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Conrad Grebel University College University of Waterloo
PACS605: Conflict Transformation and Peacebuilding Winter2019
Class Time:Thursdays6pm-8:50pm
Location:CGUCRoom4224
Instructor:JenniferBall,PhD,RPP,MCIP
Office Hours:Preferablybyappointment,orgenerallyTuesday3pm-5pmOffice Location:CGUC2103CPhone:519-885-0220x24262Email:[email protected]
Land Acknowledgement WeliveandworkonthetraditionalterritoryoftheAttiwandaron(Neutral),AnishinaabeandHaudenosauneepeoples.TheUniversityofWaterlooissituatedontheHaldimandTract,thelandpromisedtotheSixNationsthatincludestenkilometresoneachsideoftheGrandRiver.
Course Description: Thiscourseexploresthetheoreticalandpracticalfoundationsofconflicttransformationandpeacebuilding.Attentionwillbegiventoarangeofmethods,skills,andframeworksforworkingwithconflicttoadvancepositivegoalssuchassocialequity,nonviolentchange,restorativejustice,andreconciliation,bothincommunitysettingsandinlarger-scaleconflictsituations.
Course Objectives/Expectations/Requirements: UponcompletingPACS605studentsshouldbeableto:
• identifyandunderstandthestructuralelementsoftheCircleprocess
• discusskeygoalsandvaluesofconflicttransformation,withparticularattentiontosocialequity,nonviolentchange,andreconciliation;
• describehowconflicttransformationpracticerelatestothelargerfieldofconflictresolution,andtoitstraditionalrepertoireofmethodsandpractices;
• describethenatureandscopeofpeacebuildingpractice;
• discussapplicationsofconflicttransformationandpeacebuildingatvariouslevelsofhumaninteraction,frominterpersonalandintergrouptointernationalandglobal;
• provideexamplesofwaysinwhichstrategicpeacebuildingapproachescangeneratemorecomprehensive,participatory,andholisticresponsestoconflict;
• identifycoreprinciplesofrestorativejustice,anddescribewaysinwhichtheseprinciplesrelate
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toconflicttransformationandpeacebuildingpractices;
• identifykeyskillsthatarecriticalforconflicttransformation,withparticularattentiontopracticesofmediationandinterpersonalcommunication;
• reflectontheirownpreparationsforpeacebuilding,andplansforrefiningpeaceskills;
• developacomprehensivepeacebuildingstrategythatmightbeappliedtoaddressanongoingsocialconflict.
Required Reading Materials: 1) Anderson,MaryB.andMarshallWallace.OptingOutofWar:StrategiestoPreventViolentConflict.
Boulder,CO:LynneRiennerPublishers,2012.2) Hart,Barry,ed.PeacebuildinginTraumatizedSocieties.Toronto:UniversityPressofAmerica,2008.3) Kraybill,RonaldS.andRobertA.Evans.PeaceSkills:ManualforCommunityMediators.San
Francisco:Jossey-Bass,2001.4) Lederach,JohnPaul.BuildingPeace:SustainableReconciliationinDividedSocieties.Washington,
DC:UnitedStatesInstituteofPeacePress,1997.5) Matyók,Thomas,JessicaSenehi,andSeanByrne,eds.CriticalIssuesinPeaceandConflictStudies:
Theory,Practice,andPedagogy.Toronto:Rowman&Littlefield,2011.6) Rosenberg,Marshall.SpeakPeaceinaWorldofConflict:WhatYouSayNextWillChangeYour
World.Encinitas,CA:PuddleDancerPress,2005.7) Sutherland,Jessie.WorldviewSkills:TransformingConflictfromtheInsideOut.Sooke,BC:
WorldviewStrategies,2005.
NOTES:• AlloftheabovetextsareavailableattheuWaterlooCampusStoreandatLibraryReservesin
MiltonGoodLibrary,ConradGrebelUniversityCollege.• AdditionalreadingswillbemadeavailablethroughLEARNand/oreReserves,andaremarked
withan“*”inthecourseschedulebelow(seep.4).
