Marie-Claire Foblets is Professor of Law and Anthropology at the Universities of Leuven, Brussels and Antwerp and Director of the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Leuven.Trutz von Trotha is Professor of Sociology at the University of Siegen, Germany.

• 1. In Search of Peace. History, Basic Narrative, the Future of War, and the Rise of the Local. An Introduction with a Short Overview of the ContributionsTrutz von TrothaPart I On the Theory of the Reconstruction of Peace after War and Violent Conflict2. Comments on the Construction of Political Order: Social Contract Theories and Anthropological ObservationGordon R Woodman3. Concepts of Violence and Peace in African LanguagesWilhelm, JG Möhlig and Rüdiger Köppe4. The ‘Peacemakers’ Dilemma’: The Role of NGOs in Processes of Peace-Building in Decentralised ConflictsDieter NeubertPart II Power, Structures, Processes, and History in the Reconstruction of PeaceThe Reconstruction of Peace I: African Experiences5. Peace and Aid: The ‘Programme Mali-Nord’ and the Search for Peace in Northern MaliHenner Papendieck and Barbara Rocksloh-Papendieck6. Roads to Peace: From Small War to Parasovereign Peace in the North of MaliGeorg Klute and Trutz von Trotha7. Legislation and Decentralisation in Uganda: From Resistance Councils to Elected Local Councils with Guaranteed RepresentationDirk Beke8. The South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission: ‘The Truth will Set You Free’Willemien du PlessisThe Reconstruction of Peace II: Asian Experiences9. Democracy and Ethnic Conflicts: The Politics of Ethnicity and Conflict Resolution in South AsiaJakob Rösel10. Law, Violence and Peace Making on the Island of AmbonKeebet von Benda-Beckmann11. The Search for New Sources of Legitimacy in Indonesia after SuhartoJohn R BowenConclusion12. At the Heart of Legal Anthropology: Analyses of peace processesMarie-Claire Foblets and Barbara Truffin

Each essay in the collection tends to be learned, detailed, and carefully documented, so it is difficult to do justice to the whole volume in a brief review…a valuable contribution..the authors offer convincing evidence of the importance of legal anthropology in peace-building efforts..

Marie-Claire Foblets is Professor of Law and Anthropology at the Universities of Leuven, Brussels and Antwerp and Director of the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Leuven.Trutz von Trotha is Professor of Sociology at the University of Siegen, Germany.

• 1. In Search of Peace. History, Basic Narrative, the Future of War, and the Rise of the Local. An Introduction with a Short Overview of the ContributionsTrutz von TrothaPart I On the Theory of the Reconstruction of Peace after War and Violent Conflict2. Comments on the Construction of Political Order: Social Contract Theories and Anthropological ObservationGordon R Woodman3. Concepts of Violence and Peace in African LanguagesWilhelm, JG Möhlig and Rüdiger Köppe4. The ‘Peacemakers’ Dilemma’: The Role of NGOs in Processes of Peace-Building in Decentralised ConflictsDieter NeubertPart II Power, Structures, Processes, and History in the Reconstruction of PeaceThe Reconstruction of Peace I: African Experiences5. Peace and Aid: The ‘Programme Mali-Nord’ and the Search for Peace in Northern MaliHenner Papendieck and Barbara Rocksloh-Papendieck6. Roads to Peace: From Small War to Parasovereign Peace in the North of MaliGeorg Klute and Trutz von Trotha7. Legislation and Decentralisation in Uganda: From Resistance Councils to Elected Local Councils with Guaranteed RepresentationDirk Beke8. The South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission: ‘The Truth will Set You Free’Willemien du PlessisThe Reconstruction of Peace II: Asian Experiences9. Democracy and Ethnic Conflicts: The Politics of Ethnicity and Conflict Resolution in South AsiaJakob Rösel10. Law, Violence and Peace Making on the Island of AmbonKeebet von Benda-Beckmann11. The Search for New Sources of Legitimacy in Indonesia after SuhartoJohn R BowenConclusion12. At the Heart of Legal Anthropology: Analyses of peace processesMarie-Claire Foblets and Barbara Truffin

Each essay in the collection tends to be learned, detailed, and carefully documented, so it is difficult to do justice to the whole volume in a brief review…a valuable contribution..the authors offer convincing evidence of the importance of legal anthropology in peace-building efforts..

Marie-Claire Foblets is Professor of Law and Anthropology at the Universities of Leuven, Brussels and Antwerp and Director of the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Leuven.Trutz von Trotha is Professor of Sociology at the University of Siegen, Germany.

• 1. In Search of Peace. History, Basic Narrative, the Future of War, and the Rise of the Local. An Introduction with a Short Overview of the ContributionsTrutz von TrothaPart I On the Theory of the Reconstruction of Peace after War and Violent Conflict2. Comments on the Construction of Political Order: Social Contract Theories and Anthropological ObservationGordon R Woodman3. Concepts of Violence and Peace in African LanguagesWilhelm, JG Möhlig and Rüdiger Köppe4. The ‘Peacemakers’ Dilemma’: The Role of NGOs in Processes of Peace-Building in Decentralised ConflictsDieter NeubertPart II Power, Structures, Processes, and History in the Reconstruction of PeaceThe Reconstruction of Peace I: African Experiences5. Peace and Aid: The ‘Programme Mali-Nord’ and the Search for Peace in Northern MaliHenner Papendieck and Barbara Rocksloh-Papendieck6. Roads to Peace: From Small War to Parasovereign Peace in the North of MaliGeorg Klute and Trutz von Trotha7. Legislation and Decentralisation in Uganda: From Resistance Councils to Elected Local Councils with Guaranteed RepresentationDirk Beke8. The South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission: ‘The Truth will Set You Free’Willemien du PlessisThe Reconstruction of Peace II: Asian Experiences9. Democracy and Ethnic Conflicts: The Politics of Ethnicity and Conflict Resolution in South AsiaJakob Rösel10. Law, Violence and Peace Making on the Island of AmbonKeebet von Benda-Beckmann11. The Search for New Sources of Legitimacy in Indonesia after SuhartoJohn R BowenConclusion12. At the Heart of Legal Anthropology: Analyses of peace processesMarie-Claire Foblets and Barbara Truffin

Each essay in the collection tends to be learned, detailed, and carefully documented, so it is difficult to do justice to the whole volume in a brief review…a valuable contribution..the authors offer convincing evidence of the importance of legal anthropology in peace-building efforts..