Peace by Peaceful Means

Peace by Peaceful Means
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Publisher : SAGE
Total Pages : 290
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ISBN-10 : 9780803975118
ISBN-13 : 0803975112
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Download or read book Peace by Peaceful Means written by Johan Galtung and published by SAGE. This book was released on 1996-04-28 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Johan Galtung, one of the founders of modern peace studies, provides a wide-ranging panorama of the ideas, theories and assumptions on which the study of peace is based. The book is organized in four parts, each examining the one of the four major theoretical approaches to peace. The first part covers peace theory, exploring the epistemological assumptions of peace. In Part Two conflict theory is examined with an exploration of nonviolent and creative handling of conflict. Developmental theory is discussed in Part Three, exploring structural violence, particularly in the economic field, together with a consideration of the ways of overcoming that violence. The fourth part is devoted to civilization theory. This involves an


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