The United Nations and higher education : peacebuilding, social justice and global cooperation for the 21st century / Kevin Kester ; foreword by Hilary Cremin ; afterword by Michalinos Zembylas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kester, Kevin (Kevin A. J.), author.

Contributor:

Cremin, Hilary, writer of foreword.

Zembylas, Michalinos, writer of afterword.

Series:

Peace education.

Peace education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United Nations University.

Peace--Study and teaching (Higher).

Peace.

Peace-building--Study and teaching (Higher).

Peace-building.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Charlotte, NC : Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2020.

Summary:

"In this book, Kevin Kester details how the United Nations promotion of higher education for peace and international understanding sometimes unintentionally contributes to the reproduction of conflict and violence across diverse cultures. He shows this through an in-depth examination of peace curricula, pedagogy and policy in one United Nations higher education institution, where he indicates how dominant philosophical and pedagogical models that signify acceptable peace education ultimately undermine the very goals of educational peacebuilding. Kester contends that theoretical and pedagogical training must develop beyond the dominant psycho-social, rational and state-centric assumptions that permeate the field today if higher education is to better contribute to personal and societal peacebuilding. Drawing from the fields of educational philosophy and sociology, he argues for new concepts of poststructural violence and second order reflexivity that can assist scholars in reducing conflict and building peace in lasting ways. He complements his fieldwork findings with personal reflections throughout the book to reimagine the transformative possibilities of peacebuilding education for the 21st century"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Foreword / Hilary Cremin

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. Situating peace and conflict studies

Chapter 3. Peace and conflict studies in higher education

Chapter 4. Whiteness in peace and conflict studies

Chapter 5. Peace and conflict studies higher education inside the United Nations

Chapter 6. Analytical framework

Chapter 7. Methodology

Chapter 8. The UN may be the biggest obstacle

Chapter 9. There's a reason that someone is getting paid to be a professor: Tensions with critical pedagogy in the peace and conflict studies classroom

Chapter 10. Reproducing peace? Whiteness in the curriculum and teaching

Chapter 11. Re-imagining peace and conflict studies education for the 21st century

Chapter 12. Conclusion. Afterword / Michalinos Zembylas. References. About the Author.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-225).

Print version record.

ISBN:

1-64802-056-9

9781648020568