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.