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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828020603321

Titolo

Cultivating peace : contexts, practices and multidimensional models / / Helen Ware [and three others], editors ; contributors Abraham Coalesce [and seventeen others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-4438-5931-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (394 p.)

Disciplina

303.69

Soggetti

Conflict management - Developing countries

Conservation of natural resources - Developing countries

Natural resources - Developing countries - Management

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF TABLES; LIST OF ACRONYMS; INTRODUCTION; WHAT DOES THE PERSON ON THE STREET CORNER WANT?GROWING PEACE THROUGH DEMOCRACY; MOBILISING INSURGENTS; FRAMING VIOLENCE IN THE LIBERAL PEACE PARADIGM; REFRAMING PEACE; BUILDING PEACE IN POST-CONFLICT SOLOMON ISLANDS; THE BUSINESS SECTOR IN PEACE PROMOTION; EXPLORING MILITARIZATION,AID AND INDEPENDENCE IN SMALL ISLAND STATES; CONTRIBUTION OF COMMUNITY GOVERNANCE TO PEACE BUILDING IN NEPAL; A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO REFUGEE SETTLEMENTS; KEEPING COMMUNITY; THE MEDIATOR WHO PAYS DISPUTANTS; NON VIOLENT COMMUNICATION

COMMUNITIES AND MEDIAIN THE AFTERMATH OF CONFLICT DONOR-FUNDED NATURE/FOREST CONSERVATION PROJECTS; THE PERMANENT EVOLUTION OF DEMOCRACY; THE AFRICAN PEACE AND SECURITY ARCHITECTURE; DISARMING HEARTS, MINDS AND SOULS IN POST-CONFLICT CÔTE D'IVOIRE; TWO KINDS OF PEACE; CONTRIBUTORS

Sommario/riassunto

Cultivating Peace: Contexts, Practices and Multidimensional Models moves away from negative connotations associated with the concept of post-conflict peace building. It embraces a multiplicity of trans-



disciplinary approaches to peace building, mostly coinciding with the eco-horticultural metaphor of peace cultivation. Ultimately, the idea of cultivating peace embodies love and compassion, while utilizing local knowledge, expertise and wisdom to do no harm. Using various case studies from across...