The transformation of peace [electronic resource] / Oliver P. Richmond.
What is peace and how should it be defined? In a radical critique of the dominant paradigm of peace, Oliver Richmond examines its components and its short-comings in the context of a variety of post-Cold War peace operations and associated peace-building projects. Richmond raises important questions...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Basingstoke [England] ; New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2005.
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| Series: | Rethinking peace and conflict studies.
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| Summary: | What is peace and how should it be defined? In a radical critique of the dominant paradigm of peace, Oliver Richmond examines its components and its short-comings in the context of a variety of post-Cold War peace operations and associated peace-building projects. Richmond raises important questions about whether the liberal peace project is universally viable, and internally coherent. If indeed it is then how can its construction as the dominant response to contemporary conflicts be facilitated? |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 286 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 264-280) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780230505070 0230505074 1280426268 9781280426261 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |