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Peace by Peaceful Means: Peace and Conflict, Development and Civilization

By Johan Galtung

Book information

Publisher
Sage Publications Ltd
Year
1996
ISBN
0803975104, 9780803975101
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
7 MB (7741623 bytes)
Edition
First Edition
Pages
292\289
Time added
2015-04-26 21:15:30

Description

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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