Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace and Conflict, Third Edition provides timely and useful information about antagonism and reconciliation in all contexts of public and personal life from the interpersonal to the global. Building on the highly-regarded 1st and 2nd editions (1999, 2008), and publishing at a time of seemingly inexorably increasing conflict and violent behaviour the world over, the Encyclopedia is an essential reference for students and scholars working in the social scientific study of peace and conflict, criminology, public policy and international relations, as well as for those seeking to explore alternatives to violence and share visions and strategies for social justice and social change. Covering topics as diverse as Sexual Assault, Terrorism, Arms Control, Nonviolent Movements, Child Abuse, Folklore, and Political Assassinations, the Encyclopedia comprehensively addresses an extensive information area in over 250 transdisciplinary, cross-referenced and authoritatively authored articles. Given the current state of world order, the need for an authoritative and cross-disciplinary approach to the great issues of violence and peace seems greater than ever. Both the strategies and tactics of violence and nonviolent resistance continue to evolve, with significant changes in both real-world conflicts, on the one hand, and what we know about them and how we study them, on the other. The past decade has been marked by continued and emerging violent insurgencies from the so-called Islamic State and Boko Haram to right-wing nationalists and white supremacists, on the one hand, and multiple efforts - violent and nonviolent - by states and other actors to mitigate their actions and consequences, on the other. Moreover, some state actors have escalated their use of violence, from the alleged genocide of Rohingyas in Myanmar Burma to the creation of a new branch of the US military, the Space Force. Parallel developments in nonviolent resistance have increased the effectiveness and visibility of socia
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Kurtz, Lester R.
Lester R. Kurtz is professor of public sociology at George Mason University where he teaches courses on violence and nonviolence, peace and conflict, social movements, comparative sociology of religion, and global social thought. Kurtz holds a Master's in Religion from Yale University and a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Chicago and was previously director of Religious Studies at the University of Texas-Austin. He has lectured in Europe, Asia, Africa, and North America and taught as a visiting professor at the European Peace University, the University of Chicago, Northwestern University, Delhi University in India, and Tunghai University in Taiwan.
Dr. Kurtz is the past chair of the Peace and Justice Studies Association as well as the Peace, War, and Social Conflict Section of the American Sociological Association, which awarded him its Robin Williams Distinguished Career Award in 2005. In 2014 he was given the Lester F. Ward Distinguished Contribution to Applied and Clinical Sociology Award by the Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology. He is a Distinguished Research Fellow at the Institute of Nanjing Massacre History and International Peace in Nanjing, Republic of China.