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AssignmentswillalsobehandedinonLEARNviatheappropriatedropboxes.Clickon“Assessments”,thenon“Dropbox”,andthenonthespecificdropboxfortheassignment.Uploadyourassignment.Expecttoreceiveyourassignmentbackwithfeedbackalsoviathesamedropbox.
Course Requirements & Evaluation Criteria: Assignment Weighting DueDateClassDiscussionLeadership 20% Twice-asassignedingroupsWeeklyReflectionResponse 30% Weekly-SaturdaybymidnightPeacebuildingStrategyPaper 30% ThursdayApril4th-byclassTake-HomeFinalExam 20% April18th-midnight
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20%ClassDiscussionLeadership(10%foreachoftwoclasses):Eachofyouwillbeassignedtoagroupof3or4.Fortwospecifiedclasses,yourgroupwillberesponsibletoleadtheclassdiscussionontheassignedreadingsforthoseweeks.Eachofyouwillsynthesizeandhighlightimportantpointsfromthereadings,providingsomeintellectualanalysisandpersonalcommentaryorinterpretationofthem.Asagroup,youwillprovideashortlistofquestions(2-4)forfurtherdiscussion.Handoutssummarizingbothkeypointsanddiscussionquestionsareexpected.Inthisway,yourgroupwill“re-introduce”otherstudentstothereadingsearlyintheclasssessionandsetthestageforfurtherdiscussion.Eachpresenterwilltakeabout5minutesfortheirinitial“re-introduction”section(20minutestotal).Presentersshouldconsultcarefullytoensurethatthegroupasawholefullycoverstheassignedmaterial.Prof.Ballmaythenexplorekeytopicsinfurtherdetail,afterwhich,timewillbesetasideforclassdiscussion,basedasmuchaspossibleonsomeofthequestionsyourgrouphasprepared.Inthesecondhalfoftheterm,yourgroupwillberesponsiblefortheOpeningandClosingoftheCircle,aswellasthecheck-inround.Yourgroupwillbeevaluatedonthefollowingcriteria:clarityofdelivery,coverageofreadings,valuefordiscussion,originalinsightorcreativity,valueofhandout,timemanagement.30%WeeklyReflectiveResponse:Asignificantaspectoflearninginthiscoursewilltakeplacethroughclassdiscussions,manyofwhichwillhappeninaCircleformat.Asameansofevaluatingbothyourparticipationinthecourse,yourunderstandingsofthereadings,andyourlearningprocess,youwillwriteaweeklyreflectiveresponse.Followingeachclass,submita200-300wordresponsetothequestion,“Howhavetheclassdiscussionschangedyourinitialunderstandingofthereadings?Makedirectreferencestothereadings.”ThistemplateispostedonLEARNandshouldbesubmittedtotheappropriatedropboxeachweekbymidnightonSaturday.30%PeacebuildingStrategyProject(25%forapaper+5%forapresentation):Thisprojectincludesa2500-3000wordpaper(doublespaced,11or12ptfont)andashort,5-minutepresentation.Asapeacebuildingstrategyproject,itwillinvolve“prospectivethinking”toformulateanintegrativestrategyforsustainableconflicttransformationefforts,tailoredtofitaparticularcontextandmakeuseofavailableresourcesaseffectivelyaspossible.Thisstrategyshoulddrawuponapplicableconceptsfromthroughouttheterm(weeks1through11),andshouldproposeactivitiesthat1)areresponsivetothedeeperrootsofconflict,and2)contributetowardsacoherentvisionforchange.Studentsmaychoosefromawiderangeofconflictscenarios.
Eachstudentwillsubmittheirpaper(viadropboxonLEARN),dueatthebeginningofclassonApril4th(Week12),andgivethepresentationtotheclassonthesamedate.
20%Take-HomeFinalExam:Thisexamwillconsistofshortessayquestionsaskingyoutoapplyconceptsfromreadingsandpresentationstorealorhypotheticalpeacebuildingissuesandscenarios.Theexpectedlengthofsubmissionsis2000-2500words(doublespaced,11or12ptfont).TheduedateisThursday,April18thbymidnightviadropboxonLEARN.
