The peace continuum : what it is and how to study it / Christian Davenport, Erik Melander, and Patrick Regan.
Series: Studies in strategic peacebuilding: Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018Description: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white).Content type: text | still image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780190680169 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Peace -- Study and teaching
| Peace (Philosophy)Additional Physical Form: Print version : 9780190680121DDC classification: 303.66 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: 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 text 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.
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Previously issued in print: 2018.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 text 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.
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Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on May 4, 2018).