People Building Peace II : : Successful Stories of Civil Society / / ed. by Paul van Tongeren, Marte Hellema, Malin Brenk.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2013-2000
• MitwirkendeR: Annan, Kofi,; Assefa, Hizkias,; Barnes, Catherine,; Brenk, Malin,; Carter, L. Randolph,; Clark, John,; Clements, Kevin P.,; Faltas, Sami,; Gündüz, Canan,; Hellema, Marte,; Johnston, Douglas,; Jones, Tricia S.,; Kaufman, Edward,; Killick, Nick,; Lederach, John Paul,; Malan, Jannie,; McKeon, Celia,; Mohamoud, Abdullah A.,; Paes, Wolf-Christian,; Peters, Rebecca,; Reimann, Cordula,; Rolt, Francis,; Ropers, Norbert,; Samayoa, Claudia,; Schirch, Lisa,; Serbin, Andrés,; Sewak, Manjrika,; Shipler, Michael,; Tongeren, Paul van,; Veen, Hans van de,; Verhoeven, Juliette,; Wake, Jim,; Wallis, Tim,; Zebulon Suifon, Takwa,
• HerausgeberIn: Brenk, Malin,; Hellema, Marte,; van Tongeren, Paul,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]; ©2005
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: European Centre for Conflict Prevention
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (695 p.)

Individuals can make a difference working for peace worldwide. That is the message of People Building Peace II, an inspiring collection of stories of how "ordinary" men and women have played a crucial part in conflict prevention and peacebuilding. Thematic chapters, illustrated with compel...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Foreword
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Part 1. Reflections
• 1. Weaving the Web: Civil-Society Roles in Working with Conflict and Building Peace
• 2. Discourses on Peace Practices: Learning to Change by Learning from Change?
• 3. Effective Regional Networks and Partnerships
• 4. UN–Civil-Society Interactions: Working Together for Peace
• 5. The War on Terror: Effects on Civil-Society Actors in the Field of Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding
• 6. People Building Peace: Key Messages and Essential Findings
• Part 2. Themes and Cases
• 7. Women: Using the Gender Lens
• 8. Youth: Protagonists for Peace
• 9. The Media: Reaching Hearts and Minds
• 10. Faith-Based Organizations: The Religious Dimensions of Peacebuilding
• 11. Education That Makes a Difference
• 12. The Arts and Peacebuilding: Using Imagination and Creativity
• 13. The Peacebuilding Potential of Local Businesses
• 14. Diasporas: Untapped Potential for Peacebuilding in the Homelands
• 15. Civilian Peacekeepers: Creating a Safe Environment for Peacebuilding
• 16. Development: No Development Without Peace, No Peace Without Development
• 17. Early Warning, Early Response: Preventing Violent Conflicts
• 18. Traditional and Local Conflict Resolution
• 19. Dialogue-Based Processes: A Vehicle for Peacebuilding
• 20. Campaigning to Create Awareness: How to Influence People and Change the World
• 21. Civil Society: Participating in Peace Processes
• 22. Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration: Not Only a Job for Soldiers
• 23. Reconciliation: Challenges, Responses, and the Role of Civil Society
• Index
• About the Book
• About the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict
• About the European Centre for Conflict Prevention