In a world where conflict is never ending, this thoughtful compilation fosters a new appreciation of the art of peacemaking as it is understood and practiced in a variety of contemporary settings. • Contributions from an international, interdisciplinary team of 48 experts who bring together insights from peace and conflict resolution studies, anthropology, sociology, law, cultural studies, and political science • First-person narratives detailing the experiences of prominent peacemakers • Offers access to an ongoing, Internet-based, practice-to-theory project • An extensive bibliography of resources about peacemaking and related fields
Author(s): Susan Allen Nan; Zachariah Cherian Mampilly; Andrea Bartoli
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Year: 2011
Language: English
Pages: 925
City: Santa Barbara
Cover
Contents
VOLUME 1
Foreword
Set Overview
Acknowledgments
About the Contributors to Volume 1
I. Peacemaking in Practice
Introduction
1 Reaching Out to the Uninitiated: Engaging Youth to Combat Hindu Extremism in India
2 Switzerland’s Peace Promotion in Nepal: Commitment, Discreteness, Flexibility
3 Women, Resistance, and Peacemaking
4 10 Lessons from 10 Peace Processes
5 Multi-Track Diplomacy—Its Origins and Some of Its Accomplishments
6 A Reflective Practitioner’s 40-Year Wilderness Journey Between Judaism and Conflict Resolution
7 Noninstitutional Organizations and Conflict Resolution: Some Reflections on the Experiences of the Community of Sant’Egidio
8 NGOs and Mediation
9 The Role of the ICC in Northern Uganda
10 Mediating Ceasefires and Cessation of Hostilities Agreements in the Framework of Peace Processes
11 Peacemaking in a Relational Paradigm
II. Toward an Inclusive Peacemaking
Introduction
12 Gandhi and Peacemaking
13 Peacemaking, Conflict Analysis, and Resolution: The Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
14 Buddhism and Peacemaking
15 Confucianism and Peacemaking in Chinese History
16 Islam and Peacemaking
17 Jewish-Muslim Reconciliation: A Psychopolitical Strategy
18 Reconciliation, Christianity, and Peacemaking
19 Peacemaking and African Traditions of Justice and Reconciliation
20 Reclaiming Ubuntu through Multicultural Education: A Foundation for Peacemaking in the African Great Lakes Region
21 Inviting Persephone to Dance: Arts and Movement-Based Approaches to Peacemaking
22 Narrative Approach to Peacemaking in Somalia
23 Gender and Peacemaking: Women’s Rights in Contemporary Peace Agreements
VOLUME 2
About the Contributors to Volume 2
III. New Directions in Peacemaking
Introduction
24 Building National “Infrastructures for Peace”: UN Assistance for Internally Negotiated Solutions to Violent Conflict
25 Infrastructures for Peace
26 The Responsibility to Protect and Peacemaking
27 Fact Based Approaches to Peacemaking: Global Peace Index
28 Academic Diplomacy: The Role of Non–Decision Makers in Peacemaking
29 Social Media: A New Track of Multi-Track Diplomacy
30 Strategic Connectors: Community Strategies for Conflict Prevention in Times of War
31 Social Entrepreneurship: Paving the Way for Peace
32 Gang Intervention in the United States: Legal and Extra-Legal Attempts at Peacemaking
33 Abraham’s Path: The Path of a Thousand Negotiations
IV. Interpreting Peacemaking
Introduction
34 Anthropological Examples of Peacemaking: Practice and Theory
35 Ancient Peacemakers: Exemplars of Humanity
36 Spirituality, Emergent Creativity, and Reconciliation
37 A Social-Psychological Perspective on Peacemaking
38 Method in Peacemaking
39 The Hidden Dimensions of Peacemaking: A Systems Perspective
40 A Dynamical Systems Perspective on Peacemaking: Moving from a System of War toward a System of Peace
41 Systemic Peacemaking in the Era of Globalization
42 Theories of Change in Peacemaking
43 The Contingency Model for Third-Party Interventions
44 Challenges in Peacemaking: External Interventions
45 The South African Peace Process: An Urgency Theory Analysis
46 Peacemaking through Mediation: the Swiss FDFA in Israel-Palestine, Sudan, and Guatemala
47 Attending to Unfinished Business in Peacemaking: Preliminary Findings from the Reflecting on Peace Practice Project
48 The Dialogic Subject
Postscript
Bibliography
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