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Lives in Peace Research : The Oslo Stories.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tønnesson, Stein.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore Pte. Limited, 2022.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Evidence-Based Approaches to Peace and Conflict Studies
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • About the Authors and Interviewees
  • The PRIO Peace Files
  • Contents
  • List of Photographs
  • 1 Inspiration from a Father: Johan Galtung
  • 2 Uniting Nations for Peace: Ingrid Eide
  • 3 Organizing for Peace: Mari Holmboe Ruge
  • The Pioneer Years
  • Non-Violent Resistance
  • The Second World War and Early Peace Research
  • Peace Activism
  • Non-Violence as Pragmatism
  • Pensioner and Activism
  • 4 Pioneer and Patron of Social Science and Peace Research: Erik Rinde (1919-1994)
  • A Family with Traditions
  • No. 31 Munthes gate
  • Erik Rinde and Social Sciences
  • Rinde's Attitude to Research-related Dilemmas
  • Peace Research
  • Financial Stratagems under Erik Rinde's Chairpersonship
  • Sources
  • 5 A Social Democratic Peace: Nils Petter Gleditsch
  • 6 Peace with a Human Rights Perspective: Asbjørn Eide
  • Pre-PRIO Career
  • Attitudes to the Cold War
  • The New International Economic Order (NIEO)
  • Specializing in Human Rights
  • Human Rights in International Affairs
  • Minorities and Indigenous Peoples
  • The Accidental PRIOite
  • Was PRIO Entirely Novel?
  • 7 The Lifelong Peace Advocate: Marek Thee (1918-99)
  • From Childhood in Small-Town Poland to Youth Activist in Gdańsk [Danzig] (1918-1938)
  • A Refugee's Journey across the Mediterranean (6 March 1939-28 June 1939)
  • From Stateless Refugee to Polish Diplomat in Israel (1939-1952)
  • (Re)migration to Poland and Launching an Academic Career (1952)
  • Working in Vietnam and Laos (1955-1963)
  • The Final Years at the Polish Institute of International Affairs (1963-1968)
  • Leaving Poland (for Israel) and Heading for Norway (1968)
  • Becoming the Editor of the Newly Established Bulletin of Peace Proposals (1969-1989)
  • A Voluminous Production on the Possibilities for Peace
  • A Lifelong Dedication to a Better Future
  • Concluding Thoughts-By Marek Thee.
  • A Postscript from the Author
  • 8 Congo and Structural Violence: Helge Hveem
  • 9 The First Steps in the PRIO-Uppsala Connection: Peter Wallensteen
  • 10 From Anarchy to Enlightened Absolutism? Sverre Lodgaard
  • Political Science
  • Johan Galtung and PRIO
  • Labour Party Politics
  • A Conscientious Objector
  • PRIO's Egalitarianism
  • Revealing Military Secrets
  • Institute at War with Itself
  • Heavy Water
  • Returning as Director
  • A New Era of Normalcy
  • The Punching Machine
  • Opposition from a New Angle
  • Leaving PRIO for UNIDIR
  • Returning as Director of NUPI
  • 11 The Peace Policy Maker: Dan Smith
  • The Literary Road to Peace Research
  • A Mother's Tales-And the Library
  • Becoming a Leader at 22
  • Discovering Peace Research
  • Coming to PRIO
  • Funding and Policymaking
  • PRIO's Three Heroes
  • Engaging in the Balkans and in Cyprus
  • The PRIO Centre for the Study of Civil War
  • International Alert
  • The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
  • Three Narrowly but Deeply Divided Cultures
  • Agnostic About the Monarchy
  • Mapping World Peace and Conflict
  • The Peacebuilding Palette
  • Worries for the World
  • 12 Truth and Logic for a More Peaceful World: Kristian Berg Harpviken
  • Education and Interest in Peace
  • The Afghanistan Laboratory
  • Military Power or Dialogue
  • The Afghanistan Commission
  • Minefields-Work to Impact Policy and Practice
  • Research into Migration
  • The PRIO Director
  • Research Dissemination
  • Gender Distribution and Leadership
  • Framework Conditions and Organizational Culture
  • The Development of Peace Research and the Challenges it Faces
  • The Paradox of Peace Research
  • Notes
  • 13 On the Road to Peace: Wenche Iren Hauge
  • A Bus Journey to Africa
  • Travelling by Train to Latin America
  • Unsatisfying Theories
  • A Well-Intentioned but Failed Peace Treaty.
