Volume 38 (2020), Edition 3

After the end of the cold war, the clear distinction between peace and security was blurred. Political debates in Germany about peace were dominated increasingly by terms of security. Especially the concept of a broader, comprehensive, and netted...

The logic of peace approach is a heuristic project. It can be developed in two ways. The first one begins with concept-related reflections. In this perspective, the discrimination between peace and security becomes part of peace itself. Furthermore,...

The logic of peace approach possesses specific potentials: It distills a few essentials of peace, makes peace more fluid, and defines peace and security in a special manner. Maybe it also provides a base for a deep reflexive but always incomplete...

Local integration policies provide alternatives to the German federal policy towards refugees which puts emphasis on security concerns. A theoretical conception of the former following the logic of peace includes the proactive handling of...

Starting with a reflection on the theory of subjectivity by Dieter Henrich, especially his idea of human life as a process of balancing contrary interests and views on life, the author aims at developing a concept of ethical pragmatism. It is...

The four basic fears described by Fritz Riemann are a useful frame to revisit the logic of peace and the logic of security with regard to their positioning to each other. This approach stipulates that instead of the logic of peace and the logic of...

The dualistic juxtaposition of the logic of peace and the logic of security is necessary for the political debate but not sufficient to overcome the dominance of the security approach in political theory and practice. This article seeks to broaden...

Recent literature on the contribution of civil society groups to peacebuilding processes has noticeably stimulated a function-oriented approach. The present article offers a contribution to an acutely important task to examine the role of five...

Irregular migration continues to dominate discussions in Europe and America, due to the controversial nature of the means by which the migrants reach these destinations. Often, the expectation is that migrants denied asylum will return home. But...