Irenologia ( Irene - " peace " - and logos - " reasoning " the suffix usually used for Sciences - ) studies of peacekeeping or peace, or peace and conflict ( often cited directly in English studies: peace studies or peace and conflict studies ) are names for an academic discipline, part of political sciences and sociology, dealing with the multifactorial study of international conflicts and threats to peace ( including political, economic, ecological, cultural, anthropological, psychological factors, etc. ) He conceives the peace not only as the absence of war, but as a positive concept that includes justice, balanced economic and social development and knowledge and mutual respect among Nations; as well as all the other factors contributing to the disappearance of the structural violence, poverty, inequality, racism, xenophobia, prejudice and negative cultural stereotypes, and militarism.