1st Edition

The First Fifty Years of Peace Research A Survey and Interpretation

By David J. Dunn Copyright 2005
158 Pages
by Routledge

158 Pages
by Routledge

158 Pages
by Routledge

Peace research first emerged as an explicit academic area of study in the 1950s. Pioneers of peace research included Wright, Richardson and Lenz, and this book examines their contribution and that of the 'frontiersmen' who developed the study further, establishing peace research in its own right. Assessing the evolution, status and significance of peace research after fifty years, this novel and... Read more
Contents: Introduction; Setting the context; International relations: the first attempt at peace thinking?; The structure of peace research: from invisible to visible college; The journals: the means of peace research; The substantive content of peace research: an interpretation; Issues of significance; Observations in place of a conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

Biography

Dunn, David J.