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Author Wallensteen, Peter

Title Peace Research : Theory and Practice
Published Hoboken : Taylor & Francis, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (297 pages)
Series Routledge studies in peace and conflict resolution
Routledge studies in peace and conflict resolution.
Contents Peace Research Theory and practice; Copyright; Contents; List of figures and boxes; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I: Making peace researchable; 1 Making peace researchable; 2 The Uppsala code of ethics for scientists; Part II: Knowing war -- understanding history; 3 War in peace research; 4 Four models of major power politics: Geopolitik, Realpolitik, Idealpolitik and Kapitalpolitik; 5 Major powers, confrontation and war, 1816-1976; 6 Universalism versus particularism On the limits of major power order
7 Global governance in a new age The UN between P1, G2, and a new global societyPart III: Towards conflict resolution analysis; 8 Widening the researchable Conflict, resolution and prevention; 9 The Uppsala Conflict Data Program, 1978-2010 The story, the rationale and the programme; 10 Conflict prevention Methodology for knowing the unknown; 11 Armed conflict and peace agreements; 12 Dag Hammarskjöld and the psychology of diplomacy; Part IV: Sanctions and peace research; 13 Sanctions and peace research; 14 A century of economic sanctions A field revisited
15 Sanctions and peacebuilding Lessons from AfricaPart V: Academics in peacemaking; 16 Academics in peacemaking; 17 The strengths and limits of academic diplomacy The case of Bougainville; 18 An experiment in academic diplomacy The Middle East seminar 1990; Selected bibliography for further reading; Index
Summary Comprising essays by Peter Wallensteen, this book presents an overview of the thematic development of peace research, which has become one of the most dynamic and innovative areas of war and conflict studies
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Peace -- Research.
Conflict management -- Research
Conflict management -- Research
Peace -- Research
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780203808962
0203808967