Peace and Conflict

Paper Summary:

The paper maintains that it has become more important than ever to understand concepts such as "peace," "conflict," "war" and "order" and how these concepts are created or sustained. The paper demonstrates how these issues have assumed new relevance and importance today as many regions of the world continue to be wracked by ethnic-inspired conflicts, violations of human rights and genocide. The paper discusses the benefits of potential research on how to promote and sustain economic and social growth without provoking conflict, thus allowing the citizens of the world to experience both peace and prosperity in the future.

Outline:
Introduction
Guiding Research Questions
Methodology
Potential Contributions of Research

From the Paper:

"Consequently, some nations will use conflict as a method of eliminating these externalities by either confiscating part of the resources of a belligerent country so that the excess is minimized or, as was recently used by U.S-led coalition forces in Iraq, by modifying the political structure of the adversary, thereby achieving the same fundamental objective. Indeed, the violent furor witnessed recently over the publication of religious cartoon by a Danish newspaper is proof positive that the world is an uneasy and increasingly dangerous place where conflict and war can erupt over fundamental differences in worldviews that will simply not go away any time soon. Taken together, then, these issues have assumed critical global importance, and may in fact represent the most pressing issues facing mankind today."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Bogart, Sandra Clemens and Allan E. Goodman. 1992. Making Peace: The United States and Conflict Resolution. Boulder, CO: Westview Press.
• Mott, William H. 1997. The Economic Basis of Peace: Linkages between Economic Growth and International Conflict. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
• Oppenheimer, Louis. 1995. "Peace, but What about Social Constraints?" Peace and Conflict 1(4), p. 388.
• Richmond, Oliver P. 2002. Maintaining Order, Making Peace. New York: Palgrave.
• Ruffin, Fayth A. 2004, March-May. "Turbulent Peace: The Challenges of Managing International Conflict." UN Chronicle 41(1), p. 65.

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