{"product_id":"peace-and-conflict-studies-a-reader-9780415591294","title":"Peace and Conflict Studies A Reader","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePeace and Conflict Studies: A Reader\u003c\/em\u003e is a comprehensive and intensive introduction to the key works in this growing field. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePresenting a range of theories, methodologies, and approaches to understanding peace and to transforming conflict, this edited volume contains both classic and cutting-edge contemporary analyses. The text is divided into six general sections: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART I: Peace Studies, Peace Education, and Peace \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART II: Peace Theories and Peace Movements \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART III: The Meanings and Nature of Conflict \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART IV: Conflict Analysis, Transformation, and Prevention \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART V: Nonviolent Action and Political Change. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART VI: Building Institutions and Cultures of Peace \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith an extensive introduction, as well as recommendations for further reading and questions for the classroom, \u003cem\u003ePeace and Conflict Studies: A Reader\u003c\/em\u003e will be essential reading for students, teachers, and practitioners of peace and conflict studies, and conflict resolution. It is also highly recommended for students of peace operations, peacebuilding, sociology, international security and IR in general. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'This volume is a much needed contribution to the study of peace and conflict in the contemporary world. Wide-ranging, interdisciplinary and topical, it renders peace and conflict studies relevant beyond the immediate post-Cold war era into the twenty-first century.\u003c\/strong\u003e' - \u003cem\u003eM.K. Flynn, University of the West of England, Bristol\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction \u003cstrong\u003ePart 1: Peace Studies, Peace Education, Peace Research and Peace A. What are Peace and Conflict Studies and Peace Education? \u003c\/strong\u003e1. Shaping a Vision- The Nature of Peace and Conflict Studies \u003cem\u003eConrad Brunk \u003c\/em\u003e2. Four Major Challenges Facing Peace Education in Regions of Intractable Conflict \u003cem\u003eGavriel Salomon \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eB. What is Peace? \u003c\/strong\u003e3. Peace in International Relations \u003cem\u003eOliver Richmond \u003c\/em\u003e4. 2011 Global Peace Index 5. Thinking Peace \u003cem\u003eCharles Webel \u003c\/em\u003e6. Positive and Negative Peace \u003cem\u003eJohan Galtung \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 2: Peace Theories and Peace Movements A. Philosophical and Religious Contributions to Peace \u003c\/strong\u003e7. Eternal Peace \u003cem\u003eImmanuel Kant \u003c\/em\u003e8. Address to The Swedish Peace Congress in 1909 \u003cem\u003eLeo Tolstoy \u003c\/em\u003e9. The Moral Equivalent of War \u003cem\u003eWilliam James \u003c\/em\u003e10. The Russell-Einstein Manifesto 11. A Human Approach to World Peace \u003cem\u003eDalai Lama \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eB. Peace and Social Justice Movements\u003c\/strong\u003e 12. PEACE: A History of Movements and Ideas \u003cem\u003eDavid Cortright\u003c\/em\u003e 13. Introduction, from Peace Movements in International Protest and World Politics since 1945 \u003cem\u003eApril Carter \u003c\/em\u003e14. From Protest to Cultural Creativity: Peace Movements Identified and Revisited \u003cem\u003eNigel Young\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003ePart 3: The Meanings and Nature of Conflict A. What are Violence and Conflicts? \u003c\/strong\u003e15. On Violence \u003cem\u003eHannah Arendt\u003c\/em\u003e 16. Geneva Declaration on Armed Violence and Development 17. World Health Organization (WHO): An Internationally Accepted Definition of Violence 18. WHO: Violence Prevention: The Evidence, Overview \u003cstrong\u003eB. The Reasons for Violent Conflicts and Terrorism\u003c\/strong\u003e 19. Letter to Sigmund Freud \u003cem\u003eAlbert Einstein\u003c\/em\u003e 20. Why War? \u003cem\u003eSigmund Freud\u003c\/em\u003e 21. UNESCO: Seville Statement on Violence 22. Psychological Contributions to Understanding Peace and Conflict \u003cem\u003eCharles Wevel and Viera Sotakova \u003c\/em\u003e23. The Evil Scourge of Terrorism: Reality, Construction, Remedy\u003cem\u003e Noam Chomsky\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003ePart 4: Conflict Analysis, Transformation, and Prevention A. Conflict Dynamics, Resistance, and Democracy \u003c\/strong\u003e24. Protagonist Strategies that help end Violence \u003cem\u003eLouis Kriesberg and Gearoid Millar \u003c\/em\u003e25. Nonviolent Geopolitics; Rationality and Resistance \u003cem\u003eRichard Falk\u003c\/em\u003e 26. The United States and the Prospects for Democracy in Islamic Countries \u003cem\u003eSteven Zunes\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eB. Reconcilliation\u003c\/strong\u003e 27. How do Post-Conflict Societies Deal with a Traumatic Past and Promote National Unity and Reconciliation? \u003cem\u003eAndrew Rigby\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eC. Disarmament\u003c\/strong\u003e 28. Disarmament and Survival \u003cem\u003eMarc Pilisuk \u003c\/em\u003e29. Overcoming War, The Importance of Constructive Alternatives \u003cem\u003eChristine Schweitzer\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003ePart 5: Nonviolent Action and Political Change A. Nonviolence as a Way of Life\u003c\/strong\u003e 30. Home Rule \u003cem\u003eMohandas Karamchand Gandhi \u003c\/em\u003e31. Pilgrimage to Nonviolence\u003cem\u003e Martin Luther King, Jr\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eB. Nonviolence as a Political Tool\u003c\/strong\u003e 32. How Nonviolence Works \u003cem\u003eBrian Martin\u003c\/em\u003e 33. Excerpts from, From Dictatorship to Democracy \u003cem\u003eGene Sharp\u003c\/em\u003e 34. Waves of Nonviolence and the New Revolutionary Movements \u003cem\u003eJ\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eørgen Johansen\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003ePart 6: Building Institutions and Cultures of Peace A. Peacekeeping, Peace-Building, and Peacemaking\u003c\/strong\u003e 35. A Critique of Robust Peacekeeping in Contemporary Peace Operations \u003cem\u003eThierry Tardy\u003c\/em\u003e 36. Social Entrepreneurs and Constructive Change: The Wisdom of Circumventing Conflict \u003cem\u003eRyszard Praskier, Andrej Nowak and Peter T. Coleman\u003c\/em\u003e 37. Systems-Building before State-Building: On the Systemic Preconditions of State-Building\u003cem\u003e Peter Halden\u003c\/em\u003e 38. Gender and Peace: Towards a Gender-Inclusive, Holistic Perspective \u003cem\u003eTony Jenkins and Betty Reardon\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eB. From Cultures of Violence to Cultures of Sustainable Peace\u003c\/strong\u003e 39. Competing Discourses on Aggression and Peacefulness \u003cem\u003eMajken Jul S\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eørensen\u003c\/em\u003e 40. Gender, Conflict, and Social Capital; Bonding and Bridging in War in the former Yugoslavia \u003cem\u003eMaja Korac \u003c\/em\u003e41. Peaceful Societies and Everyday Behaviour\u003cem\u003e Elise Boulding\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018169811287,"sku":"9780415591294","price":52.24,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780415591294.jpg?v=1750775881","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/peace-and-conflict-studies-a-reader-9780415591294","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}