The Puzzle of Peace moves beyond defining peace as the absence of war and develops a
broader conceptualization and explanation for the increasing peacefulness of the …

The idea of studying peace has gained considerable traction in the past few years after
languishing in the shadows of conflict for decades but how should it be studied? The Peace …

Most efforts in international relations scholarship focus on understanding war and conflict.
To the extent that peace is considered, it is often treated as an afterthought or a control …

The importance of peace to human civilisation has raised peace to a somewhat universally
essential condition. Since peace means different things to different people, there is a void in …

Abstract The Democratic Peace Theory, which argues in part that democracies hardly go to
war against each other, has made a lasting impression in the field of war and peace studies …

Much of the empirical international relations research implicitly equates peace with the
absence of war. Moreover, causes of war are seen as sufficient for understanding peace …

This file provides exercises for the book Social Science Concepts: A User's Guide. Answers
to these exercises (except those that are open-ended and those that I think would be …

The military power may be one critical instrument that provides the sword for policy-makers
and the military itself may be an instrument of conflict resolution and foreign policy of …

La importància de la pau per a la civilització humana ha tendit a erigir la pau com una mena
de condició universalment essencial. Com que la pau significa coses diferents per a …

We've come a long way from our point of departure; it was a journey that was as much a
struggle as it was an opportunity. In this concluding chapter, we do three things. First, we …