Peace and Conflict in a Changing World - Dong Jin Kim, David Mitchell, Gillian Wylie

Peace and Conflict in a Changing World

Key Issues in Peace Studies
Buch | Hardcover
X, 236 Seiten
2025
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-031-66640-7 (ISBN)
90,94 inkl. MwSt

Written by a team of experienced teachers and researchers in Peace Studies, this book assesses the field of peace and conflict research from its origins to the present day.  It introduces influential concepts and theories, and examines the processes and dynamics of peacebuilding. Using case studies from around the globe, the book discusses a range of key topics in Peace Studies, such as: the meanings of peace; the causes of violent political conflict; peace processes and peace agreements; international peace and security; peace activism and the role of civil society; human rights, transitional justice, and reconciliation; asylum, migration and borders; gender, war, and peace; sustainable development and peace; religion, conflict, and peace; arts, sport, and peace; and peace education. The book will be of interest to scholars and students in peace studies, international relations, security studies, war and conflict studies, conflict transformation, as well as anyone interested in the research and practice of peace.  

Dong Jin Kim is Visiting Academic at the School of Religion, Theology, and Peace Studies, Trinity College Dublin. His has extensive publication records in the areas of peace processes, peacebuilding, humanitarian and development cooperation. He is author of The Korean Peace Process and Civil Society (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019, Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies Series), and co-editor (with David Mitchell) of Reconciling Divided States: Peace Processes in Ireland and Korea (Routledge, 2022).

Gillian Wylie is Associate Professor in International Peace Studies at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. She has twenty-five years' experience teaching and researching in the field of Peace Studies and is the author of The International Politics of Human Trafficking (Palgrave 2016). Her recent publications are on human displacement and peacebuilding in the Routledge Companion to Peace and Conflict Studies (Byrne et al 2020) and on women and peace (in Mitchell and Kim eds 2022).

David Mitchell is Associate Professor, Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation, at Trinity College Dublin at Belfast. He is co-ordinator of the MPhil in Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation. As well as many articles in leading scholarly journals, he is author of Politics and Peace in Northern Ireland (Manchester University Press, 2015) and co-editor (with Dong Jin Kim) of Reconciling Divided States: Peace Processes in Ireland and Korea (Routledge, 2022).

Chapter 1 - How to Study Peace and Conflict.- Chapter 2 - Understanding Peace.- Chapter 3 - Understanding Violent Political Conflict.- Chapter 4 - Peacebuilding and Peace Processes.- Chapter 5 - International Peace and Security.- Chapter 6 - Peace Activism and Civil Society Peacebuilding.- Chapter 7 - Conflict, Development, and Peacebuilding.- Chapter 8 - Forced Displacement and Peacebuilding.- Chapter 9 - Gender, Violent Conflict, and Peace.- Chapter 10 - Religion, Violent Conflict, and Peace.- Chapter 11 - Transitional Justice: Dealing with the Past.- Chapter 12 - Reconciliation: Building a Culture of Peace.- Conclusion.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 13.1.2025
Zusatzinfo X, 236 p. 1 illus.
Verlagsort Cham
Sprache englisch
Maße 155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Europäische / Internationale Politik
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften
Schlagworte Displacement • Emancipatory Peace • Epistemology • Feminist Peace Theory • gender and peace • Human Rights • Human Security • just peace • Methodology • Ontology • Peace and Conflict Studies • Peacebuilding • Peace Culture • peace education • Practice and Practitioners • religion and peace
ISBN-10 3-031-66640-2 / 3031666402
ISBN-13 978-3-031-66640-7 / 9783031666407
Zustand Neuware
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