Peace and Conflict Studies: An Introduction
Cover -- Half Title -- Dedication -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Foreword to the Series -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- The Framework of the Book -- Part I: Meanings, Concepts and Discourse -- 1 Challenges for Peace -- Visions of Peace -- Historical Experiences -- Culture and Social Values -- Continuity and Discontinuity -- Zones of Instability -- 2 Concepts of Peace and Violence -- Direct and Structural Violence -- Cultural Violence -- Negative and Positive Peace -- Holistic Conceptions of Peace -- 3 Conflict Analysis -- Structural Conditions -- Conflict and Social Order -- Traditional Management Strategies -- Dispute Settlement and Conflict Resolution -- Conflict Transformation and Peace Building -- 4 Peace Research -- Social Environment -- Evolution of Peace Research -- Nature of Peace Research -- Methods for Inquiry -- Epistemological Foundations -- Policy Orientation -- Levels of Analysis -- Part II: Issues -- 5 Understanding War -- Nature of War -- Human Costs of War -- Types of War -- Post-Colonial Context -- Just War Theory -- 6 Sources of Social Conflict -- Human Nature and Violence -- Frustration-Aggression Hypothesis -- Psychoanalytic Perspectives -- Relative Deprivation -- Basic Needs -- Identity Formation -- Conflict Dynamics in Divided Societies -- 7 Feminist Understandings of Violence -- Violence against Women -- Construction of Gender Identities -- Masculine and Feminine Values -- Patriarchy and Domination -- Feminist Critique of the World Order -- Women and the Military -- Shared Goals of Peace and Feminism -- Reconceptualisation of Security -- 8 Political Economy -- Economic Disparities -- Free Market Economy and Class Relations -- International Capitalism and War -- Economic Integration and Globalisation -- Social Transition -- 9 Environmental Concerns -- Changes in the Environmental System