Oxford University Press new reference work, The Oxford International Encyclopedia of Peace: Global Conflict, Transformation, and Nonviolent Change has now been published. Its editor is Prof. Nigel Young, Cooley Research Professor in Peace Studies and former Director of the Peace Studies Program at Colgate University (1984-2004). He has collected materials worldwide for these volumes since 2003. There is an International Editorial Board of 12 distinguished peace researchers, and a preface by his Holiness the Dalai Lama.

 

A four-volume work, the encyclopaedia is an authoritative, objective and comprehensive global reference that brings together the scholarship on peace studies, conflict mediation, and non-violent alternatives to war. It is both policy oriented and academic, with a sharp focus on the contemporary world.

 

Under Prof. Young's expert editorship and with almost 1,000 entries, this outstanding work has contributions by hundreds of scholars from many fields of study. The goal is to present all aspects of peacemaking and peacekeeping efforts worldwide and historically, in a clear and accessible manner, with supporting references, documentation, and illustrative materials.

 

 

 

A brief synopsis of the Dalai Llama’s forward can be found