Disarmament, Peace and Development

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Beskrivning

Excessivemilitary spending reduces the available financial reserves for health,education, and other human needs. For poor countries, it increases poverty,unemployment, and destitution. It also strengthens dictatorial tendenciesin politics and acts against democratic values. If we want to achieve peace,eliminate poverty, decrease inequality, and achieve social justice, we shoulddevote all our energies to reducing military spending and using the releasedresources for economic development. For that, we need a concerted effort toencourage disarmament. This newvolume provides reflections and insights fromleading public figures and activists who oppose military expenditure in anyform. Many of the contributions to this volume were presented as speeches atthe 'Disarm!For a Climate of Peace' meetingheld in Berlin in 2016, organized by the International Peace Bureau. The volume also includes additional research-oriented chapters to complement the transcriptsfrom the International Peace Bureau meeting.

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Utgivningsdatum:2018-12-13
Mått:152 x 229 x 17 mm
Vikt:444 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Contributions to Conflict Management, Peace Economics and Development
Antal sidor:208
Förlag:Emerald Publishing Limited
ISBN:9781787438552

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Reiner Braun is Co-president of the International Peace Bureau, Switzerland, Executive Director of the International Association of Lawyers against Nuclear Arms (IALANA), and a founding member of the International Network of Engineers and Scientists for Global Responsibility (INES).Colin Archer is a formerSecretary-General of the International Peace Bureau, Switzerland. For 10 years he was the Coordinator of a solidarity center in the developing world, and he has been involved in a wide range of peaceand disarmament projects.Ingeborg Breines is a former director of UNESCO on Women and a Culture of Peace, and a UNESCOrepresentative to Pakistan and to the UN in Geneva, Switzerland.Manas Chatterji is a Professor of Management at Binghamton University at State University of NewYork, USA. He is theauthor of 35 books and several articles in the areas of peace science, military spending, disarmament, conflict management, and environmental and urban management.Amela Skiljan is the Coordinator of the International Peace Bureau (IPB) in Berlin, Germany.

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During September-October 2016, the International Peace Bureau, with other partners, held an international congress in Berlin, and this volume contains 18 main plenary papers from it. They cover disarmament for development, sustainable peace, peace and development, a nuclear weapon free world, military spending and peace economics, and the challenge of peace today. Among their topics are creating an active disgust for war, the political conditions for a lasting global peace, recent trends in global military spending: the shallowest down cycle since World War II, trade unions and a sustainable policy of peace, and learning to disarm: educating to realize the International Peace Bureau action agenda.

Innehållsförteckning

Foreword; Manas ChatterjiAcknowledgementsPart 1. IntroductionChapter1. Introductory Remarks; Reiner Braun, Ingeborg Breines, and Colin ArcherChapter2. Creating an Active Disgust for War; Ingeborg BreinesChapter3. Military Expenditure and Peace; His Excellency, Archbishop NikolaEterovićPart 2. Disarmament for DevelopmentChapter4. The Road Map for the Future; Michael MøllerPart3. Sustainable PeaceChapter5. Towards Sustainable Peace Building; Tawakkol KarmanChapter6. The Political Conditions for a Lasting Global Peace; Samir AminPart4. Peace and DevelopmentChapter7. Peace through Work and Development; Frank BsirskeChapter8. Peace, Conflicts and the Armament Race in South-East Asia; Corazon FabrosPart5. A Nuclear Weapon Free WorldChapter9. A Nuclear Weapon Free World: Mirage or Achievable Target? JayanthaDhanapalaChapter10. The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons; Arielle DenisPart6. Military Spending and Peace EconomicsChapter11. Recent Trends in Global Military Spending: The Shallowest Down Cycle Since World War II? AudeFleurantChapter12. A Survey of Literature on Military Expenditure and Development; ManasChatterjiChapter13. Disarmament for Development: From a Culture of War to a Culture of Peace and Non Violence; FedericoMayor ZaragozaPart7. The Challenge of Peace TodayChapter14. Trade Unions and a Sustainable Policy of Peace; ReinerHoffmannChapter 15. Game of Thrones, Patriarchy,Feminism and Peacebuilding: How to Reconcile the Unreconcilable! Madeleine ReesChapter16. Brief Introduction to the Intersection of Racism and Militarism; MeenaJagannathChapter17. Breakthrough: How to Claim Back Our Future; Jakob vonUexkullChapter18. The Labor Movement and the Path to Peace; PhilipJenningsChapter19. Learning to Disarm: Education to Realize the IPB Action Agenda; BettyReardonPart8. Conclusion: Disarm! For a Climate of PeaceChapter 20. IPB Action AgendaChapter21. IPB Youth DeclarationAppendix 1. MilitaryExpenditure and Economic Development (a Partial Bibliography)Appendix 2. WorldMilitary Expenditure