ABSTRACT

This is a collection of the 13 essays making up the proceedings of the 2nd international working conference on violence and non-violent action in industrialized Societies held in Brussels on the March 24-26th, 1976.

chapter |4 pages

Introduction

chapter |15 pages

Two Approaches to civilian defence

Observations on the development of the civilian defence concept

chapter |12 pages

Unarmed defence for Western Europe?

Observations on the problems of European socialism, civilian defence and Soviet communism

chapter |9 pages

Civil power or military union?

The European community, a state in the making

chapter |12 pages

Through non-violent action in intra-societal conflicts to civilian defence

Some remarks on the past and future of civilian defence research

chapter |11 pages

Disarmament as a non-violent initiative

How people learn to want civilian defence or The long march towards a political culture of preparedness to resistance

chapter |26 pages

Theoretical perspectives in civilian defence

An issue in West German peace research