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Course Schedule & Reading Assignments: Week 1 (January 10): Meeting One Another and Making Plans Whatareourgoalsandplansfortheterm?Whatdowealreadyknowaboutconflicttransformationandpeacebuilding,andwhatdowewanttolearn?Howwillweworktogether?
• *Ball,Jennifer,WayneCaldwell,andKayPranis.2010.“AnOverviewoftheCircleProcess.”InDoingDemocracywithCircles:EngagingCommunitiesinPublicPlanning.St.Paul,MN:LivingJusticePress,pp.32-48.
Week 2 (January 17): Goals of Peacebuilding and Conflict Transformation Whataresomeofthechallengesandopportunitiesfacingcontemporarypeacebuilders,andwhatistherationaleforcomprehensiveor“systemic”peacebuildingstrategies?Whataresomeofthedistinguishingcharacteristicsofconflicttransformationandpeacebuildingasresponsestoconflict,withinthelargercontextofconflictresolutionpractice?
Required Readings: • Lederach,JohnPaul.BuildingPeace:SustainableReconciliationinDividedSocieties.
Washington,DC:UnitedStatesInstituteofPeacePress,1997.o Introduction(pp.xv-xvii),Chapter1(“GlobalOverview,”pp.2-10),Chapter2
(“CharacteristicsofDeeplyDividedSocieties,”pp.11-18),Chapter3(“Reconciliation:TheBuildingofRelationship,”pp.23-35)
• *Kraybill,RonaldS.PeaceSkills:ManualforCommunityMediators.SanFrancisco:Jossey-Bass,2001.
o Introduction(pp.xv-xviii),Chapter1(“AssumptionsaboutConflict,”pp.3-11)• *Zehr,Howard.“RestorativeJustice.”InPeacebuilding:AFieldGuide,ed.LucReychlerand
ThaniaPaffenholz,pp.330-335.Boulder,CO:LynneRiennerPublishers,2001.• Hart,Barry,ed.PeacebuildinginTraumatizedSocieties.Toronto:UniversityPressof
America,2008.o Introduction(pp.vii-xi),Chapter1(“CriticalLinksBetweenPeacebuildingand
TraumaHealing,”pp.4-26)
Recommended Readings: • Matyók,Thomas,JessicaSenehi,andSeanByrne,eds.CriticalIssuesinPeaceandConflict
Studies:Theory,Practice,andPedagogy.Toronto:Rowman&Littlefield,2011.o “DesigningaWayForward”(pp.xxiii-xxviii),Chapter1(“PeaceandConflict
Studies…,”pp.3-18)
Week 3 (January 24): Complex Conflict Systems Howcanpeacebuilderscometotermswiththecomplexityof“conflict-habituated”socialsystems,andwiththemulti-dimensionalchallengesthatconfrontpopulationsexperiencingprotractedconflict?Whataresomeconstructivewaysofmovingfromanalysistoengagement?
Required Readings: • Matyók,Thomas,etal.,eds.CriticalIssuesinPeaceandConflictStudies:Theory,Practice,
andPedagogy.
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o Chapter4(“TheSocialCubeAnalyticalModel,”pp.61-80),Chapter7(“EmancipatoryPeacebuilding,”pp.115-140),Chapter8(“Ripeness,Readiness,andGriefinConflictAnalysis,”pp.143-157),Chapter14(“TheProblemfromHell,”pp.271-289)
• Hart,Barry,ed.PeacebuildinginTraumatizedSocieties.o Chapter2(“ManagingMemory:LookingtoTransitionalJusticetoAddressTrauma,”
pp.27-47),Chapter3(“Humiliation,Trauma,andTraumaRecoveryinaGlobalizedWorld,”pp.49-64)
• *Smith,Jackie.“EconomicGlobalizationandStrategicPeacebuilding.”InStrategiesofPeace:TransformingConflictinaViolentWorld,ed.DanielPhilpottandGerardF.Powers,pp.247-269.Toronto:OxfordUniversityPress,2010.
