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Book SynopsisCutting-edge collection on global peacebuilding and reconciliation from members of the renowned UK Centre for Peace & Reconciliation Studies.
Trade Review'Fascinating, engaging with the detailed complexity and special features of conflict situations and attempts to build peace, and applying an extensive literature' -- Gordon Burt, Chair of the Conflict Research Society
'Using case studies from countries like Canada, Northern Ireland, Israel/Palestine, Afghanistan, Kosovo, Nepal, Ethiopia, Sierra Leone and the Democratic Republic of Congo, the authors share their experiences and articulate a range of issues which are central to conflict transformation and peace building' -- Dr. Deusdedit R.K Nkurunziza, Makerere University, Uganda
'Combining direct personal experience with clear theoretical understanding in a range of practical examples, the authors of this book, many from the 'global south', seek to show how sustainable peace can best be promoted even in the most war-torn countries. They succeed admirably' -- Professor Oliver Ramsbotham, Centre for Conflict Resolution, Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford
Table of ContentsIntroduction by Marwan Darweish and Carol Rank
Section 1: Peace, But What kind of Peace?
1. How has the ‘Liberal Peace’ served Afghanistan? by Chrissie Hirst
2. The Obstacles to Sustainable Peace and Democracy in Post-Independence Kosovo by Gëzim Visoka
3. Ethnicity, Ethnic Conflicts, and Secessionism in Ethiopian Politics by Bezawit Beyene
Section 2: Reconciliation and Dealing with the Past
4. State Failure and Civil Society Potential: Reconciliation in the Democratic Republic of Congo by Verity Mould
5. Remembering the Past and Reconciling for the Future: The Role of Indigenous Commemorative Practices in Sierra Leone by Steven Kaindaneh
6. Unsettling the Settler Within: Decolonisation as Reconciliation with regard to Residential Schools in Canada by Patricia Elgersma
Section 3: Identifying Opportunities for Peacebuilding
7. Is ‘Interreligious’ Synonymous with ‘Interfaith’? The Roles of Dialogue in Peacebuilding by Sarah Bernstein
8 Health and Violent Conflict: the Role of Health in Building Peace by Wossen Kifle
Section 4: Challenges to Peacebuilding and Reconciliation
9. The New Economy of Terror: Motivations and Driving Forces behind Contemporary Islamist Insurgencies by Peter Keay
10. The Question of Home: Refugees and Peace in the Israel/Palestine conflict by Abigail Bainbridge
11. Hamas: Between Militarism and Governance by Ibrahim Natil
12. Returning Home towards a New Future: Nepal's Reintegration Programme for Former Child Soldiers by Dilli Binadi
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