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Key databases
Use these key databases to find journal articles:
- ScopusA multidisciplinary abstract and citation database of peer reviewed literature, book reviews and conference proceedings.
- Web of ScienceA collection of citation databases and citation analysis tools covering the sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities.
Encyclopedias and handbooks
These general works provide a broad overview of your issue or topic
Find introductory material using the Library Search by combining a topic keyword with one of the materials type descriptors above, e.g. Peace handbook.
Some good books to start with:
The Oxford Handbook of Gender and Conflict by Publication Date: 2018
The Oxford Handbook of Peacebuilding, Statebuilding, and Peace Formation by
In addition to being a major area of research within International Relations, peacebuilding and statebuilding is a major policy area within the UN and other international and regional organizations. It is also a concern of international financial institutions, including the World Bank, and asignificant factor in the foreign and security policies of many established and emerging democracies. Peacebuilding and statebuilding are among the main approaches for preventing, managing, and mitigating global insecurities; dealing with the humanitarian consequences of civil wars; and expandingdemocracy and neoliberal economic regimes. Peace formation is a relatively new concept, addressing how local actors work in parallel to international and national projects, and helps shape the legitimacy of peace processes and state reform.The Oxford Handbook of Peacebuilding, Statebuilding, and Peace Formation serves as an essential guide to this vast intellectual and policy landscape. It offers a systematic overview of conceptual foundations, political implications, and tensions at the global, regional, and local levels, as well askey policies, practices, examples, and discourses underlining all segments of peacebuilding and statebuilding praxis. Approaching peacebuilding from disciplinary perspectives across the social sciences, the Handbook is organized around four major thematic sections. Section one explores howpeacebuilding, statebuilding, and peace formation is conceived by different disciplines and IR approaches, thus offering an overview of the conceptual bedrock of major theories and approaches. Section two situates these approaches among other major global issues, including globalization, civilsociety, terrorism, and technology to illustrate their global, regional, and local resonance. Section three looks at key themes in the field, including peace agreements, democratization, security reform, human rights, environment, and culture. Finally, section four looks at key features of everydayand civil society peace formation processes, both in theory and in practice.
ISBN: 9780190904418Publication Date: 2021
The Oxford Handbook of the Politics of Development by Publication Date: 2018
The Oxford Handbook of Women, Peace, and Security by Publication Date: 2019
The Oxford International Encyclopedia of Peace by Publication Date: 2010
Routledge Handbook of Environmental Conflict and Peacebuilding by Publication Date: 2018
Routledge Handbook of Peacebuilding by Publication Date: 2025
