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1 online resource (xviii, 278 pages) : illustrations |
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Routledge studies in peace and conflict resolution |
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Routledge studies in peace and conflict resolution.
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| Contents |
Pt. I. Making peace researchable. -- 1. Making peace researchable / Peter Wallensteen -- 2. The Uppsala code of ethics for scientists / Bengt Gustafsson [and others] -- pt. II. Knowing war -- understanding history. -- 3. War in peace research / Peter Wallensteen -- 4. Four models of major power politics : Geopolitik, Realpolitik, Idealpolitik and Kapitalpolitik / Peter Wallensteen -- 5. Major powers, confrontation and war, 1816-1976 / Peter Wallensteen -- 6. Universalism versus particularism : on the limits of major power order / Peter Wallensteen -- 7. Global governance in a new age : the UN between P1, G2, and a new global society / Peter Wallensteen -- pt. III. Towards conflict resolution analysis. -- 8. Widening the researchable : conflict, resolution and prevention / Peter Wallensteen -- 9. The Uppsala conflict data program, 1978-2010 : the story, the rationale and the programme / Peter Wallensteen -- 10. Conflict prevention : methodology for knowing the unknown / Peter Wallensteen with Frida Möller -- 11. Armed conflict and peace agreements / Peter Wallensteen with Lotta Harbom and Stina Högbladh -- 12. Dag Hammarskjöld and the psychology of diplomacy / Peter Wallensteen -- pt. IV. Sanctions and peace research. -- 13. Sanctions and peace research / Peter Wallensteen -- 14. A century of economic sanctions : a field revisited / Peter Wallensteen -- 15. Sanctions and peacebuilding : lessons from Africa / Peter Wallensteen -- pt. V. Academics in peacemaking. -- 16. Academics in peacemaking / Peter Wallensteen -- 17. The strengths and limits of academic diplomacy : the case of Bougainville / Peter Wallensteen -- 18. An experiment in academic diplomacy : the Middle East seminar 1990 / Peter Wallensteen |
| 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. Peace research began in the 1950s when centres were formed in the USA and Europe, and today there are research institutes and departments on every continent, with teaching and research programs in most countries, and peace researchers contribute to the development of international studies, development research and security analysis. Prof. Wallensteen has been a witness to much of this since forming the Department of Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University in the late 1960s, and this book brings together thirteen of his articles with five new essays in one volume. The book presents articles on such key issues in peace research as the causes of war, conflict data, conflict diplomacy, non-violent sanctions and third- party diplomacy. In this way, it demonstrates how basic research can be conducted in fields often seen as 'unresearchable' and 'too complicated to deal with'. This volume shows that it is a matter of developing definitions, creating valid measures and finding ways of collecting information, recognising that innovations of this kind require supportive research environments. Furthermore, the results are not only useful for the growth of research activity itself, but for finding ways of dealing with actual conflicts. Thus, attention is also paid here to conflict prevention, peace agreements, sanctions and third-party activity for preventing and ending armed conflict, and building a lasting post-war peace. This book will be of great interest to all students of peace studies, conflict resolution, war and conflict studies, development studies and IR/security studies in general |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Conflict management -- Research
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Peace -- Research.
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Conflict management -- Research.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Peace.
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Peace -- Research.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0203808967 |
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1136672214 |
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1283462699 |
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9780203808962 |
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9781136672217 |
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9781283462693 |
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