The Anthem Studies in Peace, Conflict and Development series publishes high-quality and original research in the areas of conflict analysis, conflict resolution, humanitarianism, peacebuilding, and the complex relationships between security and development. The series addresses academic and professional audiences as it focuses on the causes and dynamics of violent conflicts within and between societies and states, as well as on policies and practices towards conflict management, development and peacebuilding initiatives at various levels.
Series Editor
Ashok Swain – Uppsala University, Sweden
Editorial Board
Imtiaz Ahmed – University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Feargal Cochrane – University of Kent, UK
Nigel Eltringham – University of Sussex, UK
Hamdy Hassan – Cairo University, Egypt and Zayed University, Dubai
Caroline Hughes – University of Notre Dame, USA
Gladys Lechini – National University of Rosario, Argentina
Joakim Öjendal – Gothenburg University, Sweden
Larry Swatuk – University of Waterloo, Canada
Neda A. Zawahri – Cleveland State University, USA
Proposals
We welcome submissions of proposals for challenging and original works from emerging and established scholars that meet the criteria of our series. We make prompt editorial decisions. Our titles are published in print and e-book editions and are subject to peer review by recognized authorities in the field. Should you wish to send in a proposal for a monograph (mid-length and full-length), edited collection or course book, please contact us at: [email protected].
Edited by Richard Sakwa
A remarkable collection of essays, considering every angle of the Chechen conflict.
Paperback
9781843311652
April 2005
£ 19.99 / $ 29.95
Jude Cocodia
This book questions the dominant narrative used in stereotyping Africa and the status of Al-Shabaab in Somalia’s quest for peace. It trumps up local alternatives to solving conflicts on the continent and avers that it is possible to revert to these local mechanisms of governance and conflict resolution as has been done in Somaliland with positive results.
Paperback
9781839993268
November 2024
£ 25.00 / $ 35.00
Edited by Darcie DeAngelo, Rebecca Kastleman, Joshua Reno and Leah Zani
Demilitarizing the Future draws from art, anthropology, and activism to investigate the entrenchment of militarism in everyday lives and consider novel imaginaries of its dissolution—of peacemaking, community, and shared equitable futures.
Hardback
9781839993404
November 2025
£ 80.00 / $ 110.00
Edited by Ashok Swain, Ramses Amer and Joakim Öjendal
This fascinating collected volume explores the relationship between world conflict, political unrest and the driving forces of Capitalism and Globalization.
Hardback
9781843312871
December 2007
£ 70.00 / $ 115.00
Edited by Nick Baron and Peter Gatrell
A comprehensive study of war, population and statehood in Eastern Europe and Russia, 1918–1924.
Paperback
9781843311218
August 2004
£ 16.95 / $ 27.50
Suranjan Das
A ground-breaking book on nation-building, ethnicity and regional politics in South Asia.
Paperback
9781898855699
August 2001
£ 16.99 / $ 27.50
Edited by Kristian Stokke and Jayadeva Uyangoda
This book examines the politics of crafting liberal peace in contemporary intrastate conflicts using Sri Lanka’s failed attempt to negotiate peace with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
Hardback
9781843318965
January 2011
£ 70.00 / $ 115.00
John Janzekovic and Daniel Silander
This volume explores the development and application of responsibility to protect (R2P), a principle which – according to its supporters – has evolved into a new type of responsive norm regarding how the international community should react to serious and deliberate human rights violations.
Paperback
9781783083459
December 2014
£ 25.00 / $ 40.00
Edited by Ashok Swain, Ramses Amer and Joakim Öjendal
This collection of essays addresses the important challenges and opportunities presented by the democratization process and the thorough societal changes occurring in many parts of the world.
Paperback
9780857283993
July 2011
£ 25.00 / $ 40.00
Edited by Ramses Amer, Ashok Swain and Joakim Öjendal
‘The Security-Development Nexus: Peace, Conflict and Development’ explores the concept of the security-development nexus from a variety of perspectives. Its collected essays investigate conceptual issues via case studies from Africa, Asia and Europe.
Paperback
9781783080656
November 2013
£ 25.00 / $ 40.00
Edited by Bryan S. Turner
The book explores the role of religion in war and peace through nine original contributions that examine a range of case studies from different historical periods. Religion, the volume suggests, is typically not the cause of human conflict, but rather the product of actions by the state and the legal system.
Paperback
9781783083305
November 2014
£ 25.00 / $ 40.00