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Democracy for Peace and Development: An Ever-Expanding Agenda

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Good conflict resolution is based on empathy with the concerns of all parties, on creativity (development!), and nonviolence (peace!). Democracy claims to know how to do this. But democracy is also subject to dialectics. Democracy should never become rigid but be innovative, not only be a source of innovation. Democracy can be seen as a way of making development and peace sustainable; in and with nature, and as human, social and world growth and peace. If we want development and peace to be enduring conditions in Time, then political development becomes a part of social development and democracy development a part of political development. Any type of development is process, so these two processes must also be sustainable.

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    This text was published first in: György Széll und Wiking Ehlert (eds.), New Democracies and Old societies in Europe. Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2001, pp. 102–110. The permission to republish this text was granted by Johan Galtung, the copyright holder, on 19 January 2013.

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    The ideas about the UN are developed further in a paper written for the Independent Commission on Global Governance, and published by them, Oxford University Press, 1995.

Further Readings

  • Galtung J (2001) “Democracy: Dialogue for Consensus or Debate for Majority?”, in: Jean-Paul, Harpes; Lukas K. Sose (Eds.): Demokratie im Focus/La Democratie en Discussion/Democracy Reconsidered. Dokumentation des Kolloquiums Neue Wege der Demokratie (Luxemburg 14.-17.12.1995). (Münster, Hamburg, Berlin, London: Lit-Verlag): 62–65.

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  • Galtung J (2001) “Alternative Models for Global Democracy”, in: Barry, Holden (Ed.): Global Democracy: Key Debates (London: Routledge): 143–161.

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  • Galtung J (2001) “Democracy for Peace and Development: An Ever-Expanding Agenda”, in: György, Széll; Wiking, Ehlert (Eds.): New Democracies and Old societies in Europe (Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang) 102–110.

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  • Galtung J; Paul D, Scott (2008) Democracy Peace Development. (Transcend University Press, vol 2, p 308) (www.transcend.org/tup).

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  1. rue du cret de la neige 7, 01210, Versonnex, France

    Johan Galtung

  2. Galtung Institute for Peace Theory and Practice, Markgrafenstrasse 42a, 79639, Grenzach-Wyhlen, Germany

    Johan Galtung

  3. Magnolienpark 18, 4052, Basel, Switzerland

    Dietrich Fischer

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Galtung, J., Fischer, D. (2013). Democracy for Peace and Development: An Ever-Expanding Agenda. In: Johan Galtung. SpringerBriefs on Pioneers in Science and Practice, vol 5. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32481-9_10

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