In Search of Peace Research : Essays by Charles Boasson

A collection of essays which explore the roots of human conflict and the search for possible solutions, the text expands on the foundations of peace research. Boasson's other titles include "In A Dutch Looking-Glass" and Van den Dungen has co-edited "Peace Movements and Political Cultures". Front Matter....Pages i-x Author’s Introduction....Pages 1-7 Front Matter....Pages 9-9 Scholarly Research, International Relations, and World Peace....Pages 11-16 Several Approaches to the Problem of Peace....Pages 17-32 Peace Research, Conflict and Justice and the State of Israel....Pages 33-43 The Place of International Law in Peace Research....Pages 44-63 The Nature and Possible Philosophies of Peace Research....Pages 64-72 International Law, Conflict Resolution and Peace Research: A Concise Orientation....Pages 73-86 Leonard Nelson’s ‘Friedfertigkeit’: a Key Concept for Peace Research....Pages 87-96 The Province and Function of Peace Research....Pages 97-120 Dangers on the Roads of Peace Research....Pages 121-131 Front Matter....Pages 133-133 Tension Between Peoples as a Problem of International Law....Pages 135-148 Past, Future and Utopia in the Theory of International Relations....Pages 149-155 The UNESCO Tensions Project, Conflict Residues, and Peretz Bernstein’s Sociology of Antisemitism....Pages 156-166 Legal Tradition and International Disorder....Pages 167-171 Social Infrastructures and Law....Pages 172-181 ’ self-determination’ and Violence....Pages 182-191 Approaches to the Study of International Relations....Pages 192-197 Back Matter....Pages 198-227