Putting peace into practice : : evaluating policy on local and global levels / / edited by Nancy Nyquist Potter.

This book examines the role and limits of policies in shaping attitudes and actions toward war, violence, and peace. Authors examine militaristic language and metaphor, effects of media violence on children, humanitarian intervention, sanctions, peacemaking, sex offender treatment programs, national...

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Superior document:Value inquiry book series ; Volume 164
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Place / Publishing House:Amsterdam ;, New York, New York : : Rodopi,, [2004]
©2004
Year of Publication:2004
Language:English
Series:Value inquiry book series ; Volume 164.
Physical Description:1 online resource (214 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Summary:This book examines the role and limits of policies in shaping attitudes and actions toward war, violence, and peace. Authors examine militaristic language and metaphor, effects of media violence on children, humanitarian intervention, sanctions, peacemaking, sex offender treatment programs, nationalism, cosmopolitanism, community, and political forgiveness to identify problem policies and develop better ones.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-188) and index.
ISBN:9004458778
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: edited by Nancy Nyquist Potter.