Peace Research and Peacebuilding, 2014 Texts and Protocols Series

This is the third volume to commemorate the 90th birthday of the distinguished scholar Chadwick F. Alger to honor his lifetime achievement in international relations, as President of the International Studies Association (1978-1979) and as Secretary General of the International Peace Research Association (1984-1987). After a brief introduction by Chad F. Alger this volume presents six of his key texts on Peace Research and Peacebuilding, covering ?The quest for peace: What are we learning??;  ?The Emerging Toolchest for Peacebuilders?; ?Peace Studies as a Transdisciplinary Project?; ?Challenges for Peace Researchers and Peace Builders in the Twenty-First Century: Education and Coordination of a Diversity of Actors in Applying What We Are Learning?; ?The escalating peace potential of global governance?, ?There Are Peacebuilding Tasks for Everybody?, and ?What Should Be the Foundations of Peace Education??

From the Contents: Introduction: Peace Research and Peacebuilding.- The Quest for Peace: What Are We Learning? (1999).- The Expanding Toolchest for Peacebuilders (1999).- Challenges for Peace Researchers and Peace Builders in the Twenty-First Century: Education and Coordination of a Diversity of Actors in Applying What We Are Learning (2000).- Peace Studies as a Transdisciplinary Project (2007).- The Escalating Peace Potential of Global Governance (2009).- There Are Peacebuilding Tasks for Everybody (2007).- What Should Be the Foundations of Peace Education? (2003).

Author is a distinguished scholar on issues concerning peace research and peace building Distinguished researcher for international relations (former president of the ISA) Distinguished peace researcher (former secretary general of the IPRA) Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras