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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.

Peacemaking: From Practice to Theory is about seeing, knowing, and learning peacemaking as it exists in the real world. Built on the premise that peacemaking is among the most elemental of human experiences, this seminal work emphasizes the importance of practice and lived experiences in understanding the process and learning what works to nurture peace.

To appropriately reflect the diversity of peacemaking practices, challenges, and innovations, these two volumes bring together many authors and viewpoints. The first volume consists of two sections: "Peacemaking in Practice" and "Towards an Inclusive Peacemaking;" the second of two additional sections: "New Directions in Peacemaking" and "Interpreting Peacemaking." As the title states, the work moves peacemaking beyond mere theory, showcasing peacemaking efforts produced, recorded, recognized, and understood by a variety of individuals and institutions. In doing so, it refocuses the study of peacemaking and guides readers to a systematic understanding and appreciation of the practices of peacemakers around the globe.

Table of Contents

VOLUME 1
Foreword by Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu
Set Overview
Susan Allen Nan, Andrea Bartoli, and Zachariah Cherian Mampilly
Acknowledgments
About the Contributors
I. Peacemaking in Practice
Introduction
Susan Allen Nan
1 Reaching Out to the Uninitiated: Engaging Youth to Combat Hindu Extremism in India
Shabnam Hashmi
2 Switzerland's Peace Promotion in Nepal: Commitment, Discreteness, Flexibility
Günther Baechler
3 Women, Resistance, and Peacemaking
Vanessa Ortiz
4 10 Lessons from 10 Peace Processes
Jan Egeland
5 Multi-Track Diplomacy—Its Origins and Some of Its Accomplishments
John McDonald
6 A Reflective Practitioner's 40-Year Wilderness Journey Between Judaism and Conflict Resolution
Marc Gopin
7 Noninstitutional Organizations and Conflict Resolution: Some Reflections on the Experiences of the Community of Sant'Egidio
Mario Giro
8 NGOs and Mediation
Andrea Bartoli
9 The Role of the ICC in Northern Uganda
Adam Branch
10 Mediating Ceasefires and Cessation of Hostilities Agreements in the Framework of Peace Processes
Nat Colletta
11 Peacemaking in a Relational Paradigm
Harold Saunders
II. Toward an Inclusive Peacemaking
Introduction
Zachariah Cherian Mampilly
12 Gandhi and Peacemaking
Joseph Prabhu
13 Peacemaking, Conflict Analysis, and Resolution: The Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
Johnny Mack and Maneshka Eliatamby
14 Buddhism and Peacemaking
A. T. Ariyaratne
15 Confucianism and Peacemaking in Chinese History
Victoria Tin-bor Hui
16 Islam and Peacemaking
Sheherazade Jafari and Abdul Aziz Said
17 Jewish-Muslim Reconciliation: A Psychopolitical Strategy
Joseph Montville
18 Reconciliation, Christianity, and Peacemaking
Daniel Philpott
19 Peacemaking and African Traditions of Justice and Reconciliation
Tim Murithi
20 Reclaiming Ubuntu through Multicultural Education: A Foundation for Peacemaking in the African Great Lakes Region
Elavie Ndura, Apollinaire Bangayimbaga, and Vincent Bandeba
21 Inviting Persephone to Dance: Arts and Movement-Based Approaches to Peacemaking
Michelle LeBaron and Carrie MacLeod
22 Narrative Approach to Peacemaking in Somalia
Sara Cobb and Hussein Yusuf
23 Gender and Peacemaking: Women's Rights in Contemporary Peace Agreements
Miriam J. Anderson
VOLUME 2
III. New Directions in Peacemaking
Introduction
Andrea Bartoli
24 Building National "Infrastructures for Peace": UN Assistance for Internally Negotiated Solutions to Violent Conflict
Chetan Kumar
25 Infrastructures for Peace
Paul van Tongeren
26 The Responsibility to Protect and Peacemaking
Abiodun Williams and Jonas Claes
27 Fact Based Approaches to Peacemaking: Global Peace Index
Steve Killelea
28 Academic Diplomacy: The Role of Non–Decision Makers in Peacemaking
Peter Wallensteen
29 Social Media: A New Track of Multi-Track Diplomacy
Philip Gamaghelyan
30 Strategic Connectors: Community Strategies for Conflict Prevention in Times of War
Marshall Wallace and Mary Anderson
31 Social Entrepreneurship: Paving the Way for Peace
Ryszard Praszkier and Andrzej Nowak
32 Gang Intervention in the United States: Legal and Extra-Legal Attempts at Peacemaking
SpearIt
33 Abraham's Path: The Path of a Thousand Negotiations
Joshua Weiss
IV. Interpreting Peacemaking
Introduction
Andrea Bartoli
34 Anthropological Examples of Peacemaking: Practice and Theory
Douglas P. Fry
35 Ancient Peacemakers: Exemplars of Humanity
Anthony Wanis-St. John
36 Spirituality, Emergent Creativity, and Reconciliation
Vern Neufeld Redekop
37 A Social-Psychological Perspective on Peacemaking
Morton Deutsch
38 Method in Peacemaking
Jamie Price
39 The Hidden Dimensions of Peacemaking: A Systems Perspective
Louise Diamond
40 A Dynamical Systems Perspective on Peacemaking: Moving from a System of War toward a System of Peace
Peter Coleman, Lan Bui-Wrzosinska, Andrzej Nowak and Robin Vallacher
41 Systemic Peacemaking in the Era of Globalization
Monty G. Marshall
42 Theories of Change in Peacemaking
Christopher Mitchell
43 The Contingency Model for Third-Party Interventions
Ronald Fisher
44 Challenges in Peacemaking: External Interventions
Louis Kriesberg
45 The South African Peace Process: An Urgency Theory Analysis
Dean Pruitt
46 Peacemaking through Mediation: the Swiss FDFA in Israel-Palestine, Sudan, and Guatemala
Simon J. A. Mason
47 Attending to Unfinished Business in Peacemaking: Preliminary Findings from the Reflecting on Peace Practice Project
Peter Woodrow and Diana Chigas
48 The Dialogic Subject
Ranabir Samaddar
Postscript
Zachariah Cherian Mampilly
Bibliography
Index

Product details

Published Nov 10 2011
Format Pack - Printer Assembled
Edition 1st
Extent 928
ISBN 9780313375767
Imprint Praeger
Dimensions Not specified
Series Praeger Security International
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Anthology Editor

Susan Allen Nan

Anthology Editor

Andrea Bartoli

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