Social Issues & Processes

The fields of conflict analysis, management, resolution, prevention and transformation continue to expand beyond NGOs into university departments, ...

During the early 1890s, a series of shocking lynchings brought unprecedented international attention to American mob violence. This interest create...

Acts of violence assume many forms: they may travel by the arc of a guided missile or in the language of an economic policy, and they may leave be...

Every time a young person is harmed by violence, our nation''''s future strength and growth are jeopardised. We are losing our next generation of y...

The American public has expressed increasing alarm over incidents of multiple casualty violence. While the law enforcement community has progressed...

In John Hume in America: From Derry to DC and its accompanying documentary, In the Name of Peace: John Hume in America, Maurice Fitzpatrick chronic...

In John Hume in America: From Derry to DC and its accompanying documentary, In the Name of Peace: John Hume in America, Maurice Fitzpatrick chronic...

Why we need to think more like economists to successfully combat terrorism If we are to correctly assess the root causes of terrorism and successf...

A stunning look inside the world of violent hate groups by a onetime white supremacist leader who, shaken by a personal tragedy, realized the error...

Societal turbulence, state collapse, religious and ethnic conflict, poverty, hunger, and social exclusion all underlie children''s involvement in a...

Mob violence in the United States is usually associated with the southern lynch mobs who terrorized African Americans during the Jim Crow era. In F...

The fact is that war comes in many guises and its effects continue to be felt long after peace is proclaimed. This challenges the anthropologist...

Human violence is an inescapable aspect of our society and culture. As the archaeological record clearly shows, this has always been true. What is ...

Seeking to expand the transformative aspect of conflict resolution, the contributors to this edited collection have focused on gathering scholar...

Courage, compassion, decisiveness, logic, empathy, love--the fundamental virtues of peace have inspired nonviolent heroes to action and driven chan...

Does religion cause violent conflict, asks Chad M. Bauman, and if so, does it cause conflict more than other social identities? Through an extended...