Peace and Conflict Studies

Peace and Conflict Studies
ISBN-10
1506344216
ISBN-13
9781506344218
Series
Peace and Conflict Studies
Category
Psychology
Pages
713
Language
English
Published
2016-12-29
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Authors
David P. Barash, Charles P. Webel

Description

The thoroughly updated Fourth Edition of the gold standard text explores historical and current topics in today’s rapidly changing world to provide a comprehensive introduction to peace and conflict studies. Authors David P. Barash and Charles P. Webel offer an insightful analysis of 21st-century global affairs, including such timely topics as ISIS, the nature of violence and nonviolence, cutting-edge military technologies, the Terrorism and Global Peace Indexes, and the latest developments in Iran, North Korea, and Syria. Comprehensive yet written in a student-friendly and accessible style, the text represents a commitment to inspire readers to create a better world through an understanding of what has happened and what is happening, and therefore what is likely to take place in the future.

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