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01.10.2021

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5. Auflage

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Englisch

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978-1-5443-6905-1

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  • Produktbild: Peace and Conflict Studies (Fifth Edition)
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  • Part I ¿ The Promise of Peace, the Problems of War
    Chapter 1 ¿ The Meanings of Peace
    The Meanings of Peace
    Positive and Negative Peace
    Measuring Peace
    The Global Peace Index
    Culture of Peace
    A Final Note on the Meanings of Peace
    Questions for Further Reflection
    Suggestions for Further Reading
    Notes
    Chapter 2 ¿ Peace Studies, Peace Education, and Peace Research
    Peace Studies, War Studies, and Peace and Conflict Studies
    Peace Education
    The Dimensions of Peace and Conflict Studies
    PCS Today
    Some Contributions of PCS
    The Future of PCS
    A Final Note on Peace and Conflict Studies, Education, and Research
    Questions for Further Reflection
    Suggestions for Further Reading
    Scholarly Journals
    Notes
    Chapter 3 ¿ The Meaning of War
    Defining War
    The Frequency and Intensity of Wars
    Historical Trends in War
    Modern Weaponry
    Cutting-Edge Military Technologies
    Has Technology Made War Obsolete?
    Wars, Empires, Colonialism, and National Liberation
    The Desirability of Peace Versus Justifications for Wars
    Social Justice and War
    Political Ideologies and Militarism
    Is War Inevitable?
    Can Nations Change?
    The Nature and Functions of Conflict
    A Final Note on War
    Questions for Further Reflection
    Suggestions for Further Reading
    Notes
    Chapter 4 ¿ Terrorism and Counterterrorism: A War Without End?
    What Is Terrorism? Who Are Terrorists?
    A Brief History of Terrorism: From Above and From Below
    Terrorism and the Middle East
    Divisions Within Islam
    The Official Terrorism Industry
    The Global War on Terrorism
    The Victims and Perpetrators of Global Terrorism and Counterterrorism
    A Final Note on Terrorism
    Questions for Further Reflection
    Suggestions for Further Reading
    Notes
    Chapter 5 ¿ Nuclear Weapons
    The Nature of Nuclear Weapons
    Delivery Systems
    Strategic Doctrine: Deterrence
    How a Nuclear War Could Start
    Nuclear Proliferation
    Some New Worries
    Some Good News
    What Might Be Done
    A Final Note on Nuclear Weapons
    Questions for Further Reflection
    Suggestions for Further Reading
    Notes
    Part II ¿ The Causes of Wars
    Chapter 6 ¿ The Individual Level
    Aggression, Drives, and Instincts
    Sociobiology and Evolutionary Psychology
    Freudian and Post-Freudian Psychoanalytic Perspectives
    Innate Depravity?
    Social Learning Theories
    Gender, War, and Peace
    Prejudice, Images of the Enemy, and Human Needs
    Attributions and Projection
    Dehumanization, Altruism, and Reconciliation
    The Attractions of War
    Inhibitions Against War
    Some Issues in Nuclear Psychology
    A Final Note on Individual-Level Explanations of Wars
    Questions for Further Reflection
    Suggestions for Further Reading
    Notes
    Chapter 7 ¿ The Group Level
    War: Its Early History
    Functions of Nontechnological Wars
    Characteristics of Premodern Wars
    Alternatives to Traditional, Premodern Warfare
    Underlying Group Processes
    Brief Conclusion on Premodern and Nontechnological Warfare
    Nations, States, Ethnic Groups, and Nationalism
    A Brief History of Nationalist Wars
    Types of Nationalist Wars
    Nationalist Threats to States
