Locally led peacebuilding : global case studies / edited by Stacey L. Connaughton and Jessica Berns.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Connaughton, Stacey L., 1971- editor.

Berns, Jessica, 1972- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Peace-building--Citizen participation--Case studies.

Peace-building.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (303 pages)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, 2020.

Summary:

"Through case studies, this edited volume articulates why locally led peacebuilding matters, how it can prevent violence, and invites practitioners and scholars to critically examine the implications of locally led initiatives"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Locally led peacebuilding matters / Stacey L. Connaughton and Jessica Berns

Peace drivers: local agency, relational responsibility, and the future of peacebuilding / Bridget Moix

Crossing lines to build peace: deescalating gang conflict in Cite Soleil, Haiti / Louino Robillard and Sabina Carlson Robillard

Now we sleep without our shoes... the story of the Laikipia peace caravan / Gail M. Ervin

Local peacebuilding in East Africa: the role of customary norms and institutions in addressing pastoralist conflict in Kenya and Uganda / Emily Welty, Matthew Bolton, and William Kiptoo

Magnanimity in victory: Somaliland's peacebuilding and DDR through indigenous traditional system / Abdishakur Hassan-kayd

Liberia at a crossroads: how local peace committees are working to consolidate and promote peace in Liberia / Nat B. Walker

Nigeria: peace drives security / Michael Sodipo

Peacebuilding in Guatemala: the local peace network methodology / José David Pineda Ruano

University to university partnership: building a network of effective peacebuilders in the Kurdistan region of Iraq / Thomas Hill, Alexander Munoz, and Katerina Siira

Teaching and learning participatory action research as approach for locally led peacebuilding in Kampala, Uganda / Felix Bivens, Illana Lancaster, Nanfuka Zulaika, and Ndugwa Hassan

The women peace and security collective: an organic process of empowerment / Kristian Herbolzheimer and Rosa Emilia Salamanca

Encountering faiths and beliefs: locally led peacebuilding in the UK / Phil Champain

The cure violence model for violence prevention / Charles L. Ransford, Karen Volker, and Gary Slutkin

Youth and elections in peacebuilding: experience from Ghana and Liberia / Robert Groelsema, Maureen Herman, Michelle Marland, and Muminu Mutaru

Participatory approaches to monitoring and evaluating locally led peacebuilding in Ghana / Jasmine R. Linabary

Community peacebuilding on a national scale: the work of the CPBR in Sri Lanka / Nilanjana Premaratria and Ruairi Nolan

Community healing, from the inside-out: systems lessons from Fambul tok in Sierra Leone / Lib Hoffman

Madaris and peace education in Pakistan: a case study of peace and education foundation / Zahid Shahab Ahmed and Rashad Bukhari

Locally driven "Track 1 1/2 and Track 2" diplomacy / Peter Dixon

Conclusion: Reflections and paths forward for locally led peacebuilding around the world / Stacey L. Connaughton and Jessica Berns.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-5381-1411-9