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almahu_9949301483802882
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1 online resource (147 pages)
ISBN:
9783319544632
Series Statement:
SpringerBriefs on Pioneers in Science and Practice Ser. ; v.37
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Intro -- Foreword -- Contents -- 1 R.J. Rummel-A Multi-faceted Scholar -- 1.1 A Rummel Timeline -- 1.2 The Lone Ranger -- 1.3 The Critics -- 1.4 The Novelist and the Artist -- 1.5 Personal Recollections -- 1.6 A Final Assessment -- References -- 2 Dad -- 3 R.J. Rummel, Citizen Scholar: An Interview on the Occasion of His Retirement -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 A Premature Retirement from Teaching -- 3.3 A Scientist's Explicit Reference to Values -- 3.4 The Interview, Part I: An Aversion -- 3.5 The Interview, Part II: An Affinity -- 3.6 The Interview, Part III: Science as a Profession -- 3.7 The Interview, Part IV: Worse than War -- 3.8 The Interview, Part V: A Liberal Education -- 3.9 The Interview, Part VI: Theory Informed, Data-driven Research -- 3.10 The Interview, Part VII: Lessons Learned -- Reference -- 4 Rummel as a Great Teacher -- 4.1 The Great Teacher -- 4.2 Rummel's Korean Students -- 4.3 My Own Work with Rummel -- 4.4 Freedom and Dignity -- 4.5 Rudy in Space -- Rummel's Work Published in Korea -- 5 Contextualizing Rummel's Field Theory -- 5.1 A Genealogical Preface -- 5.2 Field Theory Genealogy: Take-off Traces -- 5.3 Systems Thinking -- 5.4 Field Theories -- 5.5 Parallel Constructions -- 5.6 Implications and Possible Applications -- References -- 6 R.J. Rummel, Nuclear Superiority, and the Limits of Détente -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Rummel's Arguments -- 6.3 The Legacy of Peace Endangered -- References -- 7 Rummel's Unfinished Legacy: Reconciling Peace Research and Realpolitik -- 7.1 The Legacy -- 7.2 Russian Expansion in the Ukraine: A Realist View -- 7.3 Realism and the Capitalist Peace -- 7.4 Beyond Rummel: Dovish Realism -- 7.5 Rummel's Strategic Environment and Ours -- References -- 8 Understanding Conflict and War: An Overlooked Classic? -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 UCW: Structure and Main Themes.
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8.3 UCW: System-level Propositions -- 8.4 Dyadic-level Propositions in UCW and Contemporary Research -- 8.5 National-level Hypotheses in UCW -- 8.6 Conclusion -- References -- 9 Rummel and Singer, DON and COW -- References -- 10 Regime Type Matters -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Rummel's Regime Type Matters Trajectory-From DON to BBF -- 10.3 An Assessment -- 10.4 Academics -- 10.5 Policy -- 10.6 GDA-ing Rummel -- 10.7 Reflections on Rummel and Galtung -- 10.8 In Summary -- References -- 11 Democracy as a Method of Nonviolence -- 11.1 Rummel's Motivation -- 11.2 The Basic Argument -- 11.3 Nonviolence as the Absence of Unrestrained State Violence -- 11.4 The Path to Democracy: Necessarily Bloody? -- 11.5 Democracy as the Logical Conclusion? -- References -- 12 The Comparative Analysis of Mass Atrocities and Genocide -- 12.1 Definitional Issues -- 12.2 Data Questions -- 12.3 Discovering Intent -- 12.4 Theoretical Issues -- References -- 13 Curriculum Vitae and Publications -- 13.1 Curriculum Vitae -- 13.2 Publications, Reports, and Papers -- 13.2.1 Books -- 13.2.2 Articles and Chapters -- 13.2.3 Research Reports of the Dimensionality of Nations Project -- 13.2.4 Papers (Department of Political Science, University of Hawaii) -- 13.2.5 Papers Written for the Website -- 13.2.6 Newspaper Articles -- Rudolph J. Rummel -- Nils Petter Gleditsch -- About this Book.
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Print version: Gleditsch, Nils Petter R. J. Rummel: an Assessment of His Many Contributions Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2017 ISBN 9783319544625
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English
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