LEADER 02663nam 2200361 450 001 9910817949503321 005 20221204083618.0 010 $a1-78026-523-9 035 $a(CKB)4100000009594680 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5944891 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000009594680 100 $a20191121d2019 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aHow not to go to war $eestablishing departments for peace and peace centres worldwide /$fVijay Mehta 210 1$aOxford, England :$cCatapult,$d[2019] 210 4$dİ2019 215 $a1 online resource (206 pages) 330 $aThe question asked by this book is, How can peace be institutionalized? The book finds that the institutions of war need to be matched by institutions of peace. For every department of defence, there needs to be a department of peace that allocates public resources to forestall violence and militarism, by measures of pre-emptive conflict resolution rather than waiting for it to occur and then deploying violence against it. Such departments of peace will be distinct from foreign and development ministries, compromised as they are by espionage, export-promotion and securitisation of aid. By opening peace / social centres / franchises, in each city, town and village, the Peace Department can contain violence and foster a culture of peace. Fundamental to all this is the pressing need for institutionalised Peace- a network of self-sustaining peace centres and social enterprises / companies, governmental peace departments and commentators that have peace as their core mission, in the same way that arms manufacturers and defence ministries institutionalise conflict. The book shows how the establishment of Departments of Peace and Peace Centres worldwide will result in saving of trillions of US dollars which governments can utilise in jobs creation, healthcare, education and peace building. Only by institutionalising peace at many levels of society, can the peace movement become powerful enough to face-down the many commercial and official networks that have a vested interest in armed violence. A better world has less violence and war. That is what this book aims to achieve. The time for action is now. There may not be a tomorrow to wait for. 606 $aPeace-building 615 0$aPeace-building. 676 $a303.66 700 $aMehta$b Vijay$f1940-$01593175 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910817949503321 996 $aHow not to go to war$93913185 997 $aUNINA