Global Militarization

ISBN-13: 9780367164706 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 256 str.

Peter Wallensteen

Opis

This book was originated from a conference on militarization in the context of goals, processes, and indicators of development held in May 1981. It analyzes the militarization trend, suggests ways in which it can be changed, seeks to understand what is going on, and searches for alternatives.

Spis treści

Part 1: The State of the Art 1. Military Formations and Social Formations: A Structural Analysis Part 2: Global Militarization: Crucial Trends and Links 2. Global Conflict Formations: Present Developments and Future Directions 3. War and the Power of Warmakers in Western Europe and Elsewhere, 1600–1980 4. The Urban Type of Society and International War Part 3: Local Experiences: Historical Dimensions 5. Militarization in Thai Society 6. Militarization and Political Institutions in Chile 7. The Ghanaian Experiments with Military Rule Part 4: The Search for Alternatives 8. Defense Without Threat: Switzerland's Security Policy 9. Conflict and Restraint: Poland, 1980–1982 10. Incompatibility, Militarization, and Conflict Resolution

O autorze

Dr. Peter Wallensteen is associate professor of peace research at Uppsala University in Sweden. He served as a visiting professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Michigan in 1984 and is the author of Dilemmas of Economic Coercion: Sanctions in World Politics (1983). Dr. Johan Galtung is professor of peace and conflict research at the Science Center in Berlin. He is the author of Essays in Peace Research , Volumes 1-5 (1975-1980) and was the founder of the Journal of Peace Research. Dr. Carlos Portales is a researcher at FLACSO in Santiago, Chile, and teaches part time in the M.A. program of the Institute of International Studies of the University of Chile.