Palgrave Handbook of Disciplinary and Regional Approaches to Peace

Oliver Richmond is a Research Professor in IR and Peace and Conflict Studies in the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute at the University of Manchester, UK. He is also International Professor at the College of International Studies, Kyung Hee University, Korea, and a Visiting Professor at the University of Tromso, Norway. He edits the Palgrave book series Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies, and is co-editor of the journal Peacebuilding.Sandra Pogodda has worked at the John Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, USA, the United States Institute of Peace, USA, and at the University of St Andrews, UK, as a Postdoctoral Fellow. In 2013 she became a Lecturer in Peace and Conflict Studies at the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute at the University of Manchester, UK. Jasmin Ramovic is affiliated to the Conflict Response Institute at the University of Manchester, UK. Previously, he has taught undergraduate courses in political science andInternational Relations. Formerly a UK Government Chevening scholar, he also has extensive experience working with various international organizations, including the United Nations and the European Union missions to Bosnia and Herzegovina.

• PART I: DISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES 1. History Peace in History; John Gittings 2. Politics and Governance: From Emergency to Emergence ; David Chandler3. Philosophy: The Philosophy of Peace; Nick Rengger 4. International Relations: Peace in International Relations Theory; Oliver P. Richmond5. Anthropology: Implications for Peace; Geneviève Souillac and Douglas P. Fry6. Arts and Theatre for Peacebuilding; Nilanjana Premaratna and Roland Bleiker7. Sociology: A Sociological Critique of Liberal Peace; Nicos Trimikliniotis8. Economics: Neoliberal Peace and the Politics of Social Economics; Brendan Murtagh9. Geography: Geography and Peace; Nick Megoran, Fiona McConnell and Phillipa Williams10. Development: Peace and Development Studies; Caroline Hughes11. Postcolonialism: A Postcolonial Perspective on Peacebuilding; Vivienne Jabri12. Religion: Peace through Non-Violence in Four Religious Traditions; Caron Gentry13. Gender: The Missing Piece in the Peace Puzzle; Annika Bjorkdahl and Johanna M. Selimovic14. Education: Cultural Reproduction, Revolution and Peacebuilding in Conflict-affected Societies; Tejendra Pherali15. Children: Children and Peace; Ben Collins and Alison Watson16. Social Psychology: Social Psychology and Peace; Shelley McKeown and Daniel Christie17. Humanitarianism: Humanitarianism and Peace; Jenny H. Peterson18. International Law: To End the Scourge of War … and to Build a Just Peace?; Wendy Lambourne19. Indigeneity and Peace; Morgan Brigg and Polly O. Walker20. Critical Security Studies: Alternative Dialogues for Peace Reconstructing 'Language Barriers' and 'Talking Points'; Faye DonnellyPART II: REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES 21. South Africa's Incomplete Peace; Andries Odendaal22. West Africa: Peace in West Africa; Patrick Tom23. The Great Lakes Region of Africa; Local Perspectives on Liberal Peacebuilding from the Democratic Republic of Congo ; Josaphat M. Bussy and Carol Gallo24. The Horn of Africa: Peace in the Horn of Africa; Christopher Clapham25. Southeast Asia: Peace through Retribution or Reconciliation? Some Insights and Evidence from Southeast Asia; Sorpong Peou26. East Asia: Understanding the Broken Harmony in Confucian Asia; Ching-Chang Chen27. South Asia: Human Development and Minority Empowerment – Exploring Regional Perspectives on Peace in South Asia; Florian Krampe and Ashok Swain 28. Emerging Countries: Peace and the Emerging Countries; Kai Michael Kenkel29. Central Asia Central Asia: Contested Peace; David Lewis30. Middle East and North Africa: Hegemonic Modes of Pacification in Crisis; Sandra Pogodda31. Europe: Peace in Europe; Roberto Belloni32. Balkans; Jasmin Ramovic 33. South America; Peacebuilding in South America: Roddy Brett and Diana Florez34. Central America: From War to Violence; Jenny Pearce35. North America: Peace Studies versus the Hegemony of Realist and Liberal Methods; Henry F. Carey36. Pacific: Peace in the Pacific – Grounded in Local Custom, Adapting to Change; Volker Boege