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Peace Research and Peacebuilding

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  • © 2014

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Authors:
  1. Chadwick F Alger

    1. Dept. of Political Science and, The Ohio State University, Columbus, USA

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  • Author is a distinguished scholar on issues concerning peace research and peace building
  • Distinguished researcher for international relations (former president of the ISA)
  • Distinguished peace researcher (former secretary general of the IPRA)
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs on Pioneers in Science and Practice (BRIEFSPIONEER, volume 9)

Part of the book sub series: Texts and Protocols (BRIEFSTEXTS)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction: Peace Research and Peacebuilding

    • Chadwick F. Alger
    Pages 1-3

  3. The Quest for Peace: What Are We Learning?

    • Chadwick F. Alger
    Pages 5-30

  4. The Expanding Toolchest for Peacebuilders

    • Chadwick F. Alger
    Pages 31-53

  5. Challenges for Peace Researchers and Peace Builders in the Twenty-First Century: Education and Coordination of a Diversity of Actors in Applying What We are Learning

    • Chadwick F. Alger
    Pages 55-67

  6. Peace Studies as a Transdisciplinary Project

    • Chadwick F. Alger
    Pages 69-90

  7. The Escalating Peace Potential of Global Governance

    • Chadwick F. Alger
    Pages 91-110

  8. There are Peacebuilding Tasks for Everybody

    • Chadwick F. Alger
    Pages 111-134

  9. What Should be the Foundations of Peace Education?

    • Chadwick F. Alger
    Pages 135-147

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 149-151
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About this book

This is the third volume to commemorate the 90th birthday of the distinguished scholar Chadwick F. Alger to honor his lifetime achievement in international relations, as President of the International Studies Association (1978-1979) and as Secretary General of the International Peace Research Association (1984-1987). After a brief introduction by Chad F. Alger this volume presents six of his key texts on Peace Research and Peacebuilding, covering “The quest for peace: What are we learning?”;  “The Emerging Toolchest for Peacebuilders”; “Peace Studies as a Transdisciplinary Project”; “Challenges for Peace Researchers and Peace Builders in the Twenty-First Century: Education and Coordination of a Diversity of Actors in Applying What We Are Learning”; “The escalating peace potential of global governance”, “There Are Peacebuilding Tasks for Everybody”, and “What Should Be the Foundations of Peace Education?”

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  • Dept. of Political Science and, The Ohio State University, Columbus, USA

    Chadwick F Alger

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