Building peace from within / edited by Sylvester B. Maphosa, Laura DeLuca and Alphonse Keasley.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Maphosa, Sylvester Bongani, editor of compliation.

DeLuca, Laura, 1963- editor of compliation.

Keasley, Alphonse, editor of compliation.

Africa Institute of South Africa, publisher.

Harry E. Humphreys Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Peace-building--Africa.

Peace-building.

Restorative justice.

Security, International.

Africa.

Conflict management--Africa.

Conflict management.

Security, International--Africa.

Restorative justice--Africa.

Physical Description:

xvi, 287 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Pretoria, South Africa : Africa Institute of South Africa, 2014.

Contents:

Building peace from within: an introduction / Sylvester B. Maphosa and Alphonse Keasley

Capacity-buidling for sustainable peacebuilding in Africa / Tony Karbo

Let us talk: African contributions to peacebuilding / John Paul Lederach and Angela Lederach

Healing and integrated development as part of peacebuilding in post-conflict areas: a social capital lens / Yvonne Sliep

Does restorative justice work? An evaluation of the restorative justice programmes of Phoenix Zululand / Geoff Harris

Reintegration of child soldiers: a case of southern Sudan / Pamela Machakanja

An African odyssey: from child soldiering to peacemaker / Morris Matadi, Alphonse Keasley, and Laura DeLuca

Addressing ethno-political conflicts through the concept of Abanyarwanda: a case of 'ethnic amnesia' in Rwanda? / Martha Mutisi

The politics of alternative justice in post-genocide Rwanda: assessing the Gacaca community justice system / Nicasius Achu Check

Conflict resolution, land disputes and peacebuilding in northern Tanzania: the role of customary institutions / Mara Goldman, Makko Sinandei and Laura DeLuca

The role of women in grassroots peacebuidling in Kenya / Karambu Ringera

Women's involvement in peace and security: the case of the SANDF / Ntsiki Memela-Motumi

Elections by contract: a covenant of peace in African communities / Ajume Wingo

Elections and community regeneration: implications for democracy and peacebuilding in the DRC / Sylvester Bongani Maphosa

Peacebuilding in South Africa: cross-cultural implications / Alphonse Keasley

Social media and civil society in the Tunisian Revolution: implications for democracy and peacebuilding / Stephen Juan King

Conclusion: peace from within / The Editors.

Notes:

"An examination of community-based peacebuliding and transitions in Africa"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Harry E. Humphreys Book Fund.

ISBN:

0798304405

OCLC:

870517972

Publisher Number:

99963389530