Elise Boulding: A Pioneer in Peace Research, Peacemaking, Feminism, Future Studies and the Family

From a Quaker Perspective
Herausgegeben:Boulding, J. Russell

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Produktbeschreibung

This series of four volumes honors the lifetime achievements of the distinguished activist and scholar Elise Boulding (1920-2010) on the occasion of her 95th birthday. This first anthology documents the breadth of Elise Boulding's contributions to Peace Research, Peacemaking, Feminism, Future Studies, and Sociology of the Family. Known as the "matriarch" of the twentieth century peace research movement, she made significant contributions in the fields of peace education, future studies, feminism, and sociology of the family, and as a prominent leader in the peace movement and the Society of Friends.

Produktdetails

• Pioneers in Arts, Humanities, Science, Engineering, Practice 6
• Verlag: Springer / Springer International Publishing / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-3-319-81023-2
• Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Juni 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 314g
• ISBN-13: 9783319810232
• ISBN-10: 3319810235
• Artikelnr.: 53576640

Autorenporträt

Elise Boulding taught at the University of Colorado, Boulder from 1967 to 1978 and at Dartmouth College from 1978 to 1985, and was instrumental in the development of peace studies programs at both institutions.  She was a co-founder of the International Peace Research Association (1964), the Consortium on Peace Research Education and Development (1970), and various peace and women's issues-related committees and working groups of the American Sociological Association and International Sociological Association.Elise Boulding (1920-2010) was the "mother" of peace research globally and served as Secretary General of the International Peace Research Association (IPRA).

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Biographical Information - Bibliography.- Tributes and Remembrances by Scholars and Activists on Elise Boulding; Bibliography of Writings about Elise Boulding).- Part II: Writings by Elise Boulding on Peace Research and Peacemaking.- Peace Research: The New Intellectual Frontier (1963).- The Dialectics of Peace (1990).- Feminist Inventions in the Art of Peacemaking (1995).- Peace Culture: An Overview (2000)-Reflections on Activism in One's Eighties (2001).- Part III: Writings by Elise Boulding on the Family, the Future, Feminism and Quakerism.- The Family as an Agent of Social Change (1972).- Translator's Preface to The Image of the Future by Fred Polak (1973).