured in the Fall 2010 semester, so stay tuned. You can view the display in the area of the library between the Reference Desk and the Periodicals.  If you can’t make it into the library, you can always visit the Displays page on the Arlington Campus Library Blog!

Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Conflict Resolution Day

Association for Conflict Resolution - Conflict Resolution Day

Conflict Resolution Day is October 21, 2010!  Sponsored by the Association for Conflict Resolution, Conflict Resolution Day is an important opportunity to get the word out about Conflict Resolution.  Use Conflict Resolution Day to:

• Promote awareness of mediation, arbitration, conciliation and other creative, peaceful means of resolving conflict
• Promote the use of conflict resolution in schools, families, businesses, communities, governments and the legal system
• Recognize the significant contributions of (peaceful) conflict resolvers
• Obtain national synergy by having celebrations happen across the country and around the world on the same day

Visit the Association for Conflict Resolution’s Conflict Resolution Day page for more information and ideas for how to get involved.

What are you doing to get involved?

Leave a comment and let us know.

Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

ICAR Faculty Featured in New Reference Resource

Recently added to the Arlington Campus Library’s reference collection comes the highly recommended set The Oxford International Encyclopedia of Peace edited by Nigel J. Young.  The four volume set, released in February 2010, features over 850 entries spanning the range of philosophical, historical, theoretical and other issues related to peace studies and conflict resolution.  Contributions to the Encyclopedia come from leading scholars and practitioners.  In addition, George Mason University and the Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution are represented by featured pieces from faculty and associated instructors Daniel Druckman, Ho-Won Jeong, Lester Kurtz, Joseph Montville, Agnieszka Paczynska, Dean Pruitt, Dennis Sandole, Wanda Wigfall-Williams, and Saira Yamin.

Sarah Watstein in the August 2010 edition of The Booklist gave The Oxford International Encyclopedia of Peace a star review.  Watstein writes, the Encyclopedia “fills a critical niche at a critical time” and “is a scholarly, but accessible, comprehensive reference work that quickly distinguishes itself among related reference works in the social, life, and physical sciences.”  In short, it is a great source of information for anyone, especially students, looking to supplement their research and knowledge about peace and conflict.

The Oxford International Encyclopedia of Peace is available for use at the Arlington Campus Library and is located at call number JZ5533 .O95 2010.  Visit the George Mason University Libraries homepage at http://library.gmu.edu/.

References:

Sarah Watstein. The Booklist. Chicago: Aug 2010. Vol. 106, Iss. 22; p. 68

Editor’s note: Thanks to our GRA, Michael English, for writing up this great review!

Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Featured Resource – Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding

Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding

Arlington Campus Library recently acquired a subscription the the Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding, published by Routledge – Taylor and Francis Group.  Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding is a peer-reviewed publication featuring scholarly analysis by academics and practitioners.

Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding brings together academics and practitioners to analyse the impact of the internationalisation of domestic governance mechanisms, to assess the development and the consequences of these policies, both intended and unintended, in an international and cross-disciplinary framework. In addition to analysing the impact of the blurring of the sovereign division between the domestic and the international, and the broader development of international statebuilding mechanisms, the entire range of statebuilding practices will be considered, including: international administrative powers; country ownership of poverty reduction strategies; the export of the EU acquis communautaire; civil society building; democracy promotion; anti-corruption policies; election monitoring; educational reform; psycho-social counselling; rule of law support; judicial and police reform; civil service and administrative reform; post-conflict peace-building; financial and economic reforms.  Taylor & Francis – Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding – Journal Details

Recent Articles:

• The Limits of Statebuilding and the Analysis of State-Formation – Berit Bliesemann de Guevara
• Outsiders Inside the State: Post-Conflict Liberia between Trusteeship and Partnership – Louise Andersen
• Beyond the Sovereignty Paradox: EU ‘Hands Up” Statebuilding in Bosnia and Herzegovina – Giulio Venneri
• Networks of Profit in Georgia’s Autonomous Regions: Challenges to Statebuilding – Stacy Closson
• What You See Is What You Get: Analytical Lenses and the Limitations and Post-Conflict Statebuilding in Sierra Leone – Christopher P. Kurz

Posted in Featured Resources, journals, Uncategorized | No Comments »

Featured Resource – Africa Confidential

Africa Confidential is a leading publication of news and events in Africa.  Africa Confidential includes in-depth reporting and analysis of political, economic, and security issues around the continent.  The publication has a wide network of local correspondents, allowing unique insight into news and events in Africa.  Content from Africa Confidential is not available in other news sources or databases.  Africa Confidential is published biweekly.  George Mason University faculty, staff, and students can access this publication through the E-Journal Finder.

