Resolving Cyprus : new approaches to conflict resolution / edited by James Ker-Lindsay.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ker-Lindsay, James, 1972- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnic conflict--Cyprus.

Ethnic conflict.

Cyprus--History--1960-.

Cyprus.

Cyprus--Politics and government--1960-2004.

Cyprus--Politics and government--2004-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (296 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London : I.B. Tauris, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Over the past fifty years the Cyprus Problem has come to be regarded as the archetype of an intractable ethnic conflict. Since 1964, the United Nations has been at the forefront of efforts to find a political solution to the dispute between the island's Greek and Turkish communities. And yet, despite the active involvement of six Secretaries-General (U Thant, Kurt Waldheim, Javier Perez de Cuellar, Boutros Boutros Ghali, Kofi Annan and Ban Ki-Moon), every attempt to reach a mutually acceptable solution has failed. Here, James Ker-Lindsay draws together new and original perspectives from the leading experts on Cyprus, including academics, policy-makers, politicians and activists. All have addressed one deceptively simple question: 'Can Cyprus be solved?' Resolving Cyprus presents a comprehensive overview of the Cyprus Problem from a variety of approaches and offers new and innovative ideas as to how to tackle one of the longest running ethnic conflicts on the world stage. This represents an essential contribution to the body of work on Cyprus, and will be required reading for all those following the debates surrounding the Cyprus problem."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

List of Abbreviations

Editor and Contributors

Introduction

1. A Comfortable and Routine Conflict

2. A New Vision of Good Neighbourliness

3. 'Cypriotism' and the Path to Reunification

4. Escaping the Tyranny of History

5. A Bizonal Federation is not Viable

6. The Party Politics of the Problem

7. The Prospects of a Federal Settlement

8. A Cypriot's Problem

9 Hydrocarbons Can Fuel a Settlement

10 Gas Can Become the New Lost Opportunity

11 A Gender Perspective

12 Civil Society Can Reinvigorate the Peace Process

13 Cyprus in the Doldrums

14 The Catalytic Role of Regional Crisis

15 Adopting a Piecemeal Approach

16 The Case for a Loose Federation

17 Preconditions and Expectations of a Solution

18 The Rule of Law

19 How and Why the European Union Still Matters

20 Challenging Partition in Five Success Stories

21 Security is Key to a Settlement

22 Historical Legacies of the Dispute

23 Conceptual Obstacles to a Settlement

24 One Final Chance for Federalism

25 Chronicle of a Failure Foretold?

26 A Constitutional Law Perspective

27 Updating Our Thinking on Cyprus

28 Blending Idealism with Pragmatism

29 The Role of 'Invaluable Assets'

30 A Viable Peace Process Already Exists

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780755620074

0755620070

9781784534783

1784534781

9780857724984

0857724983

OCLC:

903974099