50 Years: 100 Peace & Conflict Perspectives

Fifty years ago, in 1958, Galtung was for the first time in a mediation situation. The conflict was between black and white over desegregation of the schools in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.

Since ...

Democracy - Peace - Development

This book, jointly offered by Johan V. Galtung and Paul D. Scott, explores the ideas and ideals of democracy as they relate to peace and development. Part II examines the triad ...

50 Years - 25 Intellectual Landscapes Explored

Fifty years ago, in 1958, Galtung gave the first course in Conflict and Peace Studies at Columbia University, New York. But the decision to develop peace studies was taken in 1951 ...

Globalizing God - Religion, Spirituality and Peace

This book, jointly authored by Johan Galtung and Graeme MacQueen, explores how religion, and specific religions, relate to spirituality - an inner sense of something beyond our selves - and peace, ...

The Fall of the US Empire - and Then What?

The Fall of the US Empire - and Then What? Successors, Regionalization or Globalization? US Fascism or US Blossoming?

This book explores the why, how, when and where of the present decline ...

Peace Business - Humans and Nature Above Markets and Capital

This book explores how business can be run so as to serve peace, by reducing direct, structural and cultural violence and by meeting basic needs of all humans, building equitable relations ...

A Theory Of Conflict

In conflict theory there is a mainstream narrative I:

• Problem: there are evil forces out there waiting for their time
• When time comes their evil is articulated as violence
• Remedy: be strong ...
  

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A Theory Of Development

In mainstream development theory there is a narrative:

Problem: The difference deficits in what MDCs have and LDCs have not

• * Direct violence arises out of envy as the MDCs advance further
• * Remedy: ...
  

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A Theory Of Civilization

In civilization theory there is a mainstream narrative:

* Problem: There are culturally advanced and backward classes-regions

* The advanced will advance further and the backward remain backward

* ...

A Theory Of Peace

In peace theory there is a mainstream narrative:

• Problem: There are dangerous and unruly classes and countries
• If let loose life becomes brutish, nasty and short for all
• Remedy: ...
  

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Launching Peace Studies: The First Prio Years

Strategies Findings Implications

How did peace research as a comprehensive program start back ...

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Med et forord av Ketil Bjørnstad

Tilegnet Arne Haugestad og Ingjald Ørbeck Sørheim

I denne dialogen er ...

Peace Plays

Johan Galtung, Vithal Rajan, S.P. Udayakumar

Peace studies are usually presented as essays, in social science, political or philosophical-ethical discourses. This book is an experiment with drama as peace discourse, by authors versed ...

Global Leadership for the 21st Century

by Boutros Boutros Ghali & Branislav Gosovic

This analysis of «global leadership» delves into the question of who should be in the vanguard ...

Peace Journalism: 80 Galtung Editorials on War and Peace

Antonio C.S. Rosa, Editor

Since early 2008 TRANSCEND has been running a media service--managed by Antonio Carlos Rosa--promoting a solution-oriented peace journalism. In the preface Rosa tells the story of this ...

SABONA: Searching for the Good Solutions - Learning Solving Conflicts

Many see conflicts as being caused by difficult parties, persons, countries, violent in action and speech. To see them as carriers of an important message is contradictory to many. However, we ...

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