1st Edition

Trajectories of Conflict and Peace Jerusalem and Belfast Since 1994

By Scott A Bollens Copyright 2018
256 Pages 43 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

256 Pages 43 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

256 Pages 43 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Creating peace for a city’s intimate enemies is harder than making war. This book is about the trajectories of urban conflict and peace in the politically polarized cities of Jerusalem and Belfast since 1994 – how sometimes there has been hopeful change while at other times debilitating stasis and regression. Based on extensive research, fieldwork, and interviews, Scott Bollens shows how... Read more

Preface  List of Illustrations  1. National and Urban Co-Production of Conflict and Peace  2. Jerusalem I: Urban Spatial Changes amid Political Impasse  3. Jerusalem II: Interlocking Trajectories of National Politics  and Urban Dynamics  4. Jerusalem III: The Self-Perpetuating Cycle of Israeli Hegemonic Territoriality  5. Belfast I: Building Peace in a Post-Violent Conflict City  6. Belfast II: Peacebuilding as Process - Disrupted Trajectories and Urban Outcomes  7. Belfast III: The Competing Demands of Political Stability and Urban Peacebuilding  8. Conflict and Peace: Political and Spatial Trajectories  Interviews  References  Index 

Biography

Scott A. Bollens is Professor of Urban Planning and Public Policy and holds the Warmington Chair in Peace and International Cooperation at the University of California, Irvine, USA.