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This encyclopaedia provides a comprehensive overview of major theories and approaches to the study of peace and conflict across different humanities and social sciences disciplines. Peace and conflict studies (PCS) is one of the major sub-disciplines of international studies (including political sciences and international relations), and has emerged from a need to understand war, related systems and concepts and how to respond to it afterward. PCS has become an important site for inter-disciplinary studies, spanning war studies, security and development; state formation and statebuilding; law and human rights; civil society and political authority; philosophy and religion; the anthropology and history of political order; environmental dimensions; as well as the arts and literature, psychology, and material conditions of peace, peacemaking, peace agreements, the peaceful state, the nature of regional and international cooperation, and organisation, and more. The Palgrave Encyclopaedia of Peace and Conflict Studies will bring together leading scholars from different disciplines to provide the most comprehensive and up-to-date resource on peace and conflict studies ever produced.

Orientations : an introduction -- Coming to terms -- A conflict of identities -- Peacemaker identities -- Dialogues for a just peace -- A platform for a just peace -- Abdelfattah Abusrour, "the arts as beautiful resistance" -- Ghassan Andoni, "the lessons of engagement" -- Arik Ascherman, "Jewish tradition and human rights" -- Hanan Ashrawi, "peacebuilding and nation building" -- Naim Ateek, "a journey for justice and peace" -- Uri Avnery, "changing public opinion in Israel" -- Sami Awad, "the power of nonviolence" -- Sam Bahour, "the business of peacemaking" -- Eitan Bronstein, "what reconciliation requires" -- Emad Burnat, "5 broken cameras: a film for peace" -- Elias Chacour, "get up, move ahead, make peace" -- Mona El-Farra, "a comprehensive solution" -- Jeff Halper, "struggles for a just peace" -- Jonathan Kuttab, "universal principles, international law" -- Gideon Levy, "telling the whole truth" -- Jessica Montell, "a mandate for human rights" -- Ilan Pappe, "the only nonviolent alternative" -- Mitri Raheb, "the infrastructure of hope" -- Estephan Salemeh, "work for the common good" -- Yonatan Shapira, "three sails for Gaza" -- Gila Svirsky, "a better world for all of us."

Part I. The Author -- Chapter 1. My Journey: From the Countryside to the World -- Chapter 2. Comprehensive Bibliography -- Part II. Selection of Core Articles -- part III. A Small States and Finnish Foreign Policy -- chapter 3. On the Definition and Measurement of Small Power Status -- chapter 4. Adaptation of a Small Power to International Tensions: The Case of Finland -- part IV. The Arms Race and Warfare -- chapter 5. Domestic Crises and International Wars -- chapter 6. Capitalism, War, and Peace: Virtuous or Vicious Cycles -- chapter 7. Economy, Power, and the Arms Race -- chapter 8. Economic Cycles, Power Transitions, Political Management, and Wars between Major Powers -- chapter 9. Military Alliances, Nuclear Deterrence and Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones -- part V. Peace and Conflict Research -- chapter 10. Peace Research between Idealism and Realism -- chapter 11. To Settle or to Transform: Perspectives on the Resolution of National and International Conflicts -- chapter 12. Complex Humanitarian Emergencies: Concepts and Issues -- chapter 13. Stable Peace through Security Communities? Steps towards Theory-Building -- part VI. International Security -- Chapter 14. International Stability and Risky States. The Enforcement of Norms -- Chapter 15. Multilateral Security: Cooperative or Collective -- Chapter 16. A Metaphor and an Incipient Doctrine -- Part VII. Globalization, Geopolitics and Global Governance -- Chapter 17. Norms, Compliance and Enforcement of Global Governance -- Chapter 18. Sovereignty, Globalization, and Transnational Social Movements -- Chapter 19. World Economy and Geopolitics: The Case of Brazil -- Part VIII. Regionalism and International Structure -- Chapter 20. Regional Conflict. An Intractable Problem of International Relations -- Chapter 21. Regionalism: Old and New -- Chapter 22. Reforming World Order: Multi- and Plurilateral Approaches -- Index. .

