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Peace and International Relations: A New Agenda (Routledge Studies in Peace and Conflict Resolution)

Book information

Year
2008
ISBN
0415394198, 9780415394192, 9780203927335
LCC
JZ5538 .R526 2008
Open Library ID
OL10204702M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1001 kB (1024919 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
232\227
Topic
Education
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

This book examines the way in which peace is conceptualized in IR theory, a topic which has until now been largely overlooked. The volume explores the way peace has been implicitly conceptualized within the different strands of IR theory, and in the policy world as exemplified through practices in the peacebuilding efforts since the end of the Cold War. Issues addressed include the problem of how peace efforts become sustainable rather than merely inscribed in international and state-level diplomatic and military frameworks. The book also explores themes relating to culture, development, agency and structure. It explores in particular the current mantras associated with the 'liberal peace', which appears to have become a foundational assumption of much of mainstream IR and the policy world. Analyzing war has often led to the dominance of violence as a basic assumption in, and response to, the problems of international relations. This book aims to redress the balance by arguing that IR now in fact offers a rich basis for the study of peace.

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