UID:
almafu_9958130507302883
Format:
1 online resource (423 p.)
ISBN:
1-134-15480-1
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1-134-15481-X
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1-280-74140-6
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9786610741403
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0-203-08916-2
Content:
This major new Handbook provides a cutting-edge and transdisciplinary overview of the main issues, debates, state-of-the-art methods, and key concepts in peace and conflict studies today. The fields of peace and conflict studies have grown exponentially since being initiated by Professor Johan Galtung half a century ago. They have forged a transdisciplinary and professional identity distinct from security studies, political science, and international relations. The volume is divided into four sections:understanding and transforming conflictcreatin
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Description based upon print version of record.
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Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; 1 Introduction: Toward a philosophy and metapsychology of peace; 2 Introduction: Peace by peaceful conflict transformation - the TRANSCEND approach; Part 1 Understanding and transforming conflict; 3 Negotiation and international conflict; 4 Mediation; 5 Former Yugoslavia and Iraq: a comparative analysis of international conflict mismanagement; 6 Peace studies and peace politics: Multicultural common security in North-South conflict situations; 7 Disarmament and survival; 8 Nuclear disarmament
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Part 2 Creating peace9 Counselling and training for conflict transformation and peace-building: The TRANSCEND approach; 10 Nonviolence: More than the absence of violence; 11 Human rights and peace; 12 Reconciliation; 13 Peace as a self-regulating process; Part 3 Supporting peace; 14 Gender and peace: Towards a gender-inclusive, holistic perspective; 15 Peace business: An introduction; 16 Peace Journalism; 17 Peace psychology: Theory and practice; 18 Rethinking peace education; Part 4 Peace across the disciplines; 19 Peace studies as a transdisciplinary project
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20 The spirit of war and the spirit of peace: Understanding the role of religion21 International law: Amid power, order and justice; 22 The language-games of peace; 23 Peace and the arts; 24 Peace through health?; Part 5 Conclusion; 25 Peace and conflict studies: Looking back, looking forward; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-48319-0
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-39665-4
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203089163