Wann ist Gewaltlosigkeit richtig und wann ist es zulässig oder sogar geboten, mit Gegengewalt zu reagieren? Welche Maßstäbe gelten für das Anwenden legitimer Gegengewalt? Diese und weitere komplizierte Fragen zum Thema Frieden und bewaffneter Konflikt werden in diesem Buch aus ethischer Sicht unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der christlichen Tradition diskutiert. Der Autor behandelt dabei zum einen die sozialethischen Grundlagen und führt historisch an das Thema heran, zum anderen skizziert er eine gegenwärtige Konzeption von Friedens- und Konfliktethik im Bereich der politischen Ethik und den Umgang mit ethischen Herausforderungen. Er stellt damit das erste kompakte Lehrbuch zur Friedens- und Konfliktethik vor – in einer Zeit, in der dieses Thema wieder eine zunehmende Bedeutung hat.

The global #MeToo and #BlackLivesMatter movements as well as the push for LGBTQ+ rights are all emblematic of a growing interest in and focus on how to better embrace and capitalize on diversity. Yet these social movements exist alongside renewed efforts to constrain minority rights and stem immigration around the world. In 'Untapped Power', Carla Koppell has assembled a leading group of scholars, policy makers, researchers, and activists to provide a comprehensive overview for understanding and navigating these countervailing forces, so that we can build a more peaceful and inclusive world.

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Theoretical and Analytical Framework -- Chapter 3: From Eruption of the Conflict to Its Management -- Chapter 4: Assessment of the Implementation Status of the CHT Peace Agreement -- Chapter 5: State Actors and the CHT Peace Agreement Implementation -- Chapter 6: Empirical Study at both CHT-based Local Level and International Level -- Chapter 7: Analysis and Findings of the Book. Chapter 8: Analysis and Findings -- Chapter 9: Conclusion.

1. Inspiration from a Father: Johan Galtung Interviewed by Henrik Urdal -- 2. Uniting Nations for Peace: Ingrid Eide Interviewed by Stein Tønnesson -- 3. Organizing for Peace: Mari Holmboe Ruge Interviewed by Kristian Berg Harpviken -- 4. Pioneer and Patron of Social Science and Peace Research: A Portrait of Erik Rinde (1919–1994) by Lars Even Andersen -- 5. A Social Democratic Peace: Nils Petter Gleditsch Interviewed by Hilde Henriksen Waage -- 6 . Peace with a Human Rights Perspective: Asbjørn Eide Interviewed by Helge Øystein Pharo -- 7. The Lifelong Peace Advocate: A Portrait of Marek Thee (1918–1999) by Marta Bivand Erdal -- 8. Congo and Structural Violence: Helge Hveem Interviewed by Per Olav Reinton -- 9. The First Steps in the PRIO-Uppsala Connection: Peter Wallensteen Interviewed by Siri Aas Rustad -- 10. From Anarchy to Enlightened Absolutism? Sverre Lodgaard Interviewed by Hilde Henriksen Waage -- 11. The Peace Policy Maker: Dan Smith Interviewed by Stein Tønnesson -- 12. Truth and Logic for a More Peaceful World: Kristian Berg Harpviken in Conversation with Arne Strand -- 13. On the Road to Peace: Wenche Iren Hauge Interviewed by Åshild Kolås -- 14. PRIO's State Feminist: Helga Hernes Interviewed by Kristian Berg Harpviken -- 15.Searching the Archives for a Missing Peace: Hilde Henriksen Waage Interviewed by Henrik Syse -- 16.Fresh Grounded Peace Research: Åshild Kolås Interviewed by Wenche Iren Hauge -- 17. The Democratic Civil Peace and Beyond: Scott Gates Interviewed by Nils Petter Gleditsch -- 18. A Historian's Paths to Peace: Reflections from Stein Tønnesson -- 19. Managing Peace Researchers: Lene Kristin Borg and Grete Thingelstad in Conversation with Stein Tønnesson -- 20. Peace Is More Than the Absence of War: Inger Skjelsbæk Interviewed by Cindy Horst -- 21. A Migrant in the Common European House: Pavel Baev Interviewed by Stein Tønnesson -- 22. Non-Pacifist Philosophy in Good Faith: Henrik Syse Interviewed by Trond Bakkevig -- 23. Creating a Third Space in the Cyprus Conflict: Mete Hatay Interviewed by Cindy Horst -- 24. Johan Galtung at 90: His Enduring Legacy to Peace Research in Oslo.

Das Handbuch steckt erstmalig umfassend das Feld der Demokratiepädagogik ab. In acht Hauptkapiteln wird das Feld definiert (I), ein geschichtlicher Überblick gegeben (II), der Forschungsstand festgehalten (III), ein Ausblick in internationale Zusammenhänge gegeben (IV), Schnittmengen mit angrenzenden Feldern gezeigt (V), Orte (VI) und Formen (VII) der Demokratiepädagogik betrachtet, sowie ein Ausblick gewagt (VIII).

This book focuses on how Indigenous knowledge and methodologies can contribute towards the decolonisation of peace and conflict studies (PACS). It shows how Indigenous knowledge is essential to ensure that PACS research is relevant, respectful, accurate, and non-exploitative of Indigenous Peoples, in an effort to reposition Indigenous perspectives and contexts through Indigenous experiences, voices, and research processes, to provide balance to the power structures within this discipline. It includes critiques of ethnocentrism within PACS scholarship, and how both research areas can be brought together to challenge the violence of colonialism, and the colonialism of the institutions and structures within which decolonising researchers are working. Contributions in the book cover Indigenous research in Aotearoa, Australia, The Caribbean, Hawai'i, Israel, Mexico, Nigeria, Palestine, Philippines, Samoa, USA, and West Papua. Dr. Kelli Te Maihāroa (Waitaha, Ngāti Rārua, Te Ātiawa) has held leadership roles at the Otago Polytechnic as Tumuaki: Rakahau Māori / Director of Māori Research and Kaihautū: Te Kāhui Whetū Lead / Capable Māori, working with Iwi Māori throughout Aotearoa, New Zealand. She is an active member within her whānau, Iwi and local Māori community. She is a mokopuna of Te Maihāroa, the last southern Māori prophet and tohuka (expert tribal specialist). Dr. Michael Fusi Ligaliga is a lecturer and researcher in the School of Māori and Pacific Indigenous Studies at the University of Otago in Dunedin, Aotearoa, New Zealand. He teaches Pacific Island issues, indigenous leadership and peace and conflict in the Pacific. He has acted as Interim Director of the David O. McKay Centre for Intercultural Understanding at Brightham Young University Hawai'i. Dr. Heather Devere is Director of Practice at the Te Ao o Rongomaraeroa/The National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Otago in Aotearoa, New Zealand. She has written widely on issues related to the politics of friendship, Indigenous peace traditions and peacebuilding, peace journalism, restorative justice, and social justice. She is Secretary of Parihaka Network: Ngā Manu Korihi, involved in community mediation, refugee settlement, human rights, and social justice issues.

The African Union's threat to lead African states' mass withdrawal from the International Criminal Court in 2008 marked just one of many encounters that demonstrate African leaders' growing confidence and activism in international relations. Rita Kiki Edozie and Moses Khisa explore the myriad ways in which the continent's diplomatic engagement and influence in the global arena has been expanding in recent decades. Focusing in particular on collective action through the institutional platform of the AU - while acknowledging the internal challenges involved - the authors show how Africa's role as a dynamic world region is both shaping and being shaped by current trends in global development and geopolitics.

This book contributes to bridge the gap between different scholarly communities interested in the entanglements of culture and politics in the international arena. It sheds light on existing connections in their parallel evolution with a thorough literature review, complemented by several case studies showing the fruitful character of their interdisciplinary mobilisation. Through the notions of cultural relations, intellectual cooperation and cultural diplomacy, the book draws on a soft power perspective to offer a shared, novel, and interdisciplinary theoretical framework to approach cultural institutions and organisations that have been previously examined as isolated objects: for example, cultural institutes, international organisations, literary magazines, and literary contests. The interdisciplinary nature of this volume justifies the relevance of its content for scholars working in the history of international relations, international cultural relations and intellectual history, comparative literature, sociology of literature and global literary studies.