Synonyms
Arms control; Balance of power; Civil resistance (see Nonviolence); Conciliation (see Reconciliation); Diplomacy; Nonviolence; Pacifism; Peace; Peace through prosperity; Peace through strength; Peacekeeping; Reconciliation; Restorative justice; Track II diplomacy; Truth commissions; World government
Definition
Thirteen methods that have been proposed or tried as a path to peace, each with its own actual or predicted successes and failures.
Among the methods by which people have searched for peace is the pacifist vision in which the “lion lies down with the lamb,” although it leaves unclear just what the lion eats to survive. Nonviolence as practiced by Gandhi, King, and others has under some circumstances proven an effective tool for peace. Some put their hopes for peace in arms control, some believe in peace through strength and others in peace through prosperity based on trade. Some envision peace emerging from diplomacy, whether by authorized representatives of nations or...
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Churchman, D. (2019). Search for Peace, the. In: The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Peace and Conflict Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11795-5_63-1
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