Has Violence Declined in World Politics

A Discussion of Joshua S. Goldstein's Winning the War on War: The Decline of Armed Conflict Worldwide

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ID12768566
AuthorsJack S Levy (0000-0003-3278-9088, Rutgers Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume11
Issue2
Pages573-577
Publication date2013-05-21
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePerspectives on Politics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1537-5927 • E-ISSN: 1541-0986
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s1537592713000169
OpenAlexW2315144196
LanguageEN
References cited25

Winning the War on War: The Decline of Armed Conflict Worldwide. By Joshua S. Goldstein. New York: Dutton, 2011. 400p. $26.95 cloth, $17.00 paper. Violence is an ever present and very visible feature of our political landscape. And war—its strategy, its preparation, and its conduct—remains a central preoccupation of political elites and of political scientists. In his new book Winning the War on War, Joshua S. Goldstein sifts the statistical and historiographical evidence to tell a story of how we seem to be winning the long-term fight against war, and why. Goldstein places major emphasis on the rise of international peacekeeping, but he also discusses alternative explanations, such as the liberal peace. In this symposium a number of scholars of international politics, comparative politics, and political theory have been asked to comment on Goldstein's book and on the broader theme it addresses.—Jeffrey C. Isaac, Editor

Economic history · Historiography · Political economy · Political science · Political violence · Politics · Sociology · Spanish Civil War · Theme (computing · History · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law · Peacebuilding and International Security · Political Conflict and Governance

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