  • The North/South Coalition
  • Working with Dan Smith
  • Explaining Peace Through Systematic Comparison
  • Combining Quantitative and Qualitative Methods
  • The Importance of Fieldwork
  • The Utility of the UN in Its Various Roles
  • 14 PRIO's State Feminist: Helga Hernes
  • The Fight Against Nuclear Arms
  • Pioneering Gender Quotas
  • Cooperation and Conflict in the Women's Movement
  • The Women's Group: Just like Family
  • The Path to 'State Feminism'
  • State Feminism Goes Global
  • A German Child During and After the War
  • Academia and Activism in 1960s America
  • Politician and Diplomat
  • Overseeing the Secret Services
  • Back to the Academy: Gender and Peace Research
  • 15 Searching the Archives for a Missing Peace: Hilde Henriksen Waage
  • Born into the Salvation Army
  • Becoming a Historian
  • Arriving at 'Hippie' PRIO
  • Interrupted by PRIO Directorship
  • Meeting Three Good Men
  • Jan Egeland, 'The Saviour'
  • Fellow Historians
  • Fitting in at PRIO
  • Good Directors-Necessary Changes
  • Hunting for Funds
  • The Oslo Process
  • The Missing Counterbalance
  • Joining the University and Learning Hebrew
  • 16 Fresh Grounded Peace Research: Åshild Kolås
  • 17 The Democratic Civil Peace and Beyond: Scott Gates
  • A Student in the United States
  • Moving to Norway
  • Getting to Know PRIO and Love
  • Directing PRIO's New Center of Excellence
  • Doubting (or Dissecting?) the Democratic Peace
  • Editing Journals
  • Peer Review and Joint Authorship
  • A South Asian Orientation
  • Gauging the Future of Peace Research
  • 18 A Historian's Paths to Peace
  • History and Multi-Disciplinarity
  • First Path: War as War
  • Second Path: Horror
  • Third Path: Outbreaks
  • Fourth Path: Severity
  • Fifth Path: Endings
  • Sixth Path: Viability
  • Seventh Path: Regional Transitions
  • Eighth Path: Peace Practices
  • Ninth Path: Minor Utopias
  • Conclusion.
  • 19 Managing Peace Researchers: Lene Kristin Borg and Grete Thingelstad
  • PRIO's Anarchic Past
  • The Peace Researchers They Met
  • Restructuring a Research Institute
  • Managing Researchers: Herding Cats
  • A Loss of Visibility?
  • Comparing PRIO's Directors
  • How to Recruit Researchers
  • Conscientious Objectors (COs) and Gender Balance
  • Fantastic Lives
  • 20 Peace Is More Than the Absence of War: Inger Skjelsbæk
  • 21 A Migrant in the Common European House: Pavel Baev
  • Joining the Soviet Military?
  • Trying to Build a European House
  • Seeing the Wall Come Down
  • The First Norwegian Encounters
  • The Demise of the USSR
  • A Changed Moscow
  • A Young Female Director
  • Brilliant Students and Security Dialogue
  • Dan Smith Doubles PRIO's Size
  • Am I Really a Peace Researcher?
  • The American Attraction
  • Through Norway to America in a Quest for Recognition
  • A Military in Trouble
  • Oil, Gas and Nuclear Modernization
  • Multidisciplinarity
  • PRIO's Strengths and Weaknesses
  • Going to Work at PRIO
  • 22 Non-pacifist Philosophy in Good Faith: Henrik Syse
  • Faith and Early Thoughts
  • Discovering Philosophy
  • Theology and Philosophy
  • A Philosopher Among Social Scientists
  • Non-pacifist Peace Research
  • Religion for and Against War
  • The Power of Texts
  • Norms and Presidents
  • Priests and Prophets
  • Gender
  • The Nobel Committee
  • A Sunday School Teacher
  • 22nd of July 2011
  • 23 Creating a Third Space in the Cyprus Conflict: Mete Hatay
  • The Cyprus Partition
  • Becoming an Activist
  • The PRIO Cyprus Centre
  • Who is 'the Other'?
  • A 'Guerrilla Researcher'
  • Resolving the Problem Step by Step
  • Having the International Community on Their Side
  • Resolving Problems-Not 'the Problem'
  • 24 Johan Galtung at 90: His Enduring Legacy to Peace Research in Oslo
  • Independent
  • International
  • Interdisciplinary.
  • The Nonviolent Tradition
  • Publish or Perish!
  • Policy Implications
  • PRIO as a Community
  • Methods
  • Galtung's Legacy
  • Journal of Peace Research's Ten Most-Frequently Cited Articles
  • Person Index.

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