The First Fifty Years of Peace Research - 9781138620971

Name: The First Fifty Years of Peace Research - 9781138620971
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

This book examines the contribution and of the 'frontiersmen' who developed the study of peace research. Assessing the evolution, status and significance of peace research after fifty years, this comprehensive book is relevant to students of peace research and to the developing debates within international relations and security studies. > Peace research first emerged as an explicit academic area of study in the 1950s. Pioneers of peace research included Wright, Richardson and Lenz, and this book examines their contribution and that of the 'frontiersmen' who developed the study further, establishing peace research in its own right. Assessing the evolution, status and significance of peace research after fifty years, this novel and comprehensive book is relevant not only to students of peace research, but also to the developing debates within international relations and security studies. This is where there are real problems associated with the understanding of new problems and iss.