    Racial and Cultural Intolerance
    Nationalism and the Public Mood
    Nationalism and Political Ideology 186 World War I: Ideology Loses to Nationalism
    The Question of "National Character"
    A Final Note on Nationalism and Ethnocentrism
    Questions for Further Reflection
    Suggestions for Further Reading
    Notes
    Chapter 8 ¿ The State Level
    Defining the State
    State Sovereignty
    The State System
    Alliances Between States
    Realpolitik and Raisons d'État
    Internal Cohesion
    Arms Races
    A Final Note on War and States
    Questions for Further Reflection
    Suggestions for Further Reading
    Notes
    Chapter 9 ¿ The Decision-Making Level
    The Role of Leaders
    Crisis Decision Making
    Some Issues Regarding Perception and Cognition
    A Final Note on Decision Making
    Questions for Further Reflection
    Suggestions for Further Reading
    Notes
    Chapter 10 ¿ The Ideological, Social, and Economic Levels
    Conflicting Ideologies
    Population Pressure and Other Social Stresses
    Poverty as a Cause of War
    Imperialism
    The Military-Industrial Complex
    The Economic Effects of Wars
    The Effects of Military Spending
    Cultural Conflicts and the "Clash of Civilizations"
    A Final Note on the Complex Causes of War
    Questions for Further Reflection
    Suggestions for Further Reading
    Notes
    Part III ¿ Building "Negative Peace"
    Chapter 11 ¿ Peace Movements
    Popular Attitudes Toward Peace
    Attention, Success, and Failure
    Historical and Current Perceptions of War
    History and Taxonomy of Peace Movements
    Interconnections Between Peace and Other Social Movements
    Some Internal Debates Within Peace Movements
    Some Criticisms of Peace Movements
    Maintaining the Momentum of Peace Movements
    A Final Note on Peace Movements
    Questions for Further Reflection
    Suggestions for Further Reading
    Notes
    Chapter 12 ¿ Diplomacy, Negotiations, and Conflict Resolution
    Conflict: A Brief Overview
    Summitry
    A Brief History of Diplomacy
    Diplomacy and Military Force
    Diplomacy and Realpolitik
    Track II Diplomacy
    Third-Party Involvement
    Negotiating Techniques for Resolving Conflict
    Methods of Integrative Bargaining
    Additional Negotiating Techniques
    A Final Note on Conflict Resolution
    Questions for Further Reflection
    Suggestions for Further Reading
    Notes
    Chapter 13 ¿ Disarmament and Arms Control
    Different Visions of Disarmament
    A Brief History of Disarmament
    Some Current Agreements
    The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
    Future Prospects
    Some Conventional Arms-Control Efforts
    Pitfalls of Arms Control Agreements
    Benefits and Methods of Achieving Arms Control Agreements
    Economic Conversion
    A Final Note on Disarmament and Arms Control
    Questions for Further Reflection
    Suggestions for Further Reading
    Notes
    Chapter 14 ¿ International Cooperation
    The United Nations
    Limitations on the UN's Use of Force
    Other Functions of the United Nations
    Functionalism
    Regional Organizations
    Intergovernmental Organizations
    World Government?
    A Brief History of Plans for World Government
    Pros and Cons of World Government
    The Dream of World Government: A Waste of Time?
    The Prospects for World Government
    The Uniting of the United States of America: A Rehearsal for a Global Federal System?
    Trans-Governmental Movements
    A Final Note on International Cooperation
    Questions for Further Reflection
    Suggestions for Further Reading
    Notes
    Chapter 15 ¿ Peace Through Strength?
    Balance of Power
    Problems With Balance of Power
    Hegemonic US?
