Critical Issues in Peace and Conflict Studies Theory, Practice, and Pedagogy

by Matyók , Thomas; Senehi, Jessica; Byrne, Sean; Bâ, Ousmane Bakary; Boudreau, Thomas; Campbell, Jason J.; Cormier, Paul; Funk, Nathan C.; Galtung, Johan; Hansen, Nancy; Hayes, Sherrill; Hill, Myrtle; Karari, Peter; Katz, Neil H.; Kellett, Peter; Kumar, Alk

• ISBN13: 9780739149607
• ISBN10: 0739149601
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-05-19
• Publisher: Lexington Books

Summary

Peace and Conflict Studies (PCS) includes scholars and practitioners throughout the world working in peace studies, conflict analysis and resolution, conflict management, appropriate dispute resolution, and peace and justice studies. They come to the PCS field with a diversity of ideas, approaches, disciplinary roots, and topic areas, which speaks to the complexity, breadth, and depth needed to apply and take account of conflict dynamics and the goal of peace. Yet, a number of key concerns and dilemmas continue to challenge the field. Critical Issues in Peace and Conflict Studies: Theory, Practice, and Pedagogy, edited by Thomas Matyók, Jessica Senehi, and Sean Byrne, is a collection of essays that explores a number of these issues, providing a means by which academics, students, and practitioners can develop various methods to confront the complexity of contemporary conflicts. Critical Issues in Peace and Conflict Studies discusses the emerging field of PCS, and suggests a framework for the future development of the field and the education of its practitioners and academics. The book has a wide audience targeting students at the undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate levels. It also extends to those working in and leading community conflict resolution efforts as well as humanitarian aid workers.

Author Biography

Thomas Matyok is assistant professor in the Program in Conflict and Peace Studies at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Jessica Senehl is assistant professor of peace and conflict studies and associate director of the Maura Centre for Peace and Justice at the University of Manitoba. Stan Byrnl is professor, director, and co-founder of the joint doctoral and master's program in peace and conflict studies and director of the Mauro Centre for Peace and Justice at St Paul's College, University-'of Manitoba.

Table of Contents

Dedication	p. v
Acknowledgments	p. vii
Biographies of Contributors	p. xiii
Preface	p. xxi
Designing a Way Forward	p. xxiii
Theory
Peace and Conflict Studies as Political Activity	p. 3
When the Killing Begins: An Epistemic Inquiry into Violent Human Conflict, Contested Truths, and Multiplex Methodology	p. 19
Post-Intervention Stability of Civil War States	p. 43
The Social Cube Analytical Model and Protracted Ethnoterritorial Conflicts	p. 43
Ethnic Genocide, Trauma, Healing, and Recovery: The Case of Identity Ruptures and Restoration among Bosnian Refugees	p. 81
Disability and Conflict: Untold Stories from the North of Ireland	p. 97
Emancipatory Peacebuilding: Critical Responses to (Neo) Liberal Trends	p. 115
Practice
Ripeness, Readiness, and Grief in Conflict Analysis	p. 143
Children, Youth, and Peacebuilding	p. 159
Developing Refugee Peacebuilding Capacity: Women in Exile on the Thai/Burmese Border	p. 177
Relationships with Human and Non-Human Species and How They Apply toward Peace-building and Leadership in Indigenous Societies	p. 199
War on Earth? Junctures between Peace and the Environment	p. 217
Indigenous Processes of Conflict Resolution: Neglected Methods of Peacemaking by the New Field of Conflict Resolution	p. 245
"The Problem from Hell": Examining the Role of Peace and Conflict Studies for Genocide Intervention and Prevention	p. 271
Pedagogy
Peace and Conflict Studies: Reclaiming Our Roots and Designing Our Way Forward	p. 293
Narrative in the Teaching and Practice of Conflict Analysis, Transformation, and Peacebuilding	p. 311
Community Engagement in Peace and Conflict Studies: Connecting and Advancing Pedagogy, Research, and Practice	p. 329
Religion and Peace and Conflict Studies	p. 349
Milestones on a Journey in Peace and Conflict Studies	p. 371
Conclusions
Where Do We Go From Here?	p. 397
Index	p. 405
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