''Nonkilling Global Political Science'' is a 2002 book written by
political scientist
Political science is the science, scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of politics, political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated c ...
Glenn D. Paige. In his book, Paige challenges the violence-accepting assumptions of the discipline of political science as a whole. Paige introduces the concept of
nonkilling
Nonkilling, popularised as a concept in the 2002 book '' Nonkilling Global Political Science,'' by Glenn D. Paige, refers to the absence of killing, threats to kill, and conditions conducive to killing in human society. Even though the use of th ...
, which refers to the absence of killing, threats to kill, and conditions conducive to killing in human society.
The book has been translated into over two dozen languages and had led to convening the First Global Nonkilling Leadership Forum in
Honolulu
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, Hawai‘i, 1–4 November 2007. The book spurred the creation of the
Center for Global Nonkilling
The Center for Global Nonkilling (originally known as the Center for Global Nonviolence) is an international non-profit organization focused on the promotion of change toward the measurable goal of a killing-free world. The Center for Global Nonkil ...
, a United Nations special consultative status nongovernmental organization, and has subsequently led to a body of scholarship, including dedicated issues in peace and conflict study journals.
See also
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Center for Global Nonkilling
The Center for Global Nonkilling (originally known as the Center for Global Nonviolence) is an international non-profit organization focused on the promotion of change toward the measurable goal of a killing-free world. The Center for Global Nonkil ...
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Glenn D. Paige
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Nonkilling
Nonkilling, popularised as a concept in the 2002 book '' Nonkilling Global Political Science,'' by Glenn D. Paige, refers to the absence of killing, threats to kill, and conditions conducive to killing in human society. Even though the use of th ...
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Nonviolence
Nonviolence is the personal practice of not causing harm to others under any condition. It may come from the belief that hurting people, animals and/or the environment is unnecessary to achieve an outcome and it may refer to a general philosoph ...
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World peace
World peace, or peace on Earth, is the concept of an ideal state of peace within and among all people and nations on Planet Earth. Different cultures, religions, philosophies, and organizations have varying concepts on how such a state would ...
References
Further reading
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A Nonkilling, Nonviolent World for the 21st Century', Mairead Maguire, 9th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates, 2007
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', Balwant Bhaneja, ''Peace Magazine'', January–March (2005), pp. 27
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A Nonkilling Paradigm for Political Problem Solving', Balwant Bhaneja, ''Asteriskos: Journal of International and Peace Studies'', Vol. 1 (2006), pp. 273–277
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Special Issue on Glenn Paige and Nonkilling Political Science', ''Journal of Peace and Gandhian Studies'', Vol.5, No. 1, 2004
*''A Nonkilling Paradigm for Political Scientists, Psychologists, and Others'', Charles E. Collyer, ''Peace and Conflict'' (2003), pp. 371–372,
2002 non-fiction books
Political science books
Nonviolence
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