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Introduction: Prevention of violent conflict works and is cost-effective ; Why, then, is there so little belief in the prevention of violent conflict? ; What is the prevention of violent conflict? ; Can prevention of violent conflict be done differently? ; The importance of agency to prevention -– 1. A surge and expansion of violent conflict. Violent conflict in the twenty-first century ; Understanding trends in violent conflict ; The unacceptable costs of violent conflict ; How violent conflicts end -– 2. The need for prevention in an interdependent world: An international system in search of a new equilibrium ; Risk and opportunity in an increasingly connected world -– 3. Pathways for peace: A framework for peaceful pathways ; Path dependency of violence ; The centrality of actors ; Understanding risk and opportunity ; Prevention and sustaining peace : building peaceful pathways ; Scenarios for pathways to peace or violence –- 4. Why people fight : inequality, exclusion, and a sense of injustice: Inequality and violent conflict ; The multiple and intersecting dimensions of exclusion ; Exclusion, identity, grievances, and mobilization to violence
5. What people fight over : arenas of contestation: Risk and opportunity in the arenas of contestation ; The arena of power and governance ; The arena of land and natural resources ; The arena of service delivery ; The arena of security and justice -– 6. Country approaches to preventing violent conflict: Navigating transition moments ; Changing actors' incentives ; Addressing institutional weaknesses ; Investing in structural factors -– 7. The international architecture for prevention: Systemic prevention ; Regional action ; International tools for prevention ; International development assistance ; Areas of convergence between diplomatic, security, and development instruments –- 8. Pursuing pathways for peace : recommendations for building inclusive approaches for prevention: Principles for prevention ; An agenda for action : prevention in practice ; Organizing for prevention ; A call for action
Appendix A: Thematic papers and case studies.
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Executive summary
Abbreviations
Introduction: Prevention of violent conflict works and is cost-effective ; Why, then, is there so little belief in the prevention of violent conflict? ; What is the prevention of violent conflict? ; Can prevention of violent conflict be done differently? ; The importance of agency to prevention -– 1. A surge and expansion of violent conflict. Violent conflict in the twenty-first century ; Understanding trends in violent conflict ; The unacceptable costs of violent conflict ; How violent conflicts end -– 2. The need for prevention in an interdependent world: An international system in search of a new equilibrium ; Risk and opportunity in an increasingly connected world -– 3. Pathways for peace: A framework for peaceful pathways ; Path dependency of violence ; The centrality of actors ; Understanding risk and opportunity ; Prevention and sustaining peace : building peaceful pathways ; Scenarios for pathways to peace or violence –- 4. Why people fight : inequality, exclusion, and a sense of injustice: Inequality and violent conflict ; The multiple and intersecting dimensions of exclusion ; Exclusion, identity, grievances, and mobilization to violence
5. What people fight over : arenas of contestation: Risk and opportunity in the arenas of contestation ; The arena of power and governance ; The arena of land and natural resources ; The arena of service delivery ; The arena of security and justice -– 6. Country approaches to preventing violent conflict: Navigating transition moments ; Changing actors' incentives ; Addressing institutional weaknesses ; Investing in structural factors -– 7. The international architecture for prevention: Systemic prevention ; Regional action ; International tools for prevention ; International development assistance ; Areas of convergence between diplomatic, security, and development instruments –- 8. Pursuing pathways for peace : recommendations for building inclusive approaches for prevention: Principles for prevention ; An agenda for action : prevention in practice ; Organizing for prevention ; A call for action
Appendix A: Thematic papers and case studies.