Part 1 Asia and the Pacific: the State, ethnicity and the middle-class factor - addressing non-violent, democratic change in Malaysia, Johan Saravanamuttu; empowering people for peace - the Philippine experience, Ed Garcia; Fiji - ethnicity and the post-colonial State, Vijay Naidu; containing conflict and transcending ethnicity in Mauritius, Thomas Hylland-Eriksen. Part 2 The Middle East: the Kurds in the Iran-Iraq War and since, Omar Sheikhmous. Part 3 Africa: human rights, reconciliation and conflict in independent Namibia - the formation of the Namibian Army and police force, Laurie Nathan; an interest approach to resolution of civil wars in the Horn of Africa - focus on the Eritrean conflict, Hizkias Assefa; the dirty war civilian experience of conflict in Mozambique and Sri Lanka, Carolyn Nordstrom; civil and external conflict interface - violence, militarization and conflict management in the Angolan Civil War, Earl Conteh-Morgan; Uganda - a second-phase bid for legitimacy under international scrutiny, Oliver Furley. Part 4 Latin America: civil war in El Salvador and the efforts to achieve peace, Raul Benitez-Manaut; conflict resolution theory and its application to Guatemala's socio-political context, Louis Alberto Padilla; internal conflicts in Mexico in the 80s, Jorge Cadena-Roa.