This book was originated from a conference on militarization in the context of goals, processes, and indicators of development held in May 1981. It analyzes the militarization trend, suggests ways in which it can be changed, seeks to understand what is going on, and searches for alternatives.
Biography
Dr. Peter Wallensteen is associate professor of peace research at Uppsala University in Sweden. He served as a visiting professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Michigan in 1984 and is the author of Dilemmas of Economic Coercion: Sanctions in World Politics (1983). Dr. Johan Galtung is professor of peace and conflict research at the Science Center in Berlin. He is the author of Essays in Peace Research , Volumes 1-5 (1975-1980) and was the founder of the Journal of Peace Research. Dr. Carlos Portales is a researcher at FLACSO in Santiago, Chile, and teaches part time in the M.A. program of the Institute of International Studies of the University of Chile.