TY - BOOK AU - Caplan,Richard TI - Measuring peace: principles, practices, and politics T2 - Oxford scholarship online SN - 9780191847356 (ebook) : AV - JZ5538 U1 - 327.172 23 PY - 2019/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - Peace-building N1 - Previously issued in print: 2019; Includes bibliographical references and index; Specialized N2 - How can we know if the peace that has been established following a civil war is a stable peace? More than half of all countries that experienced civil war since World War II have suffered a relapse into violent conflict, in some cases more than once. Meanwhile the international community expends billions of dollars and deploys tens of thousands of personnel each year in support of efforts to build peace in countries emerging from violent conflict. This book argues that efforts to build peace are hampered by the lack of effective means of assessing progress towards the achievement of a consolidated peace UR - https://go.openathens.net/redirector/lords.parliament.uk?url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198810360.001.0001 ER -