Peacebuilding, Conflict and Community Development by John Eversley (English) Pap

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How can local communities effectively build peace and reconciliation before, during and after open violence? This trailblazing book gives practical examples, from the Global North and Global South, on communities alleviating conflict and enabling transformation in divided societies.

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How do local communities effectively build peace and reconciliation before, during and after open violence? This trailblazing book gives practical examples, from the Global North, the former Soviet bloc and Global South, on communities addressing conflict in divided and contested societies.The book draws on a range of critical perspectives and practitioner analysis. The diverse case studies demonstrate the considerable knowledge, skills, commitment, courage and relationships within local communities that a critical community development approach can support and encourage.Concluding with activists' perspectives on working with the challenges of violence, the book offers insights for both an understanding of the root causes of conflict and for bottom-up peacebuilding.

Author Biography

John Eversley is Managing Director of two social enterprises: Policy, Practice, Research and Education and Macroscopia.Sinead Gormally is Senior Lecturer in Community Development and Adult Education at the University of Glasgow.Avila Kilmurray is Migration and Peacebuilding Executive at The Social Change Initiative.

Table of Contents

Introduction ~ John Eversley, Sinéad Gormally and Avila KilmurrayEveryday Peace as a Community Development Approach ~ Anthony Ware, Vicki-Ann Ware, and Leanne KellyPeacebuilding with Youth: Experience in Cúcuta, Colombia ~ Nohora Constanza Niño VegaDialogues to develop civil movements in the Caucasus ~ Larissa Sotieva and Juliet SchofieldWorking for Social Justice through Community Development in Nigeria ~ Samir HalliruMemory, truth, and hope: long journeys of justice in Eastern Sri Lanka ~ Sarala Emmanuel and P.B. GowthamanBrazil: Public Security as a human right in the favelas ~ Eliana Sousa Silva and Lidiane Malanquini, Redes da MaréNepal: Working with community-based women to influence inclusion and peacebuilding ~ Susan RisalPalestinian storytelling: authoring their own lives ~ Patricia SellickCommunity-based action in Northern Ireland: Activism in a violently contested society ~ Monina O'PreyEveryday Peace: After Ethnic Cleansing in Myanmar's Rohingya Conflict ~ Vicki-Ann Ware, Anthony Ware and Leanne KellyDrawing the threads together ~ John Eversley, Sinéad Gormally and Avila Kilmurray

Review

"Activists in any conflicted situation will find many resonances in the different areas of the world covered in the book." Nonviolent News

Long Description

How do local communities effectively build peace and reconciliation before, during and after open violence? This trailblazing book gives practical examples, from the Global North, the former Soviet bloc and Global South, on communities addressing conflict in divided and contested societies. The book draws on a range of critical perspectives and practitioner analysis. The diverse case studies demonstrate the considerable knowledge, skills, commitment, courage and relationships within local communities that a critical community development approach can support and encourage. Concluding with activists' perspectives on working with the challenges of violence, the book offers insights for both an understanding of the root causes of conflict and for bottom-up peacebuilding.

Feature

The first book to explore the value of theory and practice of community development in conflict resolution and peacebuilding.

Details ISBN1447359348 Publisher Bristol University Press Series Rethinking Community Development Language English Year 2022 ISBN-10 1447359348 ISBN-13 9781447359340 Format Paperback Imprint Policy Press Country of Publication United Kingdom Author Avila Kilmurray Publication Date 2022-11-28 NZ Release Date 2022-11-28 UK Release Date 2022-11-28 Edited by Sinéad Gormally Illustrations 5 Tables, black and white; 22 Illustrations, black and white Pages 260 Alternative 9781447359357 DEWEY 307.14 Audience Professional & Vocational AU Release Date 2022-11-30 We've got this

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