Peace : a very short introduction /

Richmond, Oliver P.

Peace : a very short introduction / Oliver P. Richmond. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014. - 140 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm. - Very short introductions ; 407 . - Very short introductions. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-135) and index.

Introduction: the multiple dimensions of peace -- 1. Defining peace -- 2. Peace in history -- 3. Peace in modernity -- 4. The victors' peace in history -- 5. The constitutional peace -- 6. The institutional peace -- 7. The civil peace -- 8. Peacekeeping, peacebuilding, and statebuilding -- 9. Hybrid forms of peace -- Epilogue: new agendas for peace.

Explores the evolution of peace in practice and in theory, exploring our modern assumptions about peace and the various different interpretations of its applications.

9780199656004 0199656002

2014942179

016256194 Uk


Peace.
Peace-building.
Peace.

JZ5538 / .R5257 2014

303.7 / RIP 2014

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