{"product_id":"peace-and-war","title":"Peace and War","description":"\u003cp\u003eIs war necessary? In \u003cem\u003ePeace and War \u003c\/em\u003eprominent anthropologists and other social scientists explore the cultural and social factors leading to war. They analyze the covert causes of war from a cross-cultural perspective: ideologies that dispose people to war; underlying patterns of social relationships that help institutionalize war; and the cultural systems of military establishments. Overt causes of war—environmental factors like the control of scarce resources, advantageous territories, and technologies, or promoting the wel-fare of people \"like\" oneself—are also considered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe authors examine anthropologists' role in policy formation—how their theories on the nature of culture and society help those who deal with global problems on a day-to-day basis. They argue that both covert and overt mechanisms are pushing the world closer to a devastating war and offer strategies to weaken the effects of these mechanisms. This anthropological and historical analysis of the causes of war is a valuable resource for those studying war and those trying to understand the place of social science in framing pacific options.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45542636749038,"sku":"9780887386190","price":50.39,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/peace-and-war","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}