Steps Toward Abolishing War: Unarmed Civilian Peacekeeping and a Two-Legged Democracy

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2013

Abstract

Abolition of slavery was once unthinkable. In contemporary 'democracy', civilians direct the military. Political decision-making bodies, however, are limited to elites. If legislative bodies were statistically -- not electorally -- representative, democracy would be real. And abolition of war could become less 'unthinkable.'

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https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2688162

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The Peace Studies Lecture at Saint Lawrence University

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Lecture

Keywords

Creating safer spaces

Relationship building

Nonviolence

Advocacy and Human Rights advice

Proactive engagement

Shuttle diplomacy