Encyclopaedia of Human Rights Violence and Nonviolence (Set of 3 Vols.)

Today We Are Facing A New Situation The Low Intensity Conflicts, Also Known As Proxy Wars. Collapse Of Bipolar International Power Structure Has Given Rise To Emergence Of Regional And Smaller Conflicts. Subnational Groups Are Being Encouraged And Abetted By Interested Powers To Take Up Arms Against Nation States With The Sole Aim Of Destabilizing The Target Nation. Subnational Groups Are Supported With Funds, Weapons And Mercenaries. From International Wars, Conflicts Have Become Intrastate, Intrasociety And Local. This Situation Has Forced Emerging Nations To Divert Much Of Their Scarce Resources On Order Maintenance And Management Of Conflict Than On Economic Development And Ensuring Basic Rights To The People. Human Rights Are Aimed To Preserve Democracy And The Rights Of The People To Govern Themselves. They Were Used With Great Effect Against Totalitarian Regimes To Liberate The People, The Problem Of Violence Is Of Utmost Importance Todayas It Always Has Been. But None Can Escape The Realization That We Are Living Through One Of The Greatest Crises Of Civilized By Increasing Vicarious Violence And Terror. War, The Outstanding Type Of Modern Violence, Is Killing More People In An Increasingly Efficient Manner, And Terror Has Been Increasing Intensity And Frightfulness.Viewed From All These Perspectives, The Different Volumes Of This Encyclopaedia Have Tried To Explore Varied Dimensions Of Human Rights, Violence And Nonviolence. The Title Of Different Volumes Are:.Human Rights And Social Movements;.Societal Violence And Unrest;.Nonviolence And Societal Control.