International Journal on World Peace articles from December 2007

International Journal on World Peace archives from December 2007

A post-Westphalian world and the quest for self-determination.(FROM THE EDITOR)(Editorial)
December 1, 2007... Many of the key issues of our turbulent age are presented in this issue of IJWP. It contains hints of the outline of how a post-Westphalian, post-bipolar world is shaping up. We have not come close to creating a world of peace, but we are...

Intra-state conflicts in the post-Cold War era.
December 1, 2007... This article provides an analytical discussion of the dynamics of intra-state conflicts that seem to have replaced the ideological clashes of the Cold War as the principal sources of current conflicts. By looking through major ethnopolitical...

Democratic peace, illiberal democracy, and conflict behavior.
December 1, 2007... The view that democracies do not go to war with each other is widely held in international relations. This study draws distinction between mature stable constitutionally liberal democratic republics and illiberal democracies. The study supports...

Korean Demilitarized Zone: peace and nature park.
December 1, 2007... Since 1953 the DMZ has been part of a geopolitical vacuum and symbol of war, tension, and separation. During this period nature there has regenerated. The DMZ and contiguous Civilian Control Zone in South Korea contain five rivers and numerous...

Real men kill and a lady never talks back: gender goes to war in country music.
December 1, 2007... Music can be a powerful medium for social change when artists use their songs to promote peace. But, this study shows that women anti-war celebrities are limited in their ability to affect social change by dominant gendered discourses connected...

Korea for Koreans: fresh reflections on the Pyongyang summit.(COMMENTARY)
December 1, 2007... The Roh Moo Hyun-Kim Jong Il inter-Korean summit of early October has predictably drawn mixed reviews. Many South Koreans have welcomed the wide-ranging agreements under the October 4 declaration, especially the prospects for expanded reunions...

Supercapitalism: the Transformation of Business, Democracy, and Everyday Life.(Book review)
December 1, 2007... SUPERCAPITALISM: THE TRANSFORMATION OF BUSINESS, DEMOCRACY, AND EVERYDAY LIFE Robert B. Reich New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007 Cloth, 284 pages, notes, index, $25.00 Introduction Supercapitalism by Robert B. Reich is a...

The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World.(The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism)(Book review)
December 1, 2007... THE AGE OF TURBULENCE: ADVENTURES IN A NEW WORLD Alan Greenspan, New York: The Penguin Press, 2007 ISBN 978-1-59420-131-8, pp. 531 THE SHOCK DOCTRINE: THE RISE OF DISASTER CAPITALISM Naomi Klein New York: Henry Holt,...

Peace Process: American Diplomacy and the Arab-Israeli Conflict Since 1967 (3rd ed.).(Book review)
December 1, 2007... PEACE PROCESS: AMERICAN DIPLOMACY AND THE ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT SINCE 1967 (3RD ED.) William B. Quandt Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press and Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2005 535 pages with notes,...

Global Civil Society 2006/7.(Book review)
December 1, 2007... GLOBAL CIVIL SOCIETY 2006/7 Mary Kaldor, Martin Albrow, Helmut Anheier, Marlies Glasius, editors-in-chief London & Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2007 382 pages, paper, $50.00 From aid to victims of natural disasters to...