Thirty-nine international academics, researchers, and practitioners contribute 34 chapters to a text for educators, scholars, researchers, and practitioners, which provides an overview of the scope of the field of conflict resolution, identifies its useful concepts, and offers evidence and evaluation. The material is organized into four sections addressing the history and methods of the study of conflict resolution; issues and sources of conflict, including territory, resources, ecology, ethnicity/identity, and religion; methods and agencies in the practice of conflict management, including prevention, negotiation, mediation arbitration, dialogue, NGOs, and universal and regional IGOs; and varioius other topics such as new challenges to conflict resolution, new modes of conflict and diverse issues arising within these approaches. A concluding essay explores emerging problems for theory and practice. Annotation ⓒ2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)