Elise Boulding: A Pioneer in Peace Research, Peacemaking, Feminism, Future Studies and the Family

From a Quaker Perspective
Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-3-319-81023-2
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, Band 6, 178 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 312 g

Reihe: Pioneers in Arts, Humanities, Science, Engineering, Practice

This series of four volumes honors the lifetime achievements of the distinguished activist and scholar Elise Boulding (1920–2010) on the occasion of her 95th birthday. This first anthology documents the breadth of Elise Boulding’s contributions to Peace Research, Peacemaking, Feminism, Future Studies, and Sociology of the Family. Known as the “matriarch” of the twentieth century peace research movement, she made significant contributions in the fields of peace education, future studies, feminism, and sociology of the family, and as a prominent leader in the peace movement and the Society of Friends.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Boulding, J. Russell

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Futurologie (Interdisziplinär)
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Konflikt- und Friedensforschung, Rüstungskontrolle, Abrüstung
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Protestantismus, evangelische und protestantische Kirchen Quäker, Religiöse Gesellschaft der Freunde
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Feminismus, Feministische Theorie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Friedens- und Konfliktforschung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Familiensoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I: Biographical Information — Bibliography.- Tributes and Remembrances by Scholars and Activists on Elise Boulding; Bibliography of Writings about Elise Boulding).- Part II: Writings by Elise Boulding on Peace Research and Peacemaking.- Peace Research: The New Intellectual Frontier (1963).- The Dialectics of Peace (1990).- Feminist Inventions in the Art of Peacemaking (1995).- Peace Culture: An Overview (2000)-Reflections on Activism in One’s Eighties (2001).- Part III: Writings by Elise Boulding on the Family, the Future, Feminism and Quakerism.- The Family as an Agent of Social Change (1972).- Translator’s Preface to The Image of the Future by Fred Polak (1973).

Über Autor(innen)

Elise Boulding taught at the University of Colorado, Boulder from 1967 to 1978 and at Dartmouth College from 1978 to 1985, and was instrumental in the development of peace studies programs at both institutions. She was a co-founder of the International Peace Research Association (1964), the Consortium on Peace Research Education and Development (1970), and various peace and women’s issues-related committees and working groups of the American Sociological Association and International Sociological Association.Elise Boulding (1920–2010) was the “mother” of peace research globally and served as Secretary General of the International Peace Research Association (IPRA).