Front Cover
Half-title
Series
Peacebuilding, Conflict and Community Development
Copyright information
Table of contents
Series Editor's Preface
List of figures and tables
Notes on contributors
Preface
1 Introduction
Summary
What is violence?
Understanding community
And so to community development
An understanding of peacebuilding
From peacebuilding to conflict transformation
The challenges of peacebuilding at community level
Bringing together community development, peacebuilding and conflict transformation
The content of the book
Notes
References
2 Everyday peace as a community development approach
Introduction
The everyday
The concept of ‘everyday peace’
Everyday peace social practices
Innovations of everyday peace and applicability to community development
Limitations: the dark side
Operationalisation of everyday peace into community development practice
Conclusion
References
3 Peacebuilding with youth: experience in Cúcuta, Colombia
Summary
Setting the scene
The violent dynamics in Cúcuta, the confluence of different violences
Peace, inequality and justice: building peace from below
The political subject of peace from the perspective of youth: from criminalised youth to taking action for peace
The experience of the MATS in Cúcuta: a view from below
Conclusion
Notes
References
4 Dialogues to develop civil movements in the Caucasus
Summary
Setting the scene
Governance in the Soviet era
The breakup of Soviet Union
Specific conflicts
South Caucasus
North Caucasus
Not homogeneous but some commonalities within the Caucasus
Before the descent into armed violence
During the armed violence
Post-violence
Community development and peacebuilding
Local to local