    Collective Security
    National Security via Military Force
    Appeasement, Provocation, and Deterrence
    The Prisoner's Dilemma
    Sanctions
    Nonprovocative Defense
    A Final Note on Peace Through Strength
    Questions for Further Reflection
    Suggestions for Further Reading
    Notes
    Chapter 16 ¿ International Law
    The Sources of International Law
    Enforcement of International Law
    The Conflict Between International Law and State Sovereignty
    Hidden Strengths of International Law
    The Laws of War
    A Final Note on International Law
    Questions for Further Reflection
    Suggestions for Further Reading
    Notes
    Chapter 17 ¿ Ethical and Religious Perspectives
    A Two-Sided View of Killing
    Ethics
    Religious Attitudes Toward War
    Christian "Realism"
    Religious Pacifism
    Nuclear Ethics
    A Final Note on Ethics and Religion
    Questions for Further Reflection
    Suggestions for Further Reading
    Notes
    Part IV ¿ Building "Positive Peace"
    Chapter 18 ¿ Human Rights
    A Brief History of Human Rights
    Women's Rights
    Some Human Rights Controversies
    Refugees
    LGBT Rights
    The Legal Status of Human Rights
    Human Rights and the Nation-State
    Human Rights and Peace
    Competing Conceptions of Human Rights
    The Responsibility to Protect
    Human Rights Violations Under Authoritarian Regimes
    Promoting Human Rights
    A Final Note on Human Rights
    Questions for Further Reflection
    Suggestions for Further Reading
    Notes
    Chapter 19 ¿ Environmental Well-Being
    Enhanced Environmental Awareness
    The Environment and National Security
    The Tragedy of the Commons
    Some Major Environmental Problems
    Some Environmental Principles
    Environmental Activism
    Struggling for Sustainability
    Resource Wars
    Environmental Ethics
    A Final Note on Ecological Well-Being
    Questions for Further Reflection
    Suggestions for Further Reading
    Notes
    Chapter 20 ¿ The Climate Crisis
    Causes of Global Climate Change
    Some Skeptical Questions Regarding Climate Science and Some Replies to Them
    Indirect Consequences of Global Heating
    What Can We Expect in the Future?
    Obstacles to Action
    Prospects for Progress
    Technology to the Rescue?
    A Final Note on the Climate Crisis
    Questions for Further Reflection
    Suggestions for Further Reading
    Climate Change Websites
    Chapter 21 ¿ Economic Well-Being
    The Problem of Poverty
    Socioeconomic Development
    Ethics, Equity, and a Bit of History
    Hunger
    Measuring Wealth, Poverty, and Income Inequality
    Population
    The Demographic-Economic-Environmental Trap
    Future Directions
    The Case of Costa Rica
    A Final Note on Economic Well-Being
    Questions for Further Reflection
    Suggestions for Further Reading
    Chapter 22 ¿ Democracy
    What Is Democracy?
    A Brief Modern History of Democratization
    The Arab Spring: A "Fifth Wave" That Largely Failed
    The Occupy Movement
    The Democracy "Recession"
    Democracies and Wars
    Can Democracy Be Exported? Should It Be?
    A Final Note on Movements Toward Democracy
    Questions for Further Reflection
    Suggestions for Further Reading
    Notes
    Chapter 23 ¿ National Reconciliation
    Altruism, Aggression, and Reconciliation in Nonhuman Primates
    Truth and Reconciliation Commissions
    The Opposite of Reconciliation
    TRC Downsides and Caveats
    A Final Note on National Reconciliation
    Questions for Further Reflection
    Suggestions for Further Reading
    Notes
    Chapter 24 ¿ Nonviolence
    What Is Nonviolence?
    Violence
    Nonviolent Peace Theorists and Theories
    Mohandas K. Gandhi
    Gandhian Nonviolence in Theory and Practice
    Martin Luther King Jr. and the US Civil Rights Movement
    Some Nonviolent Successes
    Civilian-Based Defense
    Does Nonviolence "Work"? If So, Why?
    Prospects for Nonviolence
    A Final Note on Nonviolence
    Questions for Further Reflection
    Suggestions for Further Reading
    Notes
    Chapter 25 ¿ The Coronavirus Pandemic: Catastrophe, Wake-Up Call, or Both?
    A Bit of History
    Socioeconomic Inequality
    Local and Domestic Consequences
    Possible Origins of the Pandemic and Human/Animal Interdependency
    More Cooperation or Less?
    Altered Political Realities, for Better and Worse
    Science and Public Health
    A Final Note on the Coronavirus Pandemic
    Questions for Further Reflection
    Suggestions for Further Reading
    Coronavirus Websites
    Chapter 26 ¿ The Personal and the Political
    Transformations of Self and Society
    Toward the Future
    A Final Note on Transformation and the Future
    Questions for Further Reflection
    Suggestions for Further Reading
    Notes