Chenoweth, Erica, and Maria Stephan. U.S.A.: Columbia University Press, 2011. This book takes an academic and data-based approach to exploring the efficacy of nonviolent civil resistance to transform, and to make more…
Futamura, M., Newman, E., & Tadjbakhsh, S. (2010). Towards a Human Security Approach to Peacebuilding is a research brief written by Madoka Futamura, Edward Newman, and Shahrbanou Tadjbakhsh, supported by the United…
Brock-Utne, B. 2008. This article offers a gender perspective on peace education, investigating how socializing young boys and girls is often different when teaching them concepts of care, empathy, and violence. By…
Wæver, Ole. 1995. In On Security, edited by Ronnie D. Lipschutz, 46-87. 1st edition. New York: Columbia University Press. An interesting chapter that establishes the groundwork for one other source in this…
Suresh, R. 2020. In Peace Studies Journal 14 (1): 55-64. This article aligns with a conventional IR perception of peace. Peace exists in democratic states where communication, transparency, and competitive elections…
Gomes, Mariana Selister, and Marques, Renata Rodrigues. 2021. In Security Dialogue 52: 78-87. This article echoes a larger scholarly debate about The Copenhagen School – also known as the securitization theory. See…
Huysmans, Jef. (June 1998) European Journal of International Relations 4, no. 2 This article analyses the nexus between theory and practical action. More specifically, Huysmans uses the term “thick signifier” to…
Arostegui, Julie L. (2015) Connections 14, no. 3 This article examines the nexus between security and peace, explaining how methods to achieve peace that go through military action are actually a source of insecurity…
Tickner, J. Ann. (1997) International Studies Quarterly 41, no. 4 This article constitutes a pivotal point in the establishment of critical theory, and specifically feminist theory, in the field of International…
Botshon, Lisa and Plastas, Melinda. (2009) Feminist Teacher 20, no. 1 This article interestingly explores the reaction of students to Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis and how readers particularly feel the anti-war message…