Author: Samir Kumar Das
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Keywords: peace, studies, vol, asian, south, processes, accords
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2005-11-01
List price: $31.95
ISBN-10: 0761933913
ISBN-13: 9780761933915
This volume, as part of the South Asian Peace Studies series, looks at peace as a process. It makes a three-fold inquiry into the political dimensions of peace - the process of peace, the contentious issues involved in the peace process, and the ideologies that are in conflict in this process. The essays collectively show that the sustainability of peace depends crucially on a foundation of rights, justice and democracy.
Author: Professor Johan Galtung
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
Keywords: peace, research, institute, oslo, prio, international, civilization, peaceful, means, conflict, development
Number of Pages: 292
Published: 1996-07-31
List price: $56.95
ISBN-10: 0803975112
ISBN-13: 9780803975118
Johan Galtung, one of the founders of modern peace studies, describes his reason for writing this book as a `systematic effort to give a theoretical foundation for peace research, peace education and peace action’. As such, it provides a wide-ranging panorama of the ideas, theories and assumptions on which the study of peace is based.Two definitions of peace underlie the book. The first definition of peace is dynamic: `the state of affairs that makes the nonviolent and creative handling of conflict possible’. The second definition is static: `an absence of direct, structural and cu
Author: Rachel M. MacNair
Publisher: Praeger
Keywords: peace, war, dimensions, introduction, psychology, psychological
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2003-08-30
List price: $31.95
ISBN-10: 0275978567
ISBN-13: 9780275978563
This volume addresses the causes and effects of violence, as well as the causes and effects of behaviors that counter or prevent violence. A brief overview of the central concepts of peace psychology is provided, in addition to study results and questions that still exist. The text includes practical guidance for policy-makers, activists, researchers and all readers who want to better understand this major aspect of the human condition.
Author: David P. Barash
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: peace, studies, reader, approaches
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 2009-08-10
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 0195382862
ISBN-13: 9780195382860
"For those endeavoring to approach peace, there is no shortage of challenges, practical as well as intellectual. Fortunately, there is also no shortage of inspiration and insight."--From the preface Approaches to Peace: A Reader in Peace Studies, Second Edition, provides a unique and interdisciplinary sampling of key articles and short literary selections focusing on the diverse facets of peace and conflict studies. Featuring both classic and contemporary work, it enables students to read highly influential articles while also introducing them to the most current perspectives in the field. Tim
Author: Virginia Page Fortna
Publisher: Princeton University Pre
Keywords: peace, durability, agreements, cease, time, fire
Number of Pages: 264
Published: 2004-03-01
List price: $26.95
ISBN-10: 0691115125
ISBN-13: 9780691115122
Why do cease-fire agreements sometimes last for years while others flounder barely long enough to be announced? How to maintain peace in the aftermath of war is arguably one of the most important questions of the post--Cold War era. And yet it is one of the least explored issues in the study of war and peace. Here, Page Fortna offers the first comprehensive analysis of why cease-fires between states succeed or fail. She develops cooperation theory to argue that mechanisms within these agreements can help maintain peace by altering the incentives for war and peace, reducing uncertainty, and hel
Author: David Fromki
Publisher: Holt Paperback
Keywords: peace, middle, east, modern, creation, ottoman, empire
Number of Pages: 636
Published: 2001-09-01
List price: $20.00
ISBN-10: 0805068848
ISBN-13: 9780805068849
The critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling account of how the modern Middle East came into being after World War I, and why it is in upheaval todayIn our time the Middle East has proven a battleground of rival religions, ideologies, nationalisms, and dynasties. All of these conflicts, including the hostilities between Arabs and Israelis that have flared yet again, come down, in a sense, to the extent to which the Middle East will continue to live with its political inheritance: the arrangements, unities, and divisions imposed upon the region by the Allies after the First World War.In
Authors:Michael W. Doyle, Nicholas Sambani,
Publisher: Princeton University Pre
Keywords: peace, nations, operations, united, making, building, war
Number of Pages: 400
Published: 2006-05-15
List price: $32.95
ISBN-10: 069112275X
ISBN-13: 9780691122755
Making War and Building Peace examines how well United Nations peacekeeping missions work after civil war. Statistically analyzing all civil wars since 1945, the book compares peace processes that had UN involvement to those that didn’t. Michael Doyle and Nicholas Sambanis argue that each mission must be designed to fit the conflict, with the right authority and adequate resources. UN missions can be effective by supporting new actors committed to the peace, building governing institutions, and monitoring and policing implementation of peace settlements. But the UN is not good at interve
