Peace and conflict studies. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: David P. Barash, Charles P. Webel.
• Authors: Barash, David P; Webel, Charles
• Contents: PART I: The Promise of Peace, the Problems of War; CHAPTER 1: The Meanings of Peace; CHAPTER 2: Peace Studies, Peace Education, and Peace Research; CHAPTER 3: The Meaning of War; CHAPTER 4: Terrorism and Counterterrorism; CHAPTER 5: Nuclear Weapons; PART II: The Causes of Wars; CHAPTER 6: The Individual Level; CHAPTER 7: The Group Level; CHAPTER 8: The State Level; CHAPTER 9: The Decision-Making Level; CHAPTER 10: The Ideological, Social, and Economic Levels; PART III: Building “Negative Peace”; CHAPTER 11: Peace Movements; CHAPTER 12: Diplomacy, Negotiations, and Conflict Resolution; CHAPTER 13: Disarmament and Arms Control; CHAPTER 14: International Cooperation; CHAPTER 15: Peace Through Strength?; CHAPTER 16: International Law; CHAPTER 17: Ethical and Religious Perspectives; PART IV: Building Positive Peace; CHAPTER 18: Human Rights; CHAPTER 19: Environmental Well-Being; CHAPTER 20: THE CLIMATE CRISIS; CHAPTER 21: Economic Well-Being; CHAPTER 22: Democracy; CHAPTER 23: National Reconciliation; CHAPTER 24: Nonviolence; CHAPTER 25: The Coronavirus Pandemic; CHAPTER 26: The Personal and the Political; 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 Fi
• Edition: Fifth edition
• Publisher Details: Los Angeles : SAGE
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 303.6; Peace; Conflict management; War
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781544369068; 9781544369082
• Related ISBNs: 9781544369051
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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