This article draws on new data and analyses to investigate whether the contractualist peace supersedes the democratic peace. A series of studies have shown that contractualist economy accounts for the democratic peace, but defenders of the democratic peace claim that these studies contain measurement errors, that democracy correlates with peace at least in interaction with contractualist econom...

U-M Peace Corps representative [email protected] [1] Our U-M Peace Corps office is staffed by one or more Peace Corps recruiters who are returned Peace Corps Volunteers and U-M graduate students. Our Peace Corps recruiters provide information about the Peace Corps, advise those who may consider joining, and accept applications from prospective volunteers. The Peace Corps recruiters maintain...

In general, the first aspect people think of when mentioning the Middle East in relation to EU foreign policies is the Arab-Israeli conflict, and the low impact the EU has (had) in shaping the Middle East Peace Process. However, if one analyses relevant data, another conclusion may be drawn. Ginsberg (2001) provides an overview of EU’s impact, which, admitted, may be not directly related to the...

For decades, law enforcement agencies have attempted to maximize the quality of their officers through psychological selection procedures. Since 1978, psychological examination of all new peace officer hires in the State of Minnesota has been required under the POST board rules. This mandate assures that prior to joining a department, new officers are screened for psychological conditions or ch...

Relationship of peace attitudes with personality traits, gender and age groups Objective: Aim of this study is to examine the associations between attitudes towards peace and personality traits, gender and different age groups. Method: A total of 236 individuals, of whom 118 were adolescents and 118 were elders (111 males and 125 females), completed the NEO Five Factor Inventory and the Peace A...