Handbook of Peace and Conflict Studies

ISBN-13: 9780415483193 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 432 str.

Opis

This is an overview of the main issues, debates, state-of-the-art methods, and key concepts in peace and conflict studies. The text is useful reading for advanced undergraduates, graduate students and scholars of peace studies, conflict studies, conflict resolution, and security studies.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Toward a Philosophy and Metapsychology of Peace  2. Peace by Peaceful Conflict Transformation: The Transcend Approach  Part 1: Understanding and Transforming Conflict  3. Negotiation  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  8. Nuclear Disarmament  Part 2: Creating Peace  9. Peace and Conflict Counseling and Training: The Transcend Approach  10. Nonviolence – More Than the Absence of Violence  11. Human Rights / Peace Processes  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  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  20. The Spirit of War and the Spirit of Peace: Understanding the Role of Religion  21. International Law: Amid Power, Order and Justice  22. The Language Game of Peace  23. Peace and the Arts  24. Peace through Health?  Conclusion