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How Jane Addams Ideas of Peace became part of a US Army War College (Parameters) Publication
(2018-03-27)This presentation, given at the Texas State Department of Political Science, traces an intellectual journey that led to a publication in the US Army War College journal Parameters. It is the story of how ideas emerge and ... -
Effective Writing: Useful Tools
(2018-03-09)This Powerpoint presentation demonstrates useful tools for writing research papers (20+ pages). One of the tools (Step notebook) helps to transform a writing assignment into a project, that is then managed. This makes the ... -
Limits of Negative Peace, Faces of Positive Peace
(U.S. Army War College, 2017)This commentary reminds policymakers of the opposing forces of positive and negative peace within the sphere of national defense. Lest leaders balance the dominate strategy of active defense with the state of positive ... -
Peace in the Neighborhood: A Challenge to Policing - Defining Peace
(2018-03)The policing literature has not critically examined a core concept – peace. This paper is an initial step to address this omission. We borrow from recent scholarship in security studies, which is currently re-evaluating ... -
Extending the Legacy of Morris Janowitz Pragmatism, International Relations and Peacekeeping [Presentation]
(2013-06)In the Professional Soldier, Morris Janowitz articulated a conception of international relations clearly grounded in the pragmatism of John Dewey. He developed his conception of pragmatism as a way to analyze officer ... -
Women's Peace Movement
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Military Sociology: Past, Present, Future
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Achieving Organizational Flexibility through Ambidexterity
(US Army War College, 2017-08)This article introduces the concept of organizational ambidexterity and explains its value to military planning and problem-solving from the tactical to strategic levels. -
Looking Back: How Jane Addams Challenged the Frontiers of Public Administration, Sociology, Social Work, Peace Studies and Philosophy - and why it matters today
(2017-06)This paper examines Jane Addams pioneering contributions to five fields. The late 19th and early 20th Century was a time when many academic and professional fields were becoming self-aware. Chicago transitioned from a ... -
Building the Fabric of Peace: Jane Addams and Peaceweaving
(2016)Jane Addams (1860- 1935) is noted for her leadership in the social settlement movement and her peace activism. Addams drew upon lessons from Christ and the early Christians to develop her ideas of peace. This article ... -
Hiding in Plain Sight: Positive Peace – A Missing, Critical Immeasurable in PA Theory
(2016-05-22)This paper explores the notion of positive peace as applied to many aspects of public administration. The easily measured concept of “negative peace” or the absence of war dominates research in the study of peace. Positive ... -
Positive Peace: Exploring the Roots and Potential for Public Administration
(2015-01-01)This symposium on peace examines the Judeo-Christian roots of the ideas of peace. This article introduces the symposium, further explores the notion of positive peace through the ideas of John Paul Lederach, applies the ... -
Ambidextrous Civil Military Relations: Integrating the Two Hands of Peace
(2016-01-27)In January of 2016, Patricia M. Shields, the editor of Armed Forces & Society, addressed the Association of Civil Military Studies of Israel at their bi-annual conference at Kinneret College on the Sea of Galilee. The ...
