Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace, and Conflict
- 1st Edition - August 10, 1999
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editor: Lester R. Kurtz
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 2 2 7 0 1 0 - 9
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 5 4 4 1 4 - 4
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Request a sales quoteThe Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace, and Conflict, a three-volume set written by more than 200 eminent contributors from around the world, takes advantage of increasing, worldwide awareness in the public, private, commercial, and academic sectors about manifestations of violence in all segments of society. While the contributors do not use these volumes to make specific arguments, they do describe and clarify the developments in thought that have led to current theories about and positions on violence and peace. Our reviewers consistently note that while many in-depth studies of war, peace, and aggression exist, the attendant specialization keeps scholars from learning about related fields. No publication competing with the Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace, and Conflict can satisfy their need for a vast introductory work to such a diverse and socially-important field. This major work includes more than 190 multidisciplinary articles with over 1,000 cross-references and more than 2,000 bibliography entries for further reading which are arranged alphabetically for easy access.
- More than 190 multidisciplinary articles with over 1,000 cross-references
- Article outline and glossary of key terms begin each article
- Entries arranged alphabetically for easy access
- Three-volume set with subject index of over 750 entries
- Articles written by more than 200 eminent contributors from around the world
Undergraduates, graduates, and professors in social, life, and physical sciences. Government, non-profit, and commercial organizations whose work involves peace or aggression
- Edition: 1
- Published: August 10, 1999
- Imprint: Academic Press
- No. of pages: 2598
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9780122270109
- eBook ISBN: 9780080544144
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Lester R. Kurtz
Lester R. Kurtz is professor of public sociology at George Mason University where he teaches courses on violence and nonviolence, peace and conflict, social movements, comparative sociology of religion, and global social thought. Kurtz holds a Master's in Religion from Yale University and a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Chicago and was previously director of Religious Studies at the University of Texas-Austin. He has lectured in Europe, Asia, Africa, and North America and taught as a visiting professor at the European Peace University, the University of Chicago, Northwestern University, Delhi University in India, and Tunghai University in Taiwan.
Dr. Kurtz is the past chair of the Peace and Justice Studies Association as well as the Peace, War, and Social Conflict Section of the American Sociological Association, which awarded him its Robin Williams Distinguished Career Award in 2005. In 2014 he was given the Lester F. Ward Distinguished Contribution to Applied and Clinical Sociology Award by the Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology. He is a Distinguished Research Fellow at the Institute of Nanjing Massacre History and International Peace in Nanjing, Republic of China.
Affiliations and expertise
University of Texas, Austin, USA