Geographies of Peace: New Approaches to Boundaries, Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution Contributor(s): McConnell, Fiona (Author), Megoran, Nick (Author), Williams, Philippa (Author) |
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ISBN: 1780761430 ISBN-13: 9781780761435 Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company OUR PRICE: $173.25 Product Type: Hardcover Published: June 2014 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Political Science | International Relations - Treaties - Political Science | Peace |
Dewey: 303.66 |
Physical Information: 1.3" H x 6" W x 9.3" (1.40 lbs) 320 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: From handshakes on the White House lawn to Picasso's iconic dove of peace, the images and stereotypes of peace are powerful, widespread and easily recognizable. Yet if we try to offer a concise definition of peace it is altogether a more complicated exercise. Not only is peace an emotive and value-laden concept, it is also abstract, ambiguous and seemingly inextricably tied to its antithesis: war. And it is war and violence that have been so compellingly studied within critical geography in recent years. This volume offers an attempt to redress that balance, and to think more expansively and critically about what peace means and what geographies of peace may entail. The editors begin with an examination of critical approaches to peace in other disciplines and a helpful genealogy of peace studies within geography. The book is then divided into three sections. The opening section examines how the idea of peace may be variously constructed and interpreted according to different sites and scales. The chapters in the second section explore a remarkably wide range of techniques of peacemaking.This widens the discussion from the archetypical image of top-down, diplomatic state-led initiatives to imperial boundary making practices, grassroots cultural identity assertion, boycotts, self-immolation, ex-paramilitary community activism, and 'protective accompaniment'. |