Peace by Peaceful Means : Peace and Conflict, Development and Civilization.
Title:
Peace by Peaceful Means : Peace and Conflict, Development and Civilization.
Author:
Galtung, Johan.
ISBN:
9780857022813
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (289 pages)
Series:
International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO) ; v.14
International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO)
Contents:
Cover -- Table of Contents -- Introduction: Visions of Peace for the 21st Century -- Part I: Peace Theory -- 1 - Peace Studies: An Epistemological Basis -- 2 - Peace Studies: Some Basic Paradigms -- 3 - Woman : Man = Peace : Violence? -- 4 - Democracy : Dictatorship = Peace : War? -- 5 - The State System: Dissociative, Associative, Confederal, Federal, Unitary - or a Lost Case? -- Part II: Conflict Theory -- 1 - Conflict Formations -- 2 - Conflict Life-Cycles -- 3 - Conflict Transformations -- 4 - Conflict Interventions -- 5 - Nonviolent Conflict Transformation -- Part III: Development Theory -- 1 - Fifteen Theses on Development Theory and Practice -- 2 - Six Economic Schools -- 3 - The Externalities -- 4 - Ten Theses on Eclectic Development Theory -- 5 - Development Theory: An Approach Across Spaces -- Part IV: Civilization Theory -- 1 - Cultural Violence -- 2 - Six Cosmologies: An Impressionistic Presentation -- 3 - Implications: Peace, War, Conflict, Development -- 4 - Specifications: Hitlerism, Stalinism, Reaganism -- 5 - Explorations: Are There Therapies for Pathological Cosmologies? -- Conclusion: Peace and Conflict, Development and Civilization -- Index.
Abstract:
Johan Galtung, one of the founders of modern peace studies, provides a wide-ranging panorama of the ideas, theories and assumptions on which the study of peace is based. The book is organized in four parts, each examining the one of the four major theoretical approaches to peace. The first part covers peace theory, exploring the epistemological assumptions of peace. In Part Two conflict theory is examined with an exploration of nonviolent and creative handling of conflict. Developmental theory is discussed in Part Three, exploring structural violence, particularly in the economic field, together with a consideration of the ways of overcoming that violence. The fourth part is devoted to civilization theory. This involves an.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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