Complexity Thinking for Peacebuilding Practice and Evaluation

Book Overview

Acknowledgements.- List of Contributors.- List of Illustrations.- List of Abbreviations and Acronyms.- Introduction; Emery Brusset, Cedric de Coning, Bryn Hughes.- PART I: Insights from Complexity Thinking.- 1. Implications of Complexity for Peacebuilding Policies and Practices; Cedric de Coning.- 2. Thawing Ceteris Paribus: The Move to a Complex systems Lens; Bryn Hughes.- PART II: Insights from Complexity Practice.- 3. Avoiding Perplexity: Complexity-Oriented Monitoring and Evaluation for UN Peace Operations; Charles T. Hunt.- 4. Challenges: EU Civilian Crisis Management and the Objective of Impact Assessment: Kosovo as an Example of Complexity; Tanja Tamminen.- 5. Organisisng Artisans for Peace: CMI on a Learning Curve; Oskari Eronen.- 6. Monitoring and Evaluation in Peacebuilding - Reclaiming the Lost Opportunities for Improving Peacebuilding in Practice; Pravina Makan-Lakha.- PART III: Coping with Complexity.- 7. Analysing Complex Conflicts: Requirements for Complexity-Aware Conflict Analysis; Jan Frelin .- 8. Seeking Simplicity: An Application of Complexity to Evaluation; Emery Brusset.- Conclusion; Emery Brusset, Cedric de Coning, Bryn Hughes.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137601108
• ISBN13: 9781137601100
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 287 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.7"