Peace and Conflict Studies - United Nations University, University for Peace, Swarthmore College, Haverford College, Global Peace Index (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 77. Chapters: United Nations University, University for Peace, Swarthmore College, Haverford College, Global Peace Index, University of San Diego, Hampshire College, United States Institute of Peace, Johan Galtung, Elise M. Boulding, Merle Curti, Gene Sharp, Cost of conflict, Environmental peacebuilding, John Howard Yoder, Anatol Rapoport, Marc Gopin, Kenneth E. Boulding, Uri Davis, Bethel College, National Defense College of the Philippines, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, Human Security Report Project, Uppsala Conflict Data Program, Institute for Economics and Peace, Michael Klare, Walter Isard, Kristian Berg Harpviken, Wolfgang Dietrich, Deference, Hiroshima University, Peace Research Institute Oslo, Temple for Peace, Kuniko Inoguchi, Aland Islands Peace Institute, Bethany Theological Seminary, Peaceworkers UK, Walter Wink, Watson Institute for International Studies, Technology for peace, Conflict Continuum, An Agenda for Peace, Brethren Colleges Abroad, Greed versus grievance, Plowshares Project, Human Security Gateway, Albert Einstein Institution, Fund for Peace, John Paul Lederach, Russian and Eurasian Security Network, Peace Review, Nils Petter Gleditsch, Pavel Baev, Scott Gates, Kenneth Brown, Rahmatullah Hazara, Security and Peace, Paul Rogers, The Graduate Institute of Peace Studies, Aggressionism, International Relations and Security Network. Excerpt: Peace and conflict studies is a social science field that identifies and analyses violent and nonviolent behaviours as well as the structural mechanisms attending social conflicts with a view towards understanding those processes which lead to a more desirable human condition. A variation on this, peace studies (irenology), is an interdisciplinary effort aiming at the prevention, de-escalation, and solution of conflicts by peaceful means, thereby seeking...