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Peace and conflict studies is both a pedagogical activity, in which teachers transmit knowledge to students; and a research activity, in which researchers create new knowledge about the sources of conflict. [3] Peace and conflict studies entails understanding the concept of peace which is defined as political condition that ensures justice and ...
Peace dove statue in Lomé, Togo, Africa. The dove and the olive branch are the most common symbols associated with peace. Peace is a state of harmony in the absence of hostility and violence. In a societal sense, peace is commonly used to mean a lack of conflict (such as war) and freedom from fear of violence between individuals or groups.
Detail from Peace and Prosperity (1896), Elihu Vedder, Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C. Peace and conflict studies is an academic field which identifies and analyses violent and nonviolent behaviours, as well as the structural mechanisms attending violent and non-violent social conflicts.
The journal was established in 1995. It is the main academic journal in the field of peace psychology, and covers research on "peace, conflict, and their interaction at all levels of analysis, from interpersonal to community, regional, national, and international issues." [1] The current editor-in-chief is Laura K. Taylor, PhD. [2]
Human peace sign - symbolically represents an holistic approach to peacebuilding.. Peacebuilding is an activity that aims to resolve injustice in nonviolent ways and to transform the cultural and structural conditions that generate deadly or destructive conflict.
For peace processes to resolve an armed conflict, Izumi Wakugawa, advisor to the Japan-based International Peace Cooperation Program, suggests a definition of a peace process as "a mixture of politics, diplomacy, changing relationships, negotiation, mediation, and dialogue in both official and unofficial arenas", which he attributes to Harold H ...
2018–19 Korean peace process, failed attempt to end the Korean conflict; Sudanese peace process (2019–2020) was an attempt to resolve the War in Darfur and the Sudanese conflict in South Kordofan and Blue Nile; Tigrayan peace process (2020–present), attempts to resolve the Tigray War
A concern of some peace activists is the challenge of attaining peace when those against peace often use violence as their means of communication and empowerment. A global affiliation of activists and political interests viewed as having a shared purpose and constituting a single movement has been called " the peace movement", or an all ...