• *Neufeldt,Reina.“ConflictAnalysisasIntervention.”Chapterfortheforthcomingbook,PeaceParadigms,ed.NathanC.Funk,etal.
Week 4 (January 31): Strategic Peacebuilding Howcanpeacebuildingstrategicallyincludeandconnectdiverseactorsinsociety?Whatistherationaleforintegratedpeacebuildingframeworks,andwhatarekeycriteriaforeffectivepractice?Whataresomewaysinwhichcommunitieshavedrawnupontheirownresourcestonavigatedangeroussocio-politicalcontexts,creatinglocalizedpeaceinthemidstofdestructiveconflict?
Required Readings: • Lederach,JohnPaul.BuildingPeace:SustainableReconciliationinDividedSocieties.
Washington,DC:UnitedStatesInstituteofPeacePress,1997.o Chapters4-11(pp.37-152)
• Anderson,MaryB.andMarshallWallace.OptingOutofWar:StrategiestoPreventViolentConflict.Boulder,CO:LynneRiennerPublishers,2012.
o Chapter1(“PreventingViolentConflict,”pp.1-14),Chapter2(“StepsonthePathtoPreventingViolentConflict,”pp.17-31).
CambodianPeaceMarch
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Week 5 (February 7): Local Contexts and Resources Howcanattentionto“thelocal”contributetosustainablepeacebuildingpractices?Whyhavediverseactors,includinginternationalorganizationsaswellasNGOs,placedincreasingemphasisonlocalownershipandempowerment?Whatcanwelearnfromconcreteexamplesoflocalpeacebuilding(orwaravoidance)?
Required Readings: • Anderson,MaryB.andMarshallWallace.OptingOutofWar:StrategiestoPreventViolent
Conflict.Boulder,CO:LynneRiennerPublishers,2012.o Chapter3(“MaintainingCommunityCohesion,”pp.33-46),Chapter4(“Leadership,
Consultation,andCommunication,”pp.47-66),andChapter5(“EngagingwithArmedGroups,”pp.67-79)
o Read3outof5:Chapter8(“Afghanistan:StrategiesofResistance,”pp.103-115),Chapter9(“Bosnia:Cross-EthnicSolidarity,”pp.117-128),Chapter10(“Colombia:AStoryofCommunityRefusal,”pp.129-142),Chapter11(“Mozambique:TheSpiritofMungoi,”pp.143-155),Chapter12(“MuslimsRejectGenocide,”pp.157-168)
o Chapter13(“TheRelevanceofNonwarCommunities,”pp.171-176).• *Funk,NathanC.“BuildingonWhat’sAlreadyThere:ValuingtheLocalinInternational
Peacebuilding.”InternationalJournal,Vol.67,No.2(Spring2012):391-408.• *Pinnington,Rosie.LocalFirstinAction:UnlockingthePowertoGetThingsDone.London,
England:PeaceDirect,2014.Skim.
Week 6 (February 14): Nonviolent Civil Resistance as a Basis for Conflict Transformation Howdointentionallynonviolentconflictstrategiesshapeintergroupdynamics?Howcanescalationprocessesbemanagedinwaysthatsupportequitablenegotiations,particularlyindangerousand/oroppressivesituations?Whathasbeenlearnedaboutnonviolentconflict,andhowcanthisknowledgeadvanceconflicttransformationandpeacebuilding?
Required Readings:
• *MariaJ.StephanandEricaChenoweth,"WhyCivilResistanceWorks,"InternationalSecurityJournal.(Readentirearticle.Afrequentlycitedstudyofnonviolentresistancestrategiesincomparisontoviolentstrategiesofsocialandpoliticalchange.)
• *VeroniqueDudouet,"NonviolentResistanceinPowerAsymmetries,"inAdvancingConflictTransformation:TheBerghofHandbookII.(Readentirechapter;forfullcitationseeendofchapter.Ausefuloverviewofnonviolentresistanceanditsrelevancetoconflicttransformation.)