Posted in Featured Resources, journals | No Comments »

Featured Resource – Eldis Conflict & Security Resource Guide

Eldis is part of the knowledge sharing services of the Institute of Development Studies – Sussex.  Eldis consists of thousands of research documents, a vibrant networking and discussion forum, resources guides, country profiles, and email alert services.  Eldis maintains a growing collection of over 26,000 full-text research documents.  Eldis also features 24 subject guides on topics of potential interest to ICAR students, staff, and faculty – including Conflict & Security, Gender, Environment, Governance, and more.

The Conflict & Security Guide includes full-text research papers, links to relevant organizations, and additional resources on relevant sub-topics, such as Arms, Capacity Building, Conflict and Vulnerable Groups, Peacebuilding, Refugees and IDPs, Rights-Based Approaches, Conflict Country Profiles, Key Issues, and the Conflict & Security Blog.

Recently posted Research Papers include:

• Can Economic reform open a peaceful path to ending Burma’s isolation?

Authors: L. Rieffel; R. Gilpin
Publisher: United States Institute of Peace , 2010

• Non-conflict armed violence: Rethinking models of conflict and conflict resolution

Authors: J. Collodi; F. M’Cormack
Publisher: Eldis Gateway to Development and Environment Information, 2010

• Assessing basic socio-economic indicators in Northern Lebanon: RAP for planning the development of vulnerable communities – The Impact of Conflict on Northern Lebanon

Authors: O. Belbeisi (ed); K. Abouchedid (ed); C. Maiky
Publisher: International Organization for Migration , 2010

• Compensation or restitution of land rights in the Colombian peacemaking process: economic efficiency vs. society building?

Authors: H. Wiig
Publisher: Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research , 2009

• Forum Conference 2009: violent conflicts, cease fires and peace accords through the lens of indigenous peoples

Authors: R.K. Hitchcock; M. Myrvoll; T. Bleie
Publisher: Forum for Development Cooperation with Indigenous Peoples – University of Tromsø, 2009

Learn more by visiting the Eldis Conflict & Security Resource Guide

Posted in Featured Resources, Uncategorized | No Comments »

Featured Resource – Journal of Genocide Research

Journal of Genocide Research

Journal of Genocide Research is a peer-reviewed resource that features scholarly research and analysis from an interdisciplinary perspective.  This journal brings together scholars of many backgrounds and subject areas to promote a comparative approach to the study of genocide.

Recent articles include:

• Genocide, War Crimes, and the Conflict in Bosnia:  Understanding the Perpetrators – Janine Natalya Clark
• A Genocide that Never Was:  Explaining the Anti-Chinese Massacres in Indonesia, 1965-66 – Robert Cribb; Charles A. Coppel
• Is “Genocide” Still a Powerful Word? – Luke Glanville
• The Exclusion of Kosovo from the Dayton Negotiations – Peter Russell

Click here for the current table of contents.

Posted in Featured Resources, journals | No Comments »

New Books for Qualitative Research

Arlington Campus Library strives to provide you with resources at any stage in your scholarly pursuits.  Recently, we acquired a variety of new books on qualitative research, from developing a project to writing a paper or dissertation.  Click on the link to find these books and more at Mason.

Qualitative Research:  Studying How Things Work
Robert E. Stake.   New York: Guilford Press, 2010.
H62 .S737 2010 – Arlington Campus Stacks

Sage Encyclopedia of Qualitative Research Methods
Lisa M. Given.  Los Angeles: Sage Publications, 2008
H61 . S234 2008 – Arlington Campus Reference

InterViews:  Learning the Craft of Qualitative Research Interviewing
Steinar Kvale and Svend Brinkmann.  Los Angeles: Sage Publications, 2009.
HM48 .K9 2009 – Arlington Campus Stacks

Handling Qualitative Data:  A Practical Guide
Lyn Richards.  London: Sage, 2009
H62 .R473 2009 – Arlington Campus Stacks

Analysis in Qualitative Research
Hennie Boeije.  Los Angeles: Sage, 2010.
H62 .B6132 2010 – Arlington Campus Stacks

Analyzing Qualitative Data:  Systematic Approaches
H. Russell Bernard and Gery W. Ryan.  Los Angeles: Sage, 2010.
H62 .B438 2010 – Arlington Campus Stacks

Composing Qualitative Research
Karen Golden-Biddle and Karen Locke.  Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage, 2007.
T11 .G63 2007 – Arlington Campus Stacks

Writing Up Qualitative Research
Harry F. Wolcott.  Los Angeles: Sage, 2009.
T11 .W65 2009

Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »