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Nils Petter Gleditsch: Pioneer in the Analysis of War and Peace [electronic resource] / by Nils Petter Gleditsch.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: SpringerBriefs on Pioneers in Science and Practice ; 29Publisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015Edition: 1st ed. 2015Description: XXI, 171 p. 22 illus., 11 illus. in color. online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9783319038209
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Printed edition:: No title; Printed edition:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 344.046 23
  • 363.70561 23
LOC classification:
  • K3581-3598.22
  • GE170
Online resources:
Contents:
A Life in Peace Research -- Bibliography -- Time Differences and International Interaction -- Democracy and Peace -- The Treholt Case -- Armed Conflict and the Environment. Double-blind but More Transparent -- The Liberal Moment Fifteen Years on -- Whither the Weather? -- The Decline of War – The Main Issues -- The IPCC, Conflict, and Human Security.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: This book presents Nils Petter Gleditsch, a staff member of the Peace Research Institute of Oslo (PRIO) since 1964, a former editor of the Journal for Peace Research (1983-2010), a former president of the International Studies Association (2008-2009) and the recipient of several academic awards as a pioneer in the scientific analysis of war and peace. This unique anthology covers major themes in his distinguished career as a peace researcher. An autobiographical, critical retrospective puts his work on conflict and peace into a broader context, while a comprehensive bibliography documents his publications over a period of nearly 50 years. Part II documents his wide-ranging contributions on globalization, democratization and liberal peace, on international espionage, environmental security, climate change and conflict and on the decline of war and more generally of violence as a tool in conflict.
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A Life in Peace Research -- Bibliography -- Time Differences and International Interaction -- Democracy and Peace -- The Treholt Case -- Armed Conflict and the Environment. Double-blind but More Transparent -- The Liberal Moment Fifteen Years on -- Whither the Weather? -- The Decline of War – The Main Issues -- The IPCC, Conflict, and Human Security.

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This book presents Nils Petter Gleditsch, a staff member of the Peace Research Institute of Oslo (PRIO) since 1964, a former editor of the Journal for Peace Research (1983-2010), a former president of the International Studies Association (2008-2009) and the recipient of several academic awards as a pioneer in the scientific analysis of war and peace. This unique anthology covers major themes in his distinguished career as a peace researcher. An autobiographical, critical retrospective puts his work on conflict and peace into a broader context, while a comprehensive bibliography documents his publications over a period of nearly 50 years. Part II documents his wide-ranging contributions on globalization, democratization and liberal peace, on international espionage, environmental security, climate change and conflict and on the decline of war and more generally of violence as a tool in conflict.

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