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‘Culture of Peace’ from an Ability and Disability Studies Lens

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Expanding Peace Ecology: Peace, Security, Sustainability, Equity and Gender

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‘Culture of Peace’ was discussed within UNESCO and the United Nations for decades. Human security is another highly visible concept in the UN system and directly linked to peace. This chapter contributes two lenses namely a disability studies and an ability studies lens to the culture of peace, the sustainable development and human security discourse highlighting the utility of both lenses not only for disabled people but also for defining the relationship between ability for diverse humans in general and for the human–animal and human–nature relationships.

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  1. 1.

    See: Ayim (1997); Campbell (2008); Carlson (2001); Imrie (1996); Loja et al. (2012); Wolbring (2008a, 2012a).

  2. 2.

    See: Bush (1998); Coleman (2012); De Rivera (2004a, b, 2011); De Rivera et al. (2007); De Rivera and Páez (2007); Ginty (2012); Justice (2005); Kodila-Tedika (2012); Milani and Branco (2004); Morales and Leal (2004); Tasiran and Quao-Yuan (2012); Wenden (2004).

  3. 3.

    See: Barnartt (1996); Barnes and Mercer (2001); Brannon (1995); Brown (2002a, b); Connors and Donnellan (1993); Devlieger et al. (2007); Gill (1995); Lombardo (1905); Longmore (1995); Tucker (1998).

  4. 4.

    See: Breckenridge (1991); Harmon et al. (2012); Rapport and Maffi (2012); Redclift (1993); UNESCO (2001).

  5. 5.

    Environmental law alliance worldwide (2010); Nash (1989); Revkin (2008); Vidal John (2011); Wolbring (2011).

  6. 6.

    See: Bonta (1996); Borel et al. (2011); Carter (2012); Ramsbotham et al. (2011); Sandole (1993); You Can Canada (2013).

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Wolbring, G. (2014). ‘Culture of Peace’ from an Ability and Disability Studies Lens. In: Oswald Spring, Ú., Brauch, H., Tidball, K. (eds) Expanding Peace Ecology: Peace, Security, Sustainability, Equity and Gender. SpringerBriefs in Environment, Security, Development and Peace(), vol 12. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00729-8_8

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