• *RobertC.Johansen,"RadicalIslamandNonviolence:ACaseStudyofReligiousEmpowermentandConstraintAmongPashtuns,"JournalofPeaceResearch.(Readentirearticle.Thisisasubstantivecasestudyofafrequentlyoverlookednonviolentmovement,authoredbyaprominentpeaceresearchscholar.)
• *RobertL.Helvey,OnStrategicNonviolentConflict:ThinkingabouttheFundamentals(Boston,MA:TheAlbertEinsteinInstitute,2004).(ReadChapter1.Skimchapters2,3,and4.Examineappendicesandfiguresattheendofthebook.Helvey'sworkprovidesavery
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clearillustrationofthe"pragmaticnonviolence"schoolofthought,asexpoundedbyGeneSharpandtheInternationalCentreonNonviolentConflict.)
PeaceVigilinColombia–Sourceonline
Reading Week (February 21): No Class
Week 7 (February 28): Multiple Peacebuilding Tracks
Whatcanagenderlensaddtoourunderstandingofpeaceresourcesandprocesses?Whyisitimportantforpeacebuilderstothinkaboutreligion?Howcandiversecivilsocietyactorscontributetoa“multi-track”peacebuildingprocess?
Required Readings: • Matyók,etal.,eds.CriticalIssuesinPeaceandConflictStudies.
o Read2outof4:Chapter6(“DisabilityandConflict,”pp.97-113),Chapter9(“Children,Youth,andPeacebuilding,”pp.159-176),Chapter10(“DevelopingRefugeePeacebuildingCapacity,”pp.177-198),Chapter18(“ReligionandPeaceandConflictStudies,”pp.349-369)
• Hart,Barry,ed.PeacebuildinginTraumatizedSocieties.Toronto:UniversityPressofAmerica,2008.
o Chapter6(“PeacebuildingLeadershipinTraumatizedSocieties,”pp.107-128)• *Korac,Maja.“Gender,Conflict,andSocialCapital:BondingandBridginginWarinthe
FormerYugoslavia.”InPeaceandConflictStudies:AReader,ed.CharlesP.WebelandJørgenJohansen,pp.409-421.London:Routledge,2012.
• *Barnes,Catherine.AgentsforChange:CivilSocietyRolesinPreventingWarandBuildingPeace,pp.32-76.TheHaag,Netherlands:EuropeanCentreforConflictPrevention,2006.Availableonlineathttp://www.gppac.net/documents/130221585/130430888/Agents+for+Change.pdf/8a4027ab-3194-
42e1-8281-d08353cbdbfd.o II(“CivilSociety,Conflict,andChange,”pp.19-24)andIV(“MakingPeaceby
PeacefulMeans:CivilSocietyRolesandFunctions,”skimpp.32-76)
Week 8 (March 7): Peace Skills Whataresomeofthemostessentialcommunicationskillsforpeacemakerstomaster?Whataresomepotentialbenefitsofsustaineddialogueandrelationshipbuilding?
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Required Readings: • Rosenberg,Marshall.SpeakPeaceinaWorldofConflict.Encinitas,CA:PuddleDuckPress,
2005,(pp.9-173).
Recommended Readings: • Matyók,etal.,eds.CriticalIssuesinPeaceandConflictStudies.
o Chapter19(“MilestonesonaJourneyinPeaceandConflictStudies,”pp.371-393),Chapter20(“WhereDoWeGofromHere?”pp.397-403)
Week 9 (March 14): Mediation and Other Third-party Roles HowdoNorthAmericanmediationpracticesconventionallyoperate?Howcanfamiliaritywithmediationprocessesbeusedtoadvanceconflicttransformationwithincommunitiesaswellasinlarger-scalesocialandpoliticalsettings?
Required Readings: • Kraybill,RonaldS.PeaceSkills:ManualforCommunityMediators.SanFrancisco:Jossey-
Bass,2001.o Chapter2(“UnderstandingConflictandtheRoleofMediation,”pp.12-21)o Section2:IntroductiontoMediation(Chapters3-10,pp.25-84)o Section4:BuildingPeaceinCommunities(Chapter14,pp.107-117)
Recommended Readings: • Kraybill,RonaldS.PeaceSkills:ManualforCommunityMediators.
o Section3:CommunicationSkillsandTools(Chapters11-13,pp.87-104)
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Week 10 (March 21): Cross-Cultural Engagement Howcanpeacemakingbestproceedamidstsignificantdifferencesinculturesandworldviews?Howcanpeacebuildersacquiregreatercompetenceatworkingwithculturaldifferences?
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Required Readings: • Sutherland,Jessie.WorldviewSkills:TransformingConflictfromtheInsideOut.Sooke,BC:
WorldviewStrategies,2005.(libraryreserve)o pp.11-49[thenskimpp.49-74];pp.74-111;pp.119-143
• *Walker,PollyO.“DecolonizingConflictResolution:AddressingtheOntologicalViolenceofWesternization,”TheAmericanIndianQuarterly,Vol.28,No.3&4(Summery/Fall2004):527-549.
Recommended Readings: • Matyók,etal.,eds.CriticalIssuesinPeaceandConflictStudies.
o Chapter13(“IndigenousProcessesofConflictResolution,”pp.245-270)
Week 11 (March 28): Arts-based and Environmental Approaches to Peacebuilding Whataresomeareasofcreativityandinnovationinthepeacebuildingfield?Howaretheartsshapingsomeapproachestoconflicttransformation?Howcanpeacebuildingprocessesintegrateorleverageecologicalconsiderations?
Required Readings: • Hart,Barry,ed.PeacebuildinginTraumatizedSocieties.
o Chapter9(“ArtsApproachestoPeace,”pp.185-203)• *Shank,Michael,andLisaSchirch.“ArtsandPeace:StrategicArts-BasedPeacebuilding.”
ECP:EscoladeCulturadePau,2008.Availableonlineat:http://escolapau.uab.cat/img/programas/musica/strategic_arts.pdf.
• *Conca,Ken.“TheCaseforEnvironmentalPeacemaking.”InEnvironmentalPeacemaking,ed.KenConcaandGeoffreyD.Dabelko,pp.1-22.Baltimore,MD:TheJohnsHopkinsUniversityPress,2002.
• Matyók,etal.,eds.CriticalIssuesinPeaceandConflictStudies.o Chapter12(“WaronEarth?”pp.217-244),Chapter16(“Narrative…,”pp.311-328)
Week 12 (April 4): Presentations -PeacebuildingStrategyPaperdueatthebeginningofclass.
-Take-HomeExamdueMonday,April18thatmidnightviadropboxonLEARN.
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Asweprogressthroughtheterm,pleaseremember:
• Inacademicsasinlifemoregenerally,whatwegetfromanexperiencedependsonwhatweputintoit.Preparationforclass(completingreadingandwritingassignmentsontime,trackingworldevents)isthebasisforeffectivelearning.
• Whenwecometoclasspreparedtoparticipateandposequestions,wetransformtheclassroomenvironment,makingactiveandcollaborativelearningpossible.Wediscoverthatlearningisacommunalratherthanasolitaryendeavour,andthateachoneofusisaresourceforeveryoneelseinthelearningprocess.
• ThesubjectmattercoveredbyPeaceandConflictStudiescoursesisinevitablyopentomultipleinterpretations.Thismeansthatyouwillnotalwaysagreewithideaspresentedincoursereadings,lectures,anddiscussions.Insuchcases,disagreementisoftenagoodthing,solongasitenablesyoutodevelopanenhancedcapacitytoexpresswhereyoustandinrelationtoothers.Whatmattersmostisnotwhetherornotweallagree,butwhetherornotwearewillingtoengageoneanotherwithrespectandintegrity.
• Collaborativelearningrequiresnotonlypreparationandself-expression,butalsoacommitmenttoactivelistening.Activelisteningisacommunicationskillthatwedevelopaswebegintohearnotonlywords,opinions,andideas,butalsotheexperiencesandtheawarenessbehindthem.Whenwepracticeactivelistening,weceasetomerelydebateandbegintosharpenthefocusofourdeliberations.Weclarifydivergentperceptionsanddevelopdeeperunderstandingofcontrastingperspectives.Webecomeaclearmirror,reflectingbackwhatwehaveheardandaskingquestionstolearnratherthantoscorerhetoricalpoints.Intheprocess,wetestandrefineourownideasandthoseheldbyothers.
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Resource List – For Research and Further Reading Austin,Beatrix,MartinaFischer,HansJ.Giessmann,eds.AdvancingConflictTransformation:TheBerghofHandbookII.Opladen&FarmingtonHills,MI:BarbaraBudrichPublishers,2011.
Bercovitch,JacobandRichardJackson.ConflictResolutionintheTwenty-firstCentury:Principles,Methods,andApproaches.AnnArbor,Michigan:TheUniversityofMichiganPress,2009.
Byrne,SeanandCynthiaL.Irvin,eds.ReconcilableDifferences:TurningPointsinEthnopoliticalConflict.WestHartford,CT:KumarianPress,2000.
Dayton,BruceandLouisKriesberg,eds.ConflictTransformationandPeacebuilding:MovingfromViolencetoSustainablePeace.NewYork:Routledge,2009.
Darweish,MarwanandCarolRank,eds.PeacebuildingandReconciliation:ContemporaryChallengesandThemes.London:PlutoBooks,2012.
Fisas,Vicenç.2012YearbookonPeaceProcesses.London:PlutoBooks,2012.
Fisher,RonaldJ.,ed.PavingtheWay:ContributionsofInteractiveConflictResolutiontoPeacemaking.Lanham,MD:LexingtonBooks,2005.
Hadley,MichaelL.,ed.TheSpiritualRootsofRestorativeJustice.Albany,NY:StateUniversityofNewYorkPress,2001.
Hancock,LandonandChristopherMitchell,eds.ZonesofPeace.WestHartford,CT:KumarianPress,2007.
Jeong,Ho-Won.PeacebuildinginPostconflictSocieties:StrategyandProcess.Boulder,CO:LynneRiennerPublishers,2005.
KrocInstituteforInternationalPeaceStudies.PeaceAccordsMatrix.NotreDame,Indiana:NotreDameUniversity,2012.Availableonline.
LeBaron,Michelle.BridgingCulturalConflicts:ANewApproachforaChangingWorld.SanFrancisco:Jossey-Bass,2003.
Matyók,Thomas,MaureenFlaherty,HamdesaTuso,JessicaSenehi,andSeanByrne,eds.PeaceonEarth:TheRoleofReligioninPeaceandConflictStudies.Toronto:LexingtonBooks,2014.
Nan,SusanAllen,ZachariahCherianMampilly,andAndreaBartoli,eds.Peacemaking:FromPracticetoTheory,Vol.1andVol.2.SantaBarbara,CA:Praeger,2012.
Ramsbotham,Oliver,TomWoodhouse,andHughMiall.ContemporaryConflictResolution,3rded.Cambridge,UK:PolityPress,2011.
Richmond,OliverP.,ed.PalgraveAdvancesinPeacebuilding:CriticalDevelopmentsandApproaches.NewYork:PalgraveMacmillan,2010.
Reychler,LucandThaniaPaffenholz,eds.Peacebuilding:AFieldGuide.Boulder,CO:LynneRiennerPublishers,2001.
Sandole,DennisJ.D.Peacebuilding.Cambridge,UK:Polity,2010.
Schirch,Lisa.RitualandSymbolinPeacebuilding.WestHartford,CT:KumarianPress,2005.
Zartman,I.WilliamandJ.LewisRasmussen,eds.PeacemakinginInternationalConflict:MethodsandApplications.Washington,DC:UnitedStatesInstituteofPeacePress,1997.
Zelizer,Craig,andRichardRubinstein,eds.BuildingPeace:PracticalReflectionsfromtheField.WestHartford,CT:KumarianPress,2009.
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