Conflict And Progress
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War
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Author : Ian Morris
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014
War written by Ian Morris and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Military history categories.
War is one of the greatest human evils. It has ruined livelihoods, provoked unspeakable atrocities and left countless millions dead. It has caused economic chaos and widespread deprivation. And the misery it causes poisons foreign policy for future generations. But, argues bestselling historian Ian Morris, in the very long term, war has in fact been a good thing. In his trademark style combining inter-disciplinary insights, scientific methods and fascinating stories, Morris shows that, paradoxically, war is the only human invention that has allowed us to construct peaceful societies. Without war, we would never have built the huge nation-states which now keep us relatively safe from random acts of violence, and which have given us previously unimaginable wealth. It is thanks to war that we live longer and more comfortable lives than ever before.And yet, if we continue waging war with ever-more deadly weaponry, we will destroy everything we have achieved; so our struggles to manage warfare make the coming decades the most decisive in the history of our civilisation. In War: What Is It Good For? Morris brilliantly dissects humanity's history of warfare to draw startling conclusions about our future.
Progress Vs Parasites
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Author : Douglas Carswell
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2019-06-13
Progress Vs Parasites written by Douglas Carswell and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-06-13 with History categories.
The change in our ancestors' behaviour was barely perceptible at first. Only a few clues in the archaeological record – sea shells, ochre and stone tools exchanged over long distances – hint at what was to come. Today, a network of interdependence and trade spans the planet – lifting most of our species out of the grinding poverty of the past. But for much of history this engine of human progress stalled, with societies rigged in the interests of small parasitic elites. From the Greeks and Romans in antiquity, to China, India and Europe in the Middle Ages, the history of the world can be written as the constant struggle between the productive and the parasitic. Progress Vs Parasites charts this struggle. States rise and empires fall as the balance between the two shifts. It is the idea of freedom, Carswell argues, that ultimately allows the productive to escape the parasitic – and thus decides whether a society flourishes or flounders. A robust defence of classical liberalism, Progress Vs Parasites shows that the greatest threat to human progress today – as it has been in every age – is the idea that human affairs need to be ordered by top down design.
Work And Conflict
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Author : John Kennedy
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018-06-28
Work And Conflict written by John Kennedy and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-06-28 with Christian life categories.
War Peace And Progress In The 21st Century
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Author : Mark T. Berger
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-09-13
War Peace And Progress In The 21st Century written by Mark T. Berger and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-13 with History categories.
The history of development is one marked by insecurities, violence, and persistent conflict. It is not surprising, therefore, that development is now thought of as one of the central challenges of world politics. However, its complexities are often overlooked in scholarly analysis and among policy practitioners, who tend to adopt a technocratic approach to the crisis of development and violence. This book brings together a wide range of contributions aimed at investigating different aspects of the history of development and violence, and its implications for contemporary efforts to consolidate the development-security nexus. From environmental concerns, through vigilante citizenship, to the legacies of armed conflicts during and after decolonization, the different chapters reconstruct the contradictory history of development and critically engage contemporary responses and their implications for social and political analyses. In examining violence and insecurity in relation to core organising principles of world politics the contributors engage the problems associated with the nation state and the inter-state system and underlying assumptions of the promises of progress. The book offers a range of perspectives on the contradictions of development, and on how domination, violence and resistance have been conceived. At the same time it exemplifies the relevance of alternative methodological and conceptual approaches to contemporary challenges of development. This book was published as a special issue of Third World Quarterly.
Violence In Developing Countries
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Author : Christopher Cramer
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press (Ips)
Release Date : 2007
Violence In Developing Countries written by Christopher Cramer and has been published by Indiana University Press (Ips) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Business & Economics categories.
Violence in Developing Countries forges an alternative understanding of how violence shapes a globalizing society.
Carnegie Commission On Preventing Deadly Conflict
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Author : Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
Carnegie Commission On Preventing Deadly Conflict written by Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Arbitration (International law) categories.
War What Is It Good For
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Author : Ian Morris
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Release Date : 2014-04-15
War What Is It Good For written by Ian Morris and has been published by Macmillan + ORM this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-15 with History categories.
A powerful and provocative exploration of how war has changed our society—for the better. "War! . . . . / What is it good for? / Absolutely nothing," says the famous song—but archaeology, history, and biology show that war in fact has been good for something. Surprising as it sounds, war has made humanity safer and richer. In War! What Is It Good For?, the renowned historian and archaeologist Ian Morris tells the gruesome, gripping story of fifteen thousand years of war, going beyond the battles and brutality to reveal what war has really done to and for the world. Stone Age people lived in small, feuding societies and stood a one-in-ten or even one-in-five chance of dying violently. In the twentieth century, by contrast—despite two world wars, Hiroshima, and the Holocaust—fewer than one person in a hundred died violently. The explanation: War, and war alone, has created bigger, more complex societies, ruled by governments that have stamped out internal violence. Strangely enough, killing has made the world safer, and the safety it has produced has allowed people to make the world richer too. War has been history's greatest paradox, but this searching study of fifteen thousand years of violence suggests that the next half century is going to be the most dangerous of all time. If we can survive it, the age-old dream of ending war may yet come to pass. But, Morris argues, only if we understand what war has been good for can we know where it will take us next.
Preventing Violent Conflict
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Author : Lawrence S. Woocher
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
Preventing Violent Conflict written by Lawrence S. Woocher and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Conflict management categories.
New wars will continue to erupt if greater and smarter efforts are not made to prevent them. Current dangers stem from factors such as rise of unstable regimes, global economic turbulence, climate change, and shift in global power distribution. Preventing relapse after wars end is insufficient to prevent most new conflicts, because post-conflict recurrences constitute only a minority of all conflict outbreaks. A wide range of governments, including United States, and many intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations have made commitments to take serious efforts to prevent violent conflicts. These commitments represent a more than adequate normative foundation and a supportive political environment for development of more effective conflict prevention strategies.
Conflict Prevention In The Un S Agenda 2030
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Author : Bertrand Ramcharan
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2020-01-27
Conflict Prevention In The Un S Agenda 2030 written by Bertrand Ramcharan and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-01-27 with Law categories.
This book analyses the UN’s Agenda 2030 and reveals that progress is lagging on all five interlocking and interdependent themes that are discussed: conflict prevention, development, peace, justice and human rights. Many voices have already been raised, including that of the UN Secretary-General that the Sustainable Development Goals will not be met by 2030 unless there is a re-doubling of efforts. Still, on development as such, there is much striving. The book puts the concept of preventive diplomacy into all of the issues of modern international relations, from the US/China confrontation to the various conflicts bedeviling Africa. It bridges the two worlds of the international relations specialist on the one hand and that of the academic interested in UN affairs on the other hand. There is normally little contact between those two specializations. The authors have taken several current issues to show how the millennium debates and the SDG targets are relevant to "realist school" conflicts, and that there is work under way to operationalize ideas and theories in this respect. This is the first ever discussion of the conflict prevention dimension in the UN’s Agenda 2030 which seeks to advance sustainable development with a view to reinforcing peace and justice on the foundations of respect for universal human rights.
Work And Conflict Or The Divine Life In Its Progress A Book Of Facts And History Rev By Ed Of The Board
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Author : John Kennedy
language : en
Publisher: Palala Press
Release Date : 2016-05-03
Work And Conflict Or The Divine Life In Its Progress A Book Of Facts And History Rev By Ed Of The Board written by John Kennedy and has been published by Palala Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-03 with categories.
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