Nils Petter Gleditsch : : Pioneer in the Analysis of War and Peace.

• Superior document: SpringerBriefs on Pioneers in Science and Practice Series ; v.29
• Author: Gleditsch, Nils Petter.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2015.; Ã2015.
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: SpringerBriefs on Pioneers in Science and Practice Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (181 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Part I On Nils Petter Gleditsch -- 1 A Life in Peace Research -- 1.1 The Beginnings -- 1.2 International Interaction -- 1.3 The Peace Dividend and the Arms Race -- 1.4 Norway in the Nuclear Arms Race -- 1.5 Secrecy and Espionage -- 1.6 The Waning of War -- 1.7 Publish or Perish -- 1.8 About This Volume -- 1.9 Paying My Debts -- References -- 2 Bibliography -- 2.1 Books and Guest-Edited Special Journal Issues and Symposia in English -- 2.2 Books in Nordic Languages -- 2.3 Articles -- 2.4 Selected Papers and Reports -- Part II Key Texts by Nils Petter Gleditsch -- 3 Time Differences and International Interaction -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Geographical Distance: Horizontal and Vertical -- 3.3 Time Difference and International Interaction -- 3.3.1 International Travel -- 3.3.2 Communication without Travel -- 3.4 Examples -- 3.4.1 An International Business Organization -- 3.4.2 The Foreign Ministry of a Small Country -- 3.5 Technological `Solutions' -- 3.5.1 The Pill -- 3.5.2 Transcendental Meditation -- 3.5.3 Sticking to One's `Home Time' -- 3.5.4 Changing the Light Cycle -- 3.6 Social `Solutions' -- 3.6.1 Time Imperialism -- 3.6.2 Multilateral Control over Decision-Making -- 3.6.3 Move Everyone (Who Counts) to the Same Place -- 3.6.4 Ignore Time Differences -- Appendix: Correlation Matrix for Seven Measures of Distance and One Form of International Interaction -- References -- 4 Democracy and Peace -- References -- 5 The Treholt Case -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Traditionalism -- 5.3 The Revisionist Critique -- 5.4 A Post-revisionist Synthesis? -- References -- 6 Armed Conflict and the Environment -- 6.1 War, Resources, and the Environment -- 6.2 Systematic Research -- 6.3 Nine Common Problems -- 6.3.1 Resource Scarcity or Environmental Degradation? -- 6.3.2 Definitions and Polemics.

6.3.3 Overlooking Important Variables -- 6.3.4 Untestable Models -- 6.3.5 The Lack of a Control Group -- 6.3.6 Reverse Causality -- 6.3.7 Using the Future as Evidence -- 6.3.8 Foreign and Domestic Conflict -- 6.3.9 Levels of Analysis -- 6.4 The Way Ahead -- References -- 7 Double-Blind but More Transparent -- References -- 8 The Liberal Moment Fifteen Years On -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Less Conflict -- 8.3 The Liberal Peace -- 8.4 Four Challenges to the Liberal Peace -- 8.4.1 The Realist Challenge: The Temporary Peace -- 8.4.2 The Radical Challenge: The Hegemonic Peace -- 8.4.3 The Environmental Challenge: The Unsustainable Peace -- 8.4.4 The Commercial Challenge: The Capitalist Peace -- References -- 9 Whither the Weather? -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Disentangling Causal Chains -- 9.3 Climate Models -- 9.4 Types of Violence -- 9.5 Balancing Effects? -- 9.6 Where It Matters? -- 9.7 Other Concerns -- 9.8 Conclusions -- References -- 10 The Decline of War---The Main Issues -- 10.1 The Waning of War Debate -- 10.2 Nature Versus Nurture -- 10.3 Data -- 10.4 What Kinds of Violence Should Be Included? -- 10.5 Absolute Numbers or Rates? -- 10.6 More Agreement on Phenomenon than on Explanations -- 10.7 Will the Future Be Like the Past? -- References -- 11 The IPCC, Conflict, and Human Security -- References -- Peace Research Institute Oslo -- Independent---International---Interdisciplinary -- About PRIO -- People at PRIO -- Research at PRIO -- Journals at PRIO -- Research and Engagement -- Oslo and Nicosia -- Economy and Funders -- Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim -- NTNU's Department of Sociology and Political Science -- About the Author -- About the Book.