TY  - CHAP
AB  - The fundamental idea that we seek to establish in this chapter is that the establishment of regional or local, peace calls forth global peace. In other words, our argument is that local and regional conflicts are partly driven by global factors, especially what is commonly known as international tension. In order to achieve meaningful and sustained peace, there is a reason to believe that it is mandatory to manage and contain international tensions. The main thesis of this chapter is to explain or posit, conflicts as a product of continuing international chasms, splits and differences of political and social ideologies in our modern world. Thus, we argue that conflicts are, to some extent, driven by international tension or global, ideological and geo-political factors. Notwithstanding the global influence, local factors – such as income inequality, income growth or lack of it, political institutions – can and do exacerbate conflicts and a peaceful resolution of conflicts becomes a difficult phenomenon.
VL  - 11
SN  - 978-1-84855-200-5, 978-1-84855-201-2/1572-8323
DO  - 10.1108/S1572-8323(2009)0000011010
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/S1572-8323(2009)0000011010
AU  - Gangopadhyay Partha
AU  - Chatterji Manas
ED  - Partha Gangopadhyay
ED  - Manas Chatterji
PY  - 2009
Y1  - 2009/01/01
TI  - Chapter 6 Snares and quicksand on the pathway to peace: role of international tension in local conflicts
T2  - Peace Science: Theory and Cases
T3  - Contributions to Conflict Management, Peace Economics and Development
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 171
EP  - 246
Y2  - 2024/04/23
ER  -