Global Militarization

Dr. Peter Wallensteen is associate professor of peace research at Uppsala University in Sweden. He served as a visiting professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Michigan in 1984 and is the author of Dilemmas of Economic Coercion: Sanctions in World Politics (1983). Dr. Johan Galtung is professor of peace and conflict research at the Science Center in Berlin. He is the author of Essays in Peace Research , Volumes 1-5 (1975-1980) and was the founder of the Journal of Peace Research. Dr. Carlos Portales is a researcher at FLACSO in Santiago, Chile, and teaches part time in the M.A. program of the Institute of International Studies of the University of Chile.

• Part 1: The State of the Art 1. Military Formations and Social Formations: A Structural Analysis Part 2: Global Militarization: Crucial Trends and Links 2. Global Conflict Formations: Present Developments and Future Directions 3. War and the Power of Warmakers in Western Europe and Elsewhere, 1600–1980 4. The Urban Type of Society and International War Part 3: Local Experiences: Historical Dimensions 5. Militarization in Thai Society 6. Militarization and Political Institutions in Chile 7. The Ghanaian Experiments with Military Rule Part 4: The Search for Alternatives 8. Defense Without Threat: Switzerland's Security Policy 9. Conflict and Restraint: Poland, 1980–1982 10. Incompatibility, Militarization, and Conflict Resolution