Mediating Security

This Festschrift for Otmar Höll elaborates on various aspects of his work on international security through the contributions of friends and colleagues. The issue of security is framed as a mediated endeavour and discussed along issues of Global Governance, conflict mediation and comprehensive approaches to foreign and security policy.

In over four decades of scientific exploration, Otmar Höll has approached international security from often unorthodox and unconventional perspectives. Starting with the issues of development and environmental policy, the challenge of a more comprehensive notion of security increasingly becomes a primary focus. Otmar Höll accepted this challenge and sought to combine it with his interests in the theory of political psychology, the practice of psychotherapeutic and mediated approaches to conflict resolution. Comprehensive Security therefore became a concept with a particular personal relevance. This Festschrift highlights Otmar Höll's professional achievement through the contributions of friends, companions and colleagues.

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Contents: Heinz Gärtner: Otmar Höll Alexander Klimburg/Jan Pospisil: Mediating Security: Comprehensive Approaches to an Ambiguous Subject Sanja Tima/Marina Funduk: Green Development: A Notion Affecting Sustainable National Economies, Environmental Security and International Relations Kunibert Raffer: The Millennium Development Goals as a Precondition for Peace and Security Barbara Rohregger: The Politics of Social Protection: How to Get It Onto the Political Agenda and Make Sure That It Stays There Arno Truger: The Contribution of Development and Environmental Policy to Foreign and Security Policy Pertti Joenniemi: Peace Mediation: The Challenge of Protracted Conflicts Anton Pelinka: Conflict Research Wilfried Graf/Gudrun Kramer/Augustin Nicolescou: Complexity Thinking and Basic Human Needs. Towards a Meta-Framework for Interactive Conflict Transformation Herbert C. Kelman: Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation: A Perspective from Social and Political Psychology A.J.R. Groom: Global Governance from Above and Below Gudrun Harrer: Entrusting Without Trusting: The International Atomic Energy Agency and the Nuclear Disarmament of Iraq 1991-1998 Blerim Reka/Ylber Sela: The Soft Protectorate in the Western Balkans: International Governance for Post-Conflict Societies? Howard J. Wiarda: Adventures in Research: The Austrian Institute for International Affairs (OIIP).