Strategies of Peace

by Philpott, Daniel; Powers, Gerard

• ISBN13: 9780195395914
• ISBN10: 0195395913
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-03-24
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

How can a just peace be built in sites of genocide, massive civil war, dictatorship, terrorism, and poverty? In Strategies of Peace, the first volume in the Studies in Strategic Peacebuilding series, fifteen leading scholars propose an imaginative and provocative approach to peacebuilding. Today the dominant thinking is the "liberal peace," which stresses cease fires, elections, and short run peace operations carried out by international institutions, western states, and local political elites. But the liberal peace is not enough, the authors argue. A just and sustainable peace requires a far more holistic vision that links together activities, actors, and institutions at all levels. By exploring innovative models for building lasting peace-a United Nations counter-terrorism policy that also promotes good governance; coordination of the international prosecution of war criminals with local efforts to settle civil wars; increasing the involvement of religious leaders, who have a unique ability to elicit peace settlements; and many others--the authors advance a bold new vision for peacebuilding.

Author Biography

Daniel Philpott is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame. He is the author of Revolutions in Sovereignty: How Ideas Shaped Modern International Relations.
Gerard F. Powers is Director of Catholic Peacebuilding Studies at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame. He is the co-editor of Peacemaking: Moral and Policy Challenges for a New World.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Contributors

Introduction: Searching for Strategy in an Age of Peacebuilding

Strategic Peacebuilding: An Overview

Strategic Peacebuilding: Concepts and Challenges

The Evaluation of Peacebuilding Initiatives: Putting Learning Into Practice

Reconciliation: An Ethic for Peacebuilding

Whose Strategy, Whose Peace? The Role of International Institutions in Strategic Peacebuilding

How Strategic is UN Peacebuilding?

Targeted Sanctions, Counter-Terrorism and Strategic Peace-Building

Peace and Justice? The Contribution of International Judicial Processes to Peacebuilding

Human Rights and Strategic Peacebuilding: The Roles of Local, National, and International Actors

Economic Globalization and Strategic Peacebuilding

The Response Imperative: Tensions and Dilemmas of Humanitarian Action and Strategic Peacebuilding

Turning Hatred to Community Friendship: Forgiveness Education as a Resource for Strategic Peacebuilding in Post-Accord Belfast

Religion and Peacebuilding

Conclusion: Strategic Peacebuilding Beyond the Liberal State

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