ISBN:
9780123739858
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
Online-Ressource
Ausgabe:
2. ed.
Paralleltitel:
Druckausg. Encyclopedia of violence, peace and conflict
DDC:
303.603
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Kurzfassung:
The 2nd edition of Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace and Conflict provides timely and useful information about antagonism and reconciliation in all contexts of public and personal life. Building on the highly-regarded 1st edition (1999), and publishing at a time of seemingly inexorably increasing conflict and violent behaviour the world over, the Encyclopedia is an essential reference for students and scholars working in the field of peace and conflict resolution studies, and for those seeking to explore alternatives to violence and share visions and strategies for social justice and social chan
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
e9780123695031v1; Cover; Editorial Board; Titlepage; Copyright Page; Contents; Contents by Subject Area; Preface; Guide to the Encyclopedia; FOREWORD by Archbishop Desmond Tutu; FOREWORD by Johan Galtung; A; Aged Population, Violence and Nonviolence Toward; Glossary; Introduction; Violence: Abuser and Abused; Physical Violence; Psychological Violence; Financial Violence; Cultural Financial Violence; Neglect; Nonviolence and Training; Further Reading; Relevant Website; Aggression and Altruism; Glossary; Definitional Complexities; Cultural Variation in Aggression and Altruism
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Aggression and Altruism in Relation to Social DistanceSocialization and Enculturation Influences; Sex and Gender; Conclusions: Human Flexibility and Violence Reduction; Further Reading; Aggression, Psychology of; Glossary; Introduction; Conceptions of Aggression; Situational Determinants of Aggression; Persistent Dispositions to Aggression; Conclusion; Further Reading; Relevant Websites; Alliance Systems; Glossary; Alliances Defined; Alliances in Theory; Alliances in Practice; Paths for Future Research; Further Reading; Relevant Websites; Animal Behavioral Studies, Non-Primates; Glossary
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Why Natural Selection Can Produce Aggressive BehaviorUnderstanding Aggression in Animals:Game Theory in Evolutionary Studies; Territoriality; Social Behavior, Reproductive Skew, and Dominance Hierarchies; Aggression in Sexual Contexts; Summary; Further Reading; Animal Behavioral Studies, Primates; Glossary; Definitions; Functions of Aggression; Conflict, Competition, and Aggression; Aggression in a Social Context; The Control of Aggressive Sequences; Losing, Dominance, and Territoriality; Polyadic Social Aggression; Restoring Peace; Conclusion; Further Reading; Animals, Violence Toward
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GlossaryHunting in Pre-Agricultural Societies; Domestication and Traditional Agriculture; Hunting for Pleasure; Suffering as Entertainment; Modern Agriculture; Biomedical Science; Extinction and Endangerment; Animal Protection Efforts; Parallels and Nonparallels with Violence against Humans; Further Reading; Relevant Websites; Anthropology of Violence and Conflict, Overview; Glossary; Overview; Classic Ethnographic Studies; Studies in Religion, Witchcraft,and Sorcery; Modes of Settling Conflicts, Including Ritual; The Place of Language Forms and Discourse in Disputing
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Violence, Peacemaking, and EthologyThe Anthropology of War, and Warfare in 'Tribal' Contexts; Violence, Ethnicity, and Nationalism; Violence, Individual Action, and the State; Terror and Terrorism: The Role of the Imagination; Further Reading; Arms Control; Glossary; Arms Control: Definitions, Theory, and Aims; Arms Control before World War II; Post-World War II Arms Control; The Baruch Plan and Nuclear Arms Control; Nuclear Test Ban Treaties; The Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty; US-Russian Nuclear Arms Control and Missile Defense; Chemical and Biological Weapons Arms Control
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Supply-Side Regimes
