The Palgrave Handbook of Disciplinary and Regional Approaches to Peace
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| Rating | : | 4.82 (913 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1137407603 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 528 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-03-20 |
| Language | : | English |
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Peterson, University of British Columbia, Canada Tejendra Pherali, University College London, UK Nilanjana Premaratna, University of Queensland, Australia Nicholas Rengger, University of St Andrews, UK Geneviève Souillac, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium Ashok Swain, Uppsala University, Sweden Patrick Tom, Mindleag Limited, UK Nicos Trimikliniotis, University of Nicosia, Cyprus Polly O. (Chip) Carey, Georgia State University, USA Dav
This handbook is a much-needed response to the failures of contemporary peacebuilding missions and narrow disciplinary debates, both of which have outlined the need for more interdisciplinary work in International Relations and Peace and Conflict studies. From the Back CoverIn this handbook, a diverse range of leading scholars consider the social, cultural, economic, political, and developmental underpinnings of peace. Collectively, these chapters promote a more differentiated notion of peace, employing comparative analysis to explain how peace is debated and contested.. Scholars, students, and policymakers are often disillusioned with universalist and northern-dominated approaches, and a better understanding of the va
Scholars, students, and policymakers are often disillusioned with universalist and northern-dominated approaches, and a better understanding of the variations of peace and its building blocks, across different regions, is required. In this handbook, a diverse range of leading scholars consider the social, cultural, economic, political, and developmental underpinnings of peace. This handbook is a much-needed response to the failures of contemporary peacebuilding missions and narrow disciplinary debates, both of which have outlined the need for more interdisciplinary work in International Relations and Peace and Conflict studies. Collectively, these chapters promote a more differentiated notion of peace, employing comparative analysis to explain how peace is debated and contested.