R. J. Rummel : an Assessment of His Many Contributions.
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| Language: | English |
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2017.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | SpringerBriefs on Pioneers in Science and Practice Series
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Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Foreword
- Contents
- 1 R.J. Rummel-A Multi-faceted Scholar
- 1.1 A Rummel Timeline
- 1.2 The Lone Ranger
- 1.3 The Critics
- 1.4 The Novelist and the Artist
- 1.5 Personal Recollections
- 1.6 A Final Assessment
- References
- 2 Dad
- 3 R.J. Rummel, Citizen Scholar: An Interview on the Occasion of His Retirement
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 A Premature Retirement from Teaching
- 3.3 A Scientist's Explicit Reference to Values
- 3.4 The Interview, Part I: An Aversion
- 3.5 The Interview, Part II: An Affinity
- 3.6 The Interview, Part III: Science as a Profession
- 3.7 The Interview, Part IV: Worse than War
- 3.8 The Interview, Part V: A Liberal Education
- 3.9 The Interview, Part VI: Theory Informed, Data-driven Research
- 3.10 The Interview, Part VII: Lessons Learned
- Reference
- 4 Rummel as a Great Teacher
- 4.1 The Great Teacher
- 4.2 Rummel's Korean Students
- 4.3 My Own Work with Rummel
- 4.4 Freedom and Dignity
- 4.5 Rudy in Space
- Rummel's Work Published in Korea
- 5 Contextualizing Rummel's Field Theory
- 5.1 A Genealogical Preface
- 5.2 Field Theory Genealogy: Take-off Traces
- 5.3 Systems Thinking
- 5.4 Field Theories
- 5.5 Parallel Constructions
- 5.6 Implications and Possible Applications
- References
- 6 R.J. Rummel, Nuclear Superiority, and the Limits of DeĢtente
- 6.1 Introduction
- 6.2 Rummel's Arguments
- 6.3 The Legacy of Peace Endangered
- References
- 7 Rummel's Unfinished Legacy: Reconciling Peace Research and Realpolitik
- 7.1 The Legacy
- 7.2 Russian Expansion in the Ukraine: A Realist View
- 7.3 Realism and the Capitalist Peace
- 7.4 Beyond Rummel: Dovish Realism
- 7.5 Rummel's Strategic Environment and Ours
- References
- 8 Understanding Conflict and War: An Overlooked Classic?
- 8.1 Introduction
- 8.2 UCW: Structure and Main Themes.
- 8.3 UCW: System-level Propositions
- 8.4 Dyadic-level Propositions in UCW and Contemporary Research
- 8.5 National-level Hypotheses in UCW
- 8.6 Conclusion
- References
- 9 Rummel and Singer, DON and COW
- References
- 10 Regime Type Matters
- 10.1 Introduction
- 10.2 Rummel's Regime Type Matters Trajectory-From DON to BBF
- 10.3 An Assessment
- 10.4 Academics
- 10.5 Policy
- 10.6 GDA-ing Rummel
- 10.7 Reflections on Rummel and Galtung
- 10.8 In Summary
- References
- 11 Democracy as a Method of Nonviolence
- 11.1 Rummel's Motivation
- 11.2 The Basic Argument
- 11.3 Nonviolence as the Absence of Unrestrained State Violence
- 11.4 The Path to Democracy: Necessarily Bloody?
- 11.5 Democracy as the Logical Conclusion?
- References
- 12 The Comparative Analysis of Mass Atrocities and Genocide
- 12.1 Definitional Issues
- 12.2 Data Questions
- 12.3 Discovering Intent
- 12.4 Theoretical Issues
- References
- 13 Curriculum Vitae and Publications
- 13.1 Curriculum Vitae
- 13.2 Publications, Reports, and Papers
- 13.2.1 Books
- 13.2.2 Articles and Chapters
- 13.2.3 Research Reports of the Dimensionality of Nations Project
- 13.2.4 Papers (Department of Political Science, University of Hawaii)
- 13.2.5 Papers Written for the Website
- 13.2.6 Newspaper Articles
- Rudolph J. Rummel
- Nils Petter Gleditsch
- About this Book.