On the Fault Line: Managing tensions and divisions within societies - Softcover

This may become the seminal work on a problem that threatens to destabilise important areas around the globe (Henry Kissinger)

An imperative read as we strive to learn from our mistakes and the experiences of others. (Raila Odinga, Prime Minister of Kenya)

As the impact of racial segregation and discrimination dissipates in South Africa, my country faces fresh challenges, including stark divisions in wealth and access to it. On the Fault Line is invaluable in guiding us through not only the management of such distinctions, but their eventual resolution. (F. W. de Klerk, Nobel Peace Laureate and former President of South Africa)

This important book is an invaluable contribution to a debate which will shape politics and security in the 21st century. (Sir Kieran Prendergast, former Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs at the United Nations)

This remarkable compendium is an invaluable guide for governments and civil society on the art of managing tensions and divisions among peoples without resort to violence. (Alfredo Cristiani, President of El Salvador, 1989–94)

This potent and sobering book should leave no one in doubt about the potential for mass violence along the fault lines that simmer in our societies (Professor Christopher Coker, London School of Economics)

On the Fault Line is recommended reading - not only to remember where some have gone wrong, but to illustrate how others have got it right. (Vice President Joyce Banda, Malawi)

Many countries, large or small, experience divisive societal fault lines. While some states fail and descend into anarchy and violence, others overcome clear tensions. The Brenthurst Foundations's scholarly, multi-region study offers extremely valuable insights and examples. On the Fault Line explodes some widely-held myths and may become the seminal work on a problem that threatens to destabilize important areas around the globe. (Dr Henry Kissinger)

My own country, South Africa, has suffered the consequences of perhaps the most obvious fault-line of all - race. But as the impact of racial segregation and discrimination dissipates, we face fresh challenges, including stark divisions in wealth and access to it, a new apartheid if you will, along with the re-imposition of racial favouritism in a hazardous attempt to remedy past wrongs. On the Fault Line is invaluable in guiding us through not only the management of such distinctions, but their eventual resolution. (F. W. de Klerk)

To deal effectively with deadly conflict within societies, you have first to understand the "what" and above all the "why". Why do some fracture along ethnic, confessional and/or class and wealth lines - countries as varied as Congo, Sudan, Turkey, Bosnia, Lebanon, and Guatemala - while others somehow succeed in managing and containing the stresses? This important book brings these issues into sharp focus, and suggests where and how the international community might best help. It is an invaluable contribution to a debate which will shape politics and security in the 21st century (Sir Kieran Prendergast)