PEACEST 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Sciences Po, International Day Of Peace, Peace Education

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Peace Studies
• Course: PEACEST 1A03
• Professor: Jorge Fabra- Zamora

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Peace studies lecture 5: wednesday september 21, 2016. Established in 1981 by a unanimous united nations resolution (cid:862)pro(cid:448)es a glo(cid:271)ally shared day for all humanity to commit to peace above all differences and to contribute to building a culture of. Pea(cid:272)e. (cid:863) the the(cid:373)e this year is sustai(cid:374)a(cid:271)le de(cid:448)elop(cid:373)e(cid:374)t goals to i(cid:373)pro(cid:448)e li(cid:448)i(cid:374)g sta(cid:374)dards a(cid:272)ross the globe. These goals include: ending poverty, achieving gender equality, promoting sustainable economic development, and ensuring quality education for all. Peace studies as possible definition: an interdisciplinary field encompassing systematic research and teaching on the causes of war and the conditions of peace. It focuses on the causes of increases and decreases in violence, the conditions associated with those changes, and the processes by which those changes happen. Carolyn stephenson, encyclopedia of violence, peace and conflict. Brunk the nature of peace studies: peace studies is a discipline/separate course of study. Do they have an alternative agenda? (wednesday) Conflict ps2a03, negative / positive dimensions of conflict.