Approaches to Peace: An Intellectual Map - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1878379011 ISBN 13: 9781878379016

Publisher: United States Institute of Peace Press, 1991

Synopsis

A survey of the salient approaches to the study of international conflict and peace-making. The essays offer a typology that allows for the categorization of the work of a variety of scholars and policy practitioners, along with a sense of context and hints of future trends.

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About the Author

W. Scott Thompson was an international politics scholar and former U.S. foreign affairs official who was appointed by President Ronald Reagan as one of the original members of the institute’s Board of Directors. Professor Thompson’s career included positions at the Defense Department, the U.S. Information Agency, and, for many years, on the faculty of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. As a scholar abroad, in the Philippines, Thailand and elsewhere, he wrote and advised governments on strategies to improve governance by reducing official corruption. Professor Thompson served on USIP’s board from 1986 until 1993. A prolific writer and book author, he co-edited a 1991 volume for the Institute, Approaches to Peace: An Intellectual Map. Kenneth M. Jensen is currently Executive Director of The American Committees on Foreign Relations. Previously he was the director of special programs at the United States Institute of Peace.

Edition details

• Publisher: United States Institute of Peace Press
• Publication date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1878379011
• ISBN 13: 9781878379016
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 440
• Editor: Thompson W. Scott, Jensen Kenneth M.