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This approach includes the normatively oriented work that emerged in the peace studies and conflict research schools of the 1960s (e.g. Oslo Peace Research Institute on "Liberal Peace and the Ethics of Peacebuilding") [52] and more critical theory ideas about peacebuilding that have recently developed in many European and non-western academic ...
The notion of human needs driving violence and being significantly effected by violence (borrowed from Conflict Analysis and Peace Research) [99] and insight into the stratified nature of reality (borrowed from Critical Realism), [100] highlights why an explanation of violence is not the same thing as a justification for it.
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]
It was established by Johan Galtung in 1964 and emerged as a leading journal in the field of peace and conflict studies and International Relations under the editorship of Nils Petter Gleditsch (1976-1977, 1983-2010). The current editors-in-chief are Gudrun Østby and Sebastian Schutte (all are/were researchers at the Peace Research Institute ...
The sociological study of peace, war, and social conflict uses sociological theory and methods to analyze group conflicts, especially collective violence and alternative constructive nonviolent forms of conflict transformation. These concepts have been applied to current wars, like the War in Ukraine, and researchers note that ordinary people ...
The journal was established in 1957. In 1959, the journal was run by the Center for Research on Conflict Resolution at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. [2] When the Center closed in 1971 due to lack of funding, the journal was run by a team at Yale University. [2] Since 2009, the journal has been run by a team at the University of ...
Conflict theories are perspectives in political philosophy and sociology which argue that individuals and groups (social classes) within society interact on the basis of conflict rather than agreement, while also emphasizing social psychology, historical materialism, power dynamics, and their roles in creating power structures, social movements, and social arrangements within a society.
Peace psychology is a subfield of psychology and peace research that deals with the psychological aspects of peace, conflict, violence, and war. Peace psychology can be characterized by four interconnected pillars: (1) research, (2) education, (3) practice, and (4) advocacy. [ 1 ]