This book Development, Human Rights and Conflict is an interdisciplinary textbook combining different aspect of human development, human rights and politics analysis to examine the relationship between development and sustainable peace-building in ethnically divided societies. Combining both theoretical and practical approaches based on case study, this book: examines causes of increasing intra-state conflicts in the post cold war world;explores the interwoven relationship among development, human development, human rights violations, internal conflict, and sustainable peace-building; assesses the impact of unintendent consequences of development on human development and peace and finally, it makes several contributions to the theories of development, conflict and peace-building. This book will be essential reading for students of development, human rights, and peace-building disciplines and highly recommended for students, academicians and practitioners of conflict resolution and peace-building combining Human Rights-based Approach (HRBA) in development.

Dr. Shanawez Hossain works in the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI),Tokyo. He obtained Ph.D and M.A in International Studies, Waseda University, Japan and also B.Sc. in Environmental Sciences from CU, Bangladesh. He is trained in Climate Change, Human Rights and Humanitarian Assistance from UNU and also published articles in reputed journals.