PEACEST 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, Structural Violence, Peace Movement
1 Sep 2016
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No essay on the midterm: combination of multiple choice and short answer questions* Peace studies (inter-disciplinary) not subjects like history, or accounting. Links for the videos are provided on avenue: questions are assigned for the videos in regards to what was mentioned (watch videos prior to tutorial) Peace studies is the research, publishing and teaching related directly to how to avoid war and build a peaceful society. As a field, emerged out of concerns and initiatives of the wider peace movement (the social activism) Late 1940"s: emerges as a discipline in universities. 1960"s: founding of key international institutes to promote peace research: In addition to the un or university scholarly sites, these founding"s are recent and continue to pursue peace studies information and awareness. Criticized realist ideas of politics that dominated in the years. Pioneered peace and conflict studies in 3 ways: immediately following wwii and in cold war. Created a new strategy for resolving conflict: problem solving workshops .
