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This volume attempts to challenge the contention of Nicholas Spykman (1944) that "geography is the most important factor in foreign policy because it is the most permanent," arguing instead that (1) physical geography is far from permanent, but fluid, volatile, & constantly shifting; And (2) there are political geographies beyond the physical that shape & are shaped by processes of war & peace. The mutually constituted & social constructed nature of war & peace & their geographies are compared. Several key geographic themes in the study of war & peace are investigated: territoriality, borders, regionalization, scale, & network relationships between places across space. References. K. Hyatt Stewart

"The book draws a distinction between the political and social dimensions of peace processes, arguing that each is dependent on the other. Consideration of the social peace process, neglected in conventional treatments of the subject, is made central to this volume. While complementing current approaches that emphasize institutional reform in politics, law and economics, it pays due attention to sociological factors such as gender, civil society, religion, the deconstruction of violent masculinities, restorative justice, emotions, hope, forgiveness, truth recovery, social memory and public victimhood. These important themes are fully illustrated with examples and in-depth case studies from across the globe." "The book locates itself within the growing debate about the positive impact of global civil society on peace and identifies the new forms of peace work engendered by globalization. It will be essential reading for students and scholars of peace studies in politics, international relations and sociology departments."--Jacket

Examines Chinese perspectives on peace & development, highlighting the contradictory nature of the Chinese government's claims to be peace-loving, & calls for Third World solidarity. Differences between Chinese concepts of internal peace in oneself & Western notions of external peace through interaction with others are discussed. It is argued that the Chinese government's commitment to peace & development is largely rhetorical, to be used as a tool against Western hegemony while it consolidates its power through internal repression & external aggression. This is seen in the lack of any Chinese academic study of peace, the control of mass peace organizations by the government to promote its policies, Chinese policies toward UN peacekeeping, attitudes toward international peace, & understanding of international relations. It is concluded that, while the People's Republic of China superficially expresses solidarity with other Third World nations, it ignores inequalities between them & treats them as a hegemonic bloc, particularly when dealing with the West. T. Arnold

International audience ; To admit the central role of the State on the world economic structures supposes that the concept of economic war cannot be thus integrated into the traditional liberal current, which rejects interventionism out of its field of analysis. The problem is that the concept of war economic remains very vague and that it covers a multiplicity of policies. is the economic war a phenomenon definitely admitted in the contemporary world economy or is it only the manifestation of the last increasingly impotent sudden starts of States, whose capacity is diluted in economic universalization? Contrary to some ideas announcing the end of the policy, it appears that new economic interventionism reinforces the political power of States. All the countries are however not equal in the economic war. In fact, it seems that the American economic offensive inevitably does not meet much resistance on behalf of the other countries. Economic war are mainly well framed by the United States

International audience ; To admit the central role of the State on the world economic structures supposes that the concept of economic war cannot be thus integrated into the traditional liberal current, which rejects interventionism out of its field of analysis. The problem is that the concept of war economic remains very vague and that it covers a multiplicity of policies. is the economic war a phenomenon definitely admitted in the contemporary world economy or is it only the manifestation of the last increasingly impotent sudden starts of States, whose capacity is diluted in economic universalization? Contrary to some ideas announcing the end of the policy, it appears that new economic interventionism reinforces the political power of States. All the countries are however not equal in the economic war. In fact, it seems that the American economic offensive inevitably does not meet much resistance on behalf of the other countries. Economic war are mainly well framed by the United States