By Seema Shekhawat
ISBN-10: 1137516569
ISBN-13: 9781137516565
ISBN-10: 1349560731
ISBN-13: 9781349560738
This edited quantity illuminates the position of girls in violence to illustrate that gender is a key part of discourse on clash and peace. via an exam of concept and perform of women's participation in violent conflicts, the e-book makes the argument that either clash and post-conflict occasions are gender insensitive.
By Charles Webel, Johan Galtung
ISBN-10: 0203089162
ISBN-13: 9780203089163
ISBN-10: 0415396654
ISBN-13: 9780415396653
This significant new Handbook provides a state-of-the-art and transdisciplinary evaluation of the most concerns, debates, state of the art tools, and key suggestions in peace and clash experiences at the present time.
The fields of peace and clash reviews have grown exponentially when you consider that being initiated by way of Professor Johan Galtung part a century in the past. they've got solid a transdisciplinary identification particular from safeguard reports, political technological know-how, and diplomacy.
The quantity is split into 4 sections:
Each part beneficial properties new essays by way of exotic overseas students and execs operating in peace experiences and clash answer and transformation. Drawing from a variety of theoretical, methodological, and political positions, the editors and members supply topical and enduring techniques to peace and clash reviews.
The Handbook of Peace and clash Studies may be crucial interpreting for college kids of peace experiences, clash stories and clash answer. it's going to even be of curiosity and use to practitioners in clash solution and NGOs, in addition to coverage makers and diplomats.
By John Randolph LeBlanc (auth.)
ISBN-10: 113700858X
ISBN-13: 9781137008589
ISBN-10: 1349435643
ISBN-13: 9781349435647
By Jacques Haers Sj, Norbert Hintersteiner, Georges De Schrijver Sj
ISBN-10: 1435634845
ISBN-13: 9781435634848
ISBN-10: 9042022388
ISBN-13: 9789042022386
During the last 40 years Europe has grown as an international presence and at the present time it performs a huge function in a number of methods: politically, socially, economically, and culturally. eu theologians haven't any selection yet to take consciousness of this truth and reply to the vast social demanding situations by means of clarifying their perspectives on God and being a prophetic voice in cultural, political and social decision-making. The authors during this quantity soak up 4 major modern worldwide demanding situations, i.e. globalization, violence, gender, and the surroundings, and the amount offers its readers with fine theological reflections in Europe. The articles provided listed below are the results of a radical workshop held in Leuven in September 2004 and are subsidized through the eu fee and the VLIR, as a part of a three-year research software at the realizing of God in Europe.
By Volker Rittberger, Bernhard Zangl, Andreas Kruck (auth.)
ISBN-10: 3531195131
ISBN-13: 9783531195131
ISBN-10: 353119514X
ISBN-13: 9783531195148
Internationale Organisationen mit globaler oder regionaler Reichweite (z.B. UN, IWF, Weltbank, WTO, ecu) spielen eine zunehmend wichtige Rolle bei der Schaffung und Implementierung von internationalen Normen und Regeln, mithin bei Global Governance. Die Sicherheit, das ökonomische Wohlergehen, der Schutz der Menschenrechte und die ökologischen Lebensbedingungen von Menschen weltweit werden von der Fähigkeit bzw. Unfähigkeit internationaler Organisationen, Kooperation und Regieren jenseits des Nationalstaates möglich zu machen und zu stabilisieren, beeinflusst. Das Lehrbuch will die Leserin bzw. den Leser daher theoretisch informiert und empirisch fundiert mit den Entstehungsbedingungen, der Entwicklung, Funktionsweise und den Tätigkeiten internationaler Organisationen vertraut machen. Es führt in die wichtigsten Theorien über internationale Organisationen ein und bietet einen historischen Überblick über internationale Organisationen in verschiedenen Politikfeldern. Das Lehrbuch analysiert ferner die Akteure, Strukturen und Prozesse, die die Entscheidungsfindung in internationalen Organisationen prägen. Schließlich werden die Tätigkeiten eines breiten Spektrums internationaler Organisationen und deren Beitrag zur kooperativen Bearbeitung grenzüberschreitender Probleme in den Sachbereichen „Sicherheit“, „Wirtschaft“, „Umwelt“ und „Menschenrechte“ untersucht.
By Jonathan Renshon
ISBN-10: 0275990850
ISBN-13: 9780275990855
A truly attention-grabbing ebook. it's very good written (jargon-free anlysis). Renshon provides a concept for preventive struggle according to six various variables: 1) declining energy motivation; 2) inherent undesirable religion dating with adversary; three) trust of inevitability of battle; four) trust in window of chance; five) state of affairs favouring the offensive; 6) black-and-white thinking.
Looking to spot and investigate the decision-makers motivations for preventive motion, the writer makes use of a comparative case learn strategy to attempt his conception. The circumstances chosen are the Suez concern, Israeli strike opposed to Iraqi nuclear facility, US chilly conflict process, India-Pakistan clash, and Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Renshon concludes by means of highlighting the significance of person leaders perceptions in settling on preventive motion. the writer additionally displays at the organization among preventive motion and the failure of deterrence, calling consciousness to the longer term coverage thoughts among those concepts.
By Guy Ben-Porat
ISBN-10: 0230507093
ISBN-13: 9780230507098
ISBN-10: 023058263X
ISBN-13: 9780230582637
This quantity examines the distance among agreements and real peace through concentrating on the various features of implementation and of the motives of the good fortune or failure of peace procedures. whereas within the early Nineties the conflicts/peace techniques in South Africa, Northern eire and Israel-Palestine shared commonalities, a decade later it's all yet noticeable that they've assorted trajectories and reached various results. This edited quantity bargains diversified causes for the successes and screw ups of the 3 techniques and offers historic and comparative views concerning their modern realities.
By Pitirim A. Sorokin
ISBN-10: 1851680284
ISBN-13: 9781851680283
This can be an research of the character, explanations and effects of the difficulty of contemporary society. Professor Sorokin asserts that the full of contemporary tradition is present process a interval of transition because of the fight among the forces of the principally outworn materialistic order and the rising, inventive forces of a brand new idealistic order. at the final result of this fight, the writer contends, rests the growth and survival of mankind.
By Seunghoon Emilia Heo
ISBN-10: 0230390374
ISBN-13: 9780230390379
ISBN-10: 1349333506
ISBN-13: 9781349333509
Heo conceptualizes reconciliation in diplomacy idea and fills a spot through development a theoretical framework for interstate reconciliation. Combining ancient and political clinical ways, she analyses case stories from Europe, the center East, and Northeast Asia.
By Elisabeth J. Porter; et al
ISBN-10: 1423765990
ISBN-13: 9781423765998
ISBN-10: 9280811193
ISBN-13: 9789280811193
Elements of Africa adventure power violence and doubtless intractable conflicts. those violent conflicts have drawn researchers looking to ensure and clarify why conflicts are well-known, what makes them accentuate, and the way conflicts may be resolved. This publication examines the moral and functional problems with studying inside violent and divided societies. It presents attention-grabbing and authentic case reports from Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Nigeria, Rwanda and South Africa. The authors supply insights approximately studying clash in Africa which can in simple terms be received via fieldwork adventure.