ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the concepts covered in the preceding chapters of this book. The book explores a range of concerns typical in the field, from questions of social justice to great power relations and global hotspots, but throughout, the focus remains on a central tension implicit in the subtitle of the book, that between building peace and pursuing justice. It describes the weight of the burden on conflict specialists to manage this founding tension of the field, pursuing justice as people build peace at the same time. The book explores the need to cultivate new areas in the political economy of the world system, including a network of scholars and activists who can clearly point out how the current configuration of global capitalism leads to inequalities, ruptured identities, environmental degradation, and ultimately, the erosion of democratic politics itself. It describes the question of capitalism, runs through this volume in some ways clear and some ways hidden.
