Disarmament, Peace and Development: 27 (Contributions to Conflict Management, Peace Economics and Development, 27) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1787438554 ISBN 13: 9781787438552

Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited, 2018

Synopsis

Excessive military spending reduces the available financial reserves for health, education, and other human needs. For poor countries, it increases poverty, unemployment, and destitution. It also strengthens dictatorial tendencies in politics and acts against democratic values. If we want to achieve peace, eliminate poverty, decrease inequality, and achieve social justice, we should devote all our energies to reducing military spending and using the released resources for economic development. For that, we need a concerted effort to encourage disarmament. 

This new volume provides reflections and insights from leading public figures and activists who oppose military expenditure in any form. Many of the contributions to this volume were presented as speeches at the 'Disarm! For a Climate of Peace' meeting held in Berlin in 2016, organized by the International Peace Bureau. The volume also includes additional research-oriented chapters to complement the transcripts from the International Peace Bureau meeting.

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About the Author

Reiner Braun is Co-president of the International Peace Bureau, Switzerland, Executive Director of the International Association of Lawyers against Nuclear Arms (IALANA), and a founding member of the International Network of Engineers and Scientists for Global Responsibility (INES).

Colin Archer is a former Secretary-General of the International Peace Bureau, Switzerland. For 10 years he was the Coordinator of a solidarity center in the developing world, and he has been involved in a wide range of peace and disarmament projects.

Ingeborg Breines is a former director of UNESCO on Women and a Culture of Peace, and a UNESCO representative to Pakistan and to the UN in Geneva, Switzerland.

Manas Chatterji is a Professor of Management at Binghamton University at State University of New York, USA. He is the author of 35 books and several articles in the areas of peace science, military spending, disarmament, conflict management, and environmental and urban management.

Amela Skiljan is the Coordinator of the International Peace Bureau (IPB) in Berlin, Germany.

Edition details

• Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1787438554
• ISBN 13: 9781787438552
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 208
• Editor: Braun Reiner, Archer Colin, Breines Ingeborg, Chatterji Manas, Skiljan Amela