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Gandhi and His LegaciesGangs -- Gender Studies -- Genocide and Democide -- Globalization: Its Diverse Actors and Spaces -- Guerrilla Warfare -- Hate Crimes -- Health Consequences of War and Political Violence -- Health Services, Effects of War and Political Violence on -- Homicide -- Human Nature, Views of -- Human Rights -- I Mass Conflict: Participants'Attitudes -- I Peace Organizations, Non-Governmental -- Indigenous Peoples' Responses to Conquest -- Industrial Versus Preindustrial Forms of Violence -- Institutionalization of Non-Violence -- Institutionalization of Violence -- Intelligence Agencies and Issues -- International Criminal Courts and Tribunals -- International Relations, Overview -- International Variations in Homicide and Warfare -- Interpersonal Conflict, History of -- Justifications for Violence -- Just-War Criteria -- Juvenile Crime -- Language of War and Peace, The -- Law and Violence -- Legal Theories and Remedies -- Linguistic Constructions of Violence, Peace, and Conflict -- Long-Term Effects of War on Children -- Mass Media and Dissent -- Mass Media, General View -- Means and Ends -- Mediation and Negotiation Techniques -- Mental Illness and Psychiatric Aspect of Violence -- Militarism -- Militarism and Development in Underdeveloped Societies -- Military Culture -- Military Deterrence and Statecraft -- Military-Industrial Complex, Contemporary Significance -- Military-Industrial Complex, Organization and History -- Minorities as Perpetrators and Victims of Crime -- Moral Judgments and Values -- Nationalism and Warfare -- Neuropsychology of Motivation for Group Aggression and Mythology -- Nongovernmental Actors in International Politics -- Nonharmfulness (ahis{macr}a) in Classical Indian Thought -- Nonkilling Political Science -- Nonviolence Theory and Practice -- Nonviolent Action -- Nuclear Warfare -- Nuclear Weapons Policies -- Organized Crime -- Peace Agreements -- Peace and Democracy -- Peace and The Arts -- Peace Culture -- Peace, Definitions and Concepts ofa -- Peace Education: College and Universities -- Peace Education, International Trends -- Peace Education: Peace Museums -- Peace Movements -- Peace Prizes -- Peace Studies, Overview -- Peaceful Societies -- Peacekeeping -- Peacemaking and Peacebuilding -- Police Brutality -- Policing and Society -- Political Economy of Violence and Nonviolence -- Political Systems and Conflict Management -- Political Theories -- Popular Music -- Pornography -- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Trauma and Mental Disorders -- Power, Alternative Theories of -- Power and Deviance -- Power, Social and Political Theories of.
Anmerkung:
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Foreword
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Aged Population, Violence and Nonviolence Toward ; Aggression and Altruism ; Aggression, Psychology of ; Alliance Systems ; Animal Behavioral Studies, Non-Primates ; Animal Behavioral Studies, Primates ; Animals, Violence Toward ; Anthropology of Violence and Conflict, Overview ; Arms Control ; Arms Control and Disarmament Treaties ; Arms Production, Economics of ; Arms Trade, Economics of ; Assassinations, Political ; Balance of Power Relationships ; Behavioral Psychology of Killing ; Biochemical Factors in Aggression and Violence ; Chemical and Biological Warfare ; Child Abuse ; Childrearing, Violent and Nonviolent ; Children, Impact of Television on ; Civil Liberties and Security ; Civil Society ; Civil Wars ; Clan and Tribal Conflict ; Class Conflict in Capitalist Society ; Climate Change: Cooperation and Human Security ; Cold War ; Collective Emotions in Warfare ; Collective Security ; Colonialism and Imperialism ; Combat ; Combatting Bioterrorism ; Communication Studies, Overview ; Conflict Management and Resolution ; Conflict Theory ; Conflict Transformation ; Conformity and Obedience ; Conscientious Objection, Ethics of ; Cooperation, Competition, and Conflict ; Correlates of War ; Crime and Drug Control Policies in the United States and Japan ; Crime and Punishment, Changing Attitudes Toward ; Criminal Behavior, Theories of ; Criminology, Overview ; Critiques of Violence ; Cultural Anthropology Studies of Conflict ; Cultural Defense ; Cultural Studies, Overview ; Death Penalty, Overview ; Decision Theory and Game Theory ; Declarations of War ; Dictatorships and Authoritarian Regimes, Insurrections against ; Diplomacy ; Draft, Resistance and Evasion of ; Drugs and Violence in the USA ; Ecoethics ; Economic Causes of War and Peace ; Economic Conversion ; Economic Costs and Consequences of War ; Economics of War and Peace, Overview ; Emotion and Violence in Adolescence ; Enemy, Concept and Identity of ; Enlisting in the US Army: Institutional and Occupational Motives ; Ethical and Religious Traditions, Eastern ; Ethical and Religious Traditions, Western ; Ethical Studies, Overview (Eastern) ; Ethical Studies, Overview (Western) ; Ethnic Conflicts and Cooperation ; Ethnicity and Identity Politics ; Ethnopolitical Conflict, Misperceptions and Miscommunication in ; Evil, Concept of ; Evolution of Violence ; Evolution, Violence and Novel Environmental Factors ; Evolutionary Theory ; Family Structure and Family Violence ; Feminist and Peace Perspectives on Women ; Folklore.
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