book chapter

Early Warning Systems: From Surveillance to Assessment to Action

by Ted Robert Gurr

In Kevin M. Cahill (ed.), Preventive Diplomacy: The Therapeutics of Mediation. Reviews conflict early warning research, identifies design criteria for systematic early warning, and reports watch lists from Gurr and Harff "Victims of the State." An updated version of the chapter appears in "Preventive Diplomacy, revised and updated edition, 2000, pp. 243-262. Basic Books, 1996.