The People's Peace
Title | The People's Peace PDF eBook |
Author | Kenneth O. Morgan |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 608 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
The first comprehensive study of post-war British history, from 1945 to the present. Kenneth Morgan examines the transformation of post-war Britain from the planning enthusiasm of 1945 to the ethic of Thatcherism.
The People and Their Peace
Title | The People and Their Peace PDF eBook |
Author | Laura F. Edwards |
Publisher | UNC Press Books |
Pages | 447 |
Release | 2014-06-30 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1469619857 |
In the half-century following the Revolutionary War, the logic of inequality underwent a profound transformation within the southern legal system. Drawing on extensive archival research in North and South Carolina, Laura F. Edwards illuminates those changes by revealing the importance of localized legal practice. Edwards shows that following the Revolution, the intensely local legal system favored maintaining the "peace," a concept intended to protect the social order and its patriarchal hierarchies. Ordinary people, rather than legal professionals and political leaders, were central to its workings. Those without rights--even slaves--had influence within the system because of their positions of subordination, not in spite of them. By the 1830s, however, state leaders had secured support for a more centralized system that excluded people who were not specifically granted individual rights, including women, African Americans, and the poor. Edwards concludes that the emphasis on rights affirmed and restructured existing patriarchal inequalities, giving them new life within state law with implications that affected all Americans. Placing slaves, free blacks, and white women at the center of the story, The People and Their Peace recasts traditional narratives of legal and political change and sheds light on key issues in U.S. history, including the persistence of inequality--particularly slavery--in the face of expanding democracy.
The People’s Peace Process in Northern Ireland
Title | The People’s Peace Process in Northern Ireland PDF eBook |
Author | C. Irwin |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 352 |
Release | 2002-11-26 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 140391432X |
Many important lessons have come out of the negotiations for the Belfast Agreement. This book explains how public opinion polls were used in support of the Northern Ireland peace process. Significantly, it was the politicians who decided the questions so that they could map out areas of compromise and common ground that their supporters would accept. This book explains how the work was done so that others can apply the benefits of this experience to their own peace building activities.
The People Make the Peace
Title | The People Make the Peace PDF eBook |
Author | Karin Aguilar-San Juan |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2015 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781935982586 |
"Nine U.S. activists discuss the parts they played in opposing the war at home and their risky travels to Vietnam in the midst of the conflict to engage in people-to-people diplomacy. In 2013, the 'Hanoi 9' activists revisited Vietnam together; this book presents their thoughtful reflections on those experiences, as well as the stories of five U.S. veterans who returned to make reparations. Their successes in antiwar organizing will challenge the myths that still linger from that era, and inspire a new generation seeking peaceful solutions to war and conflict today"--
The Anatomy of Peace
Title | The Anatomy of Peace PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | ReadHowYouWant.com |
Pages | 422 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Conflict management |
ISBN | 1427087601 |
People, Peace and Power
Title | People, Peace and Power PDF eBook |
Author | Diana Francis |
Publisher | Pluto Press (UK) |
Pages | 284 |
Release | 2002-04-20 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
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Written by a conflict resolution practitioner, this text discusses ways in which ordinary people are creating peace in violent societies such as Bosnia. Following introductory chapters on theories of conflict transformation are three case studies of dialogue workshops centering on the relationship between Serbia and Kosovo. The text is based upon Francis' doctoral thesis (2001, Bath U.). Distributed in the U.S. by Stylus. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
People Behind the Peace
Title | People Behind the Peace PDF eBook |
Author | Ronald Wells |
Publisher | William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company |
Pages | 142 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
The social and political strife in Northern Ireland is one of the longest-lived conflicts in the modern world. Yet the full story of Northern Ireland, including the peace process finally begun with the 1998 Good Friday agreement, is more expansive than the political sphere. This timely work tells the important stories of Christians who helped create the context in which the politicians were able to build a framework for reconciliation in Northern Ireland.