Peace and conflict studies

and among people during pre-conflict, conflict, and post conflict stages in fragile states. Various parties use these agents of information to pursue their agenda and interests. On one hand, media and education have served the purpose of spreading fear and creating a psychological impact to propagate violence such as crimes against humanity, war crimes, and genocide. Conversely, during peacebuilding processes, they have served as mediums to promote peace during conflict. Despite the proliferation

ABOUT PEACE EDUCATION *Dr. Ajay Kumar Attri, Lecturer; Department of Education, MLSM College ; Sundernagar; Mandi (H.P) ➢ INTRODUCTION: Education shall be directed toward the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. It shall promote understanding, tolerance and friendship among all nations, racial or religious groups and shall further the activities of the United Nations for the maintenance of peace.

CHAP T E R 1 Introduction to Conflict Resolution: Concepts and Definitions In this third edition of our book we bring the survey of the conflict resolution field up to date at the beginning of the second decade of the twenty-first century. Conflict resolution as a defined specialist field came of age in the post-Cold War era. It also found itself face to face with fundamental new challenges, many of which have come into even sharper focus since the first and second editions of this book. Why a Third

Critically evaluate the connection between good governance and peace. I) Introduction The question of what constitutes a “good government” has been a subject written about since the earliest known time. In fact, in the western tradition, Plato wrote extensively on the question, most notably in The Republic (Blackburn and Vance, 2007). He (in the voice of Socrates) asked if the purpose of government was to help one 's friends and hurt one 's enemies, for example. Aristotle, Plato 's student picked

achieve peace, or even come close to achieving “real” peace? There is still peace in areas of the world and in society, on a lower level. State militaries, United Nation Peacekeepers, government policy are just a few aspects of an institution to promote peace; military soldiers may fight in wars, but can also be used to act as peacekeepers. Even with institution and law, few on an individual level have attained peace, but on a global level there is a lack of extensive peace. First, peace must be

rightly mentions the causation of injury or harm.It is an umbrella term that incorporates a broad range of violence.Different political analysts and psychologists have defined violence in their own institutionalized way. Violence is the opposite of Peace as peace is defined as “absence of violence”. Here violence becomes a broad concept and demands to be distinguished. Johan Galtung, defines violence as 'the difference between the potential and the actual, between what could have been, and what is '.

rightly mentions the causation of injury or harm.It is an umbrella term that incorporates a broad range of violence.Different political analysts and psychologists have defined violence in their own institutionalized way. Violence is the opposite of Peace as peace is defined as “absence of violence”. Here violence becomes a broad concept and demands to be distinguished. Johan Galtung, defines violence as 'the difference between the potential and the actual, between what could have been, and what is '.

William Ury 's take on peace and conflict studies includes using the ten roles to support and create the Third Side. Each of the roles has a specific job in promoting peace and interrupting conflict. Together the roles will help end conflict in the world if used correctly, Reading through Ury 's book, I was able to make many connections to what we learned in class. The Third Side supports the change for peace we need to see in this role, and we will all find ourselves in one of the ten roles. The

chapter which contains the background of the study that provides a brief overview of the study at the beginning. It gives hints about the concept of a culture of peace and emphasizes on the roles of education particularly higher education for the building of a culture of peace in Ethiopia. The second part of the chapter deals with the research problem statement followed by the basic research questions. Subsequently, the main and specific objectives of the study are also included followed by the rationale

of upholding peace, security and stability on the African continent. Ever since, the AU has launched military operations to help control clashes in Burundi, Sudan, Somalia and the Comoros. This paper will discuss the Darfur Crisis which militarily escalated in 2003. “The deployment of AMIS took place in a complex context representing the first real test of the AU’s peacekeeping capacity”,( Ouguergouz & Yusufu 2012, p. 365). Ouguergouz and Yusufu assert that although the conflict has generally