Then and Now: Peace Research — Past and Future

Business and Peace: Sketching the Terrain

“…Empirical studies have shown that there is a significant association between economic growth and development and the reduction of violent conflict (Rogers and Ramsbotham, 1999;Stewart, 2002). Economic growth has the potential to increase the standard of living of individuals, to enhance business opportunities for foreign and local firms, and to contribute to long-term peace and stability in a country.…”

“…Economic growth has the potential to increase the standard of living of individuals, to enhance business opportunities for foreign and local firms, and to contribute to long-term peace and stability in a country. Although the causal relationship between development and peace is likely to be multidirectional, economic factors are considered to be root causes of many of the violent conflicts in the world (Humphfreys, 2003;Rogers and Ramsbotham, 1999;Stewart, 2002). For this reason, improving economic conditions and economic freedoms are considered critical to long-term peace and stability (Fort and Schipani, 2004;Humphfreys, 2003;Rogers and Ramsbotham, 1999;Sen, 1999;Stewart, 2002).…”

Una ciencia para la construcción de un mundo mejor. Aproximaciones a la investigación para la paz

“…Cuando hablamos de Investigación para la Paz nos referimos a un campo de estudio definido cuya naturaleza y desarrollo se ha ido construyendo sobre una serie de elementos que, para los profesores Paul Rogers y Oliver Ramsbotham, pueden ser concretados en siete: la preocupación tanto por abordar la violencia en sus distintas manifestaciones y promover la paz; la necesidad de ofrecer una respuesta interdisciplinaria, dada la naturaleza multifacética del conflicto violento; la apuesta por la gestión pacífica y no violenta de los conflictos; la adhesión a un análisis multinivel de los conflictos que integrara las dimensiones individual, grupal, estatal e interestatal; la adopción de un enfoque global y multicultural; la conjunción de tareas analíticas con un compromiso normativo; y la estrecha relación entre teoría y práctica (Rogers & Ramsbotham, 1999). A continuación vamos a abordar con más detenimiento cada uno de los elementos mencionados.…”

Conflict resolution and peace building: the gender question in the Niger delta crisis in Nigeria

“…Peace building according to Rogers and Ramsbotham (1999) is the act and process of laying structures/ activities to bring about and sustaining peace in any society. Peace includes not only absence of war, violence and hostilities at the national and international levels but also the enjoyment of all economic and social justice, equality and the entire range of human rights and fundamental freedoms within the society (Rawwida, 2005;Alazonba, 2006;Lederach (1997) maintains that peace building touches on the underlying structural, relational and cultural roots of conflict.…”