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Book SynopsisExcessive military spending reduces the available financial reserves for health, education, and other human needs. For poor countries, it increases poverty, unemployment, and destitution. It also strengthens dictatorial tendencies in politics and acts against democratic values. If we want to achieve peace, eliminate poverty, decrease inequality, and achieve social justice, we should devote all our energies to reducing military spending and using the released resources for economic development. For that, we need a concerted effort to encourage disarmament.
This new volume provides reflections and insights from leading public figures and activists who oppose military expenditure in any form. Many of the contributions to this volume were presented as speeches at the 'Disarm! For a Climate of Peace' meeting held in Berlin in 2016, organized by the International Peace Bureau. The volume also includes additional research-oriented chapters to complement the transcripts from the International Peace Bureau meeting.
Trade ReviewDuring September-October 2016, the International Peace Bureau, with other partners, held an international congress in Berlin, and this volume contains 18 main plenary papers from it. They cover disarmament for development, sustainable peace, peace and development, a nuclear weapon free world, military spending and peace economics, and the challenge of peace today. Among their topics are creating an active disgust for war, the political conditions for a lasting global peace, recent trends in global military spending: the shallowest down cycle since World War II, trade unions and a sustainable policy of peace, and learning to disarm: educating to realize the International Peace Bureau action agenda. -- Annotation ©2019 * (protoview.com) *
Table of ContentsForeword;
Manas ChatterjiAcknowledgements
Part 1. Introduction Chapter 1. Introductory Remarks;
Reiner Braun, Ingeborg Breines, and Colin Archer Chapter 2. Creating an Active Disgust for War;
Ingeborg Breines Chapter 3. Military Expenditure and Peace;
His Excellency, Archbishop Nikola Eterović Part 2. Disarmament for Development Chapter 4. The Road Map for the Future;
Michael Møller Part 3. Sustainable Peace Chapter 5. Towards Sustainable Peace Building;
Tawakkol Karman Chapter 6. The Political Conditions for a Lasting Global Peace;
Samir Amin Part 4. Peace and Development Chapter 7. Peace through Work and Development;
Frank Bsirske Chapter 8. Peace, Conflicts and the Armament Race in South-East Asia;
Corazon Fabros Part 5. A Nuclear Weapon Free World Chapter 9. A Nuclear Weapon Free World: Mirage or Achievable Target?
Jayantha Dhanapala Chapter 10. The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons;
Arielle Denis Part 6. Military Spending and Peace Economics Chapter 11. Recent Trends in Global Military Spending: The Shallowest Down Cycle Since World War II?
Aude Fleurant Chapter 12. A Survey of Literature on Military Expenditure and Development;
Manas Chatterji Chapter 13. Disarmament for Development: From a Culture of War to a Culture of Peace and Non Violence;
Federico Mayor Zaragoza Part 7. The Challenge of Peace Today Chapter 14. Trade Unions and a Sustainable Policy of Peace;
Reiner Hoffmann Chapter 15. Game of Thrones, Patriarchy, Feminism and Peacebuilding: How to Reconcile the Unreconcilable!
Madeleine Rees Chapter 16. Brief Introduction to the Intersection of Racism and Militarism;
Meena Jagannath Chapter 17. Breakthrough: How to Claim Back Our Future;
Jakob von Uexkull Chapter 18. The Labor Movement and the Path to Peace;
Philip Jennings Chapter 19. Learning to Disarm: Education to Realize the IPB Action Agenda;
Betty Reardon Part 8. Conclusion: Disarm! For a Climate of Peace Chapter 20. IPB Action Agenda Chapter 21. IPB Youth Declaration
Appendix 1. Military Expenditure and Economic Development (a Partial Bibliography)
Appendix 2. World Military Expenditure
