Peace Continuum

What It Is and How to Study It
Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-0-19-068013-8
Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 419 g

Reihe: Studies in Strategic Peacebuilding

The idea of studying peace - over studying war, genocide and political violence (hereafter violent conflict) and then inferring about peace - has gained considerable traction in the past few years after languishing in the shadows of conflict for decades but how should it be studied? The Peace Continuum offers a parallax view of how we think about peace and the complexities that surround the concept (i.e., the book explores the topic from different positions at the
same time). Toward this end, we review existing literature and provide insights into how peace should be conceptualized - particularly as something more interesting than the absence of conflict. We provide an approach that can help scholars overcome what we see as the initial shock that comes with
unpacking the 'zero' in the war-peace model of conflict studies. Additionally, we provide a framework for understanding how peace and conflict have/have not been related to one another in the literature. To reveal how the Peace Continuum could be applied, we put forward three alternative ways that peace could be studied. With this approach, the book is less trying to control the emerging peace research agenda than it is trying to assist in/encourage thinking about the topic that we all have
some opinion on but that has yet to be measured and analyzed in a way comparable to political conflict and violence. Indeed, we attempt to help facilitate a veritable explosion of approaches and efforts to study peace.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Davenport, Christian

Melander, Erik

Melander, Eric

Regan, Patrick M.

Regan, Patrick

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Konflikt- und Friedensforschung, Rüstungskontrolle, Abrüstung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Friedens- und Konfliktforschung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Friedenssicherung, Krisenintervention

Über Autor(innen)

Christian Davenport is a Professor of Political Science and Faculty Associate at the Center for Political Studies - Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan as well as Global Fellow and Research Professor at the Peace Research Institute Oslo.

Erik Melander is a Professor at the Department of Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University, Sweden. His research interests concern gender, masculinities, armed conflict, and peace. His articles have been published in journals such as European Journal of International Relations, International Studies Quarterly, Journal of Conflict resolution, Journal of Gender Studies, and Journal of Peace Research. He has experience from field-work in
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Russia, South Africa, Thailand and the Yugoslav Federation.

Patrick M. Regan is a professor of political science and peace studies at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame. He researches the impact of climate change and social adaptation on armed conflict. His most recent book, The Politics of Global Climate Change (Paradigm, 2015), articulates a multi-level political process for influencing climate change legislation, beginning with local politics.