peace and conflict

3. PEACE
PEACE IS OFTEN SEEN AS THE CONVERSE OF WAR. I.E.
PEACE AND WAR AS TWO SIDES OF THE SAME COIN.
HENCE THE DEFINITION OF PEACE AS THE ABSENCE OF
WAR, AND THAT OF WAR AS THE ABSENCE OF PEACE

4. CONFLICT
•CONFLICT AS THE PURSUIT OF INCOMPATIBLE
INTERESTS AND GOALS BY DIFFERENT GROUPS
•CONFLICT OCCURS AS A STRUGGLE OVER VALUES.
THE VALUES MAY BE IN TERMS OF PHYSICAL OF
MATERIAL POSSESSIONS OR RESOURCES, STATUS OR
POWER.

5. PEACE AND CONFLICT STUDIES
• PEACE AND CONFLICT STUDIES IS A SOCIAL SCIENCE FIELD THAT IDENTIFIES AND
ANALYZES VIOLENT AND NONVIOLENT BEHAVIORS AS WELL AS THE STRUCTURAL MECHANISMS
ATTENDING CONFLICTS (INCLUDING SOCIAL CONFLICTS) , WITH A VIEW TOWARDS UNDERSTANDING
THOSE PROCESSES WHICH LEAD TO A MORE DESIRABLE HUMAN CONDITION. A VARIATION ON THIS,
PEACE STUDIES (IRENOLOGY), IS AN INTERDISCIPLINARY EFFORT AIMING AT THE PREVENTION, DE-
ESCALATION, AND SOLUTION OF CONFLICTS BY PEACEFUL MEANS, THEREBY SEEKING "VICTORY" FOR ALL
PARTIES INVOLVED IN THE CONFLICT.