Strategies of Peace

by Daniel Philpott, Gerard Powers

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195395907
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	03/24/2010
Series:	Studies in Strategic Peacebuilding
Pages:	392
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.20(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

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

Contributors xi

Introduction: Searching for Strategy in an Age of Peacebuilding Daniel Philpott 3

1 Strategic Peacebuilding: An Overview John Paul Lederach R. Scott Appleby 19

2 Strategic Peacebuilding: Concepts and Challenges Peter Wallensteen 45

3 The Evaluation of Peacebuilding Initiatives: Putting Learning into Practice Hal Culbertson 65

4 Reconciliation: An Ethic for Peacebuilding Daniel Philpott 91

5 Whose Strategy, Whose Peace? The Role of International Institutions in Strategic Peacebuilding Simon Chesterman 119

6 How Strategic Is UN Peacebuilding? Nicholas Sambanis 141

7 Targeted Sanctions, Counterterrorism, and Strategic Peacebuilding George A. Lopez David Cortright 169

8 Peace and Justice? The Contribution of International Judicial Processes to Peacebuilding Robert C. Johansen 189

9 Human Rights and Strategic Peacebuilding: The Roles of Local, National, and International Actors Naomi Roht-Arriaza 231

10 Economic Globalization and Strategic Peacebuilding Jackie Smith 247

11 The Response Imperative: Tensions and Dilemmas of Humanitarian Action and Strategic Peacebuilding Larissa Fast 271

12 Turning from Hatred to Community Friendship: Forgiveness Education as a Resource for Strategic Peacebuilding in Postaccord Belfast Robert D. Enright Jeanette Knutson Enright Anthony C. Hotter 291

13 Religion and Peacebuilding Gerard F. Powers 317

Conclusion: Strategic Peacebuilding beyond the Liberal Peace Oliver P. Richmond 353

Index 369

Editorial Reviews

"Since the end of the Cold War, the United States and the international community have been confronted by countless conflicts - civil, ethnic, religious, separatist, and others - for which our existing tool-kit was inadequate. As the distinguished authors in Strategies of Peace make clear, peacebuilding today requires comprehensive, far-sighted, and sustainable policies that respond to the defining characteristics of the early 21st century: interdependence, dynamism, and complexity. This remarkable and fascinating volume is essential reading for students, scholars, and practitioners."

—Lee H. Hamilton, President and Director, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

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