Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.About the Author:Oliver Richmond is a Research Professor at the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute and the Department of Politics, Manchester University. The modern concept of peace has therefore broadened from the mere absence of violence to something much more complicated. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. He has published widely in the area of international relations, peace and conflict studies, including Peace in IR Theory, A Post-Liberal Peace, and The Transformation of Peace. It has been taken to mean merely an absence of overt violence or war, but in the contemporary era it is often used interchangeably with 'peacemaking', 'peacebuilding', 'conflict resolution', and 'statebuilding'. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. The concept of peace has always attracted radical thought, action, and practices. In this Very Short Introduction, Oliver Richmond explores the evolution of peace in practice and in theory, exploring our modern assumptions about peace and the various different interpretations of its applications.
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Peace: A Very Short Introduction, Paperback - Oliver P. Richmond
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