| Description |
viii, 255 pages ; 23 cm |
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Introduction: The conflicts of the 20th century and the solutions for the 21st century / Geir Lundestad and Olav Njølstad -- Dialogue and cooperation to achieve world peace / Kim Dae-jung -- War and peace in the 20th century / Eric Hobsbawm -- Ideologies and polities: Liberal democracy and national dictatorship in peace and war / Michael W. Doyle -- Making sense of political violence in postcolonial Africa / Mahmood Mamdani -- Global inequality and persistent conflicts / Amartya Sen -- The rise and fall of great powers / Joseph S. Nye -- Beyond militarism, arms races and arms control / Mary Kaldor -- Rivalry over territory and resources and the balance of peace and war: The 20th century / Louise Fawcett -- Misperception, mistrust, fear / Akira Iriye -- The Nobel Peace Prize in its next century / Geil Lundestad |
| Summary |
Together with 29 former Peace Prize laureates, a group of international scholars gathered in Oslo in December 2001, for a three-day Nobel Centennial Symposium on "The Conflicts of the 20th Century and the Solutions for the 21st Century". This volume contains the proceedings of the conference. Together with 29 former Peace Prize laureates, a group of international scholars gathered in Oslo on 6th December 2001, for the three-day Nobel Centennial Symposium on "The Conflicts of the 20th Century and the Solutions for the 21st Century". Gathering some leading historians, anthropologists, economists and political scientists, the conference offered an opportunity to discuss why the 20th century was ridden by so much conflict and how the 21st century may become a more peaceful one. This volume contains the proceedings of the conference |
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Wars |
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Peace |
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Militarism |
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Power (International relations) |
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Political violence |
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Equality |
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History, 1901-1999 |
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Overseas item |
| Notes |
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
| SUBJECT |
Bergen Workshop on Anaphora Resolution http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2008015415 -- Congresses. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001533
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Cass series on political violence. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n95074647
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Conflict management.
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Political violence.
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World politics -- 20th century.
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War -- History -- 20th century -- Congresses.
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Peace -- History -- 20th century -- Congresses.
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World politics -- 20th century -- Congresses.
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War -- Congresses.
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Peace -- Congresses.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
Lundestad, Geir, 1945- editor
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Njølstad, Olav, editor
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Nobel Centennial Symposium (2001 : Oslo, Norway)
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| LC no. |
00002483 |
| ISBN |
9812381961 |
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9789812381965 |
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9789812381972 (paperback) |
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981238197X (paperback) |
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