Civil Society, Peace, and Power

David Cortright is the Director of Policy Studies at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame’s Keough School of Global Affairs.Melanie Greenberg is the President and CEO of the Alliance for Peacebuilding. Laurel Stone is Program Manager for Policy Studies at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame’s Keough School of Global Affairs.

• IntroductionJohn Paul Lederach1: Civil Society and the Power to Build Peaceful and Inclusive SocietiesPeter van TuijlSection 1:2: Civil Society and the 2030 Agenda: Forging a Path to Universal Sustainable Peace through Policy Formulation Erin McCandless3: The Politics of Inclusion: Civil Society Engagement in the New Deal Kristen Wall and Rachel Fairhurst4: Integrating Gender into the New Deal ProcessDewi Suralaga, Mahbouba Seraj and Karen RobinsonSection 25: From National Security to Human Security: Developing Effective Partnerships between the UN, Regional Organizations and Civil SocietyDarynell Rodriguez6: The Role of WANEP in Crafting Peace and Security Architecture in West AfricaEmmanuel Bombande7: The Role of Women in Regional Peace and Security: Experiences from the PacificSharon Bhagwan-Rolls and Laurel StoneSection 38: Civil Society’s Peacebuilding Approach to Civil-Military-Police Coordination in Security Sector Reform Lisa Schirch9: Unlikely Partners for Conflict Transformation: Engaging the Military as Stakeholders for Peace in MindanaoMyla Leguro and Hyunjin Deborah Kwak10: POLSEDE, Civil Society, and Security Sector Reform in GuatemalaBernardo Arévalo de Le?n and Ana Glenda TágerConclusion: Civil Society Empowerment for Human SecurityDavid Cortright, Melanie Greenberg, Laurel Stone and Anna Milovanovic

This important book provides valuable insights about the expanding role of civil society in building sustainable peace. The wide-ranging authors expertly specify and analyze the complex relations within, as well as between, civil society and state organizations in transnational and societal settings. The book should be read by persons engaged in overcoming destructive conflicts, by students and scholars studying their efforts, and by all who would support the work of establishing inclusive and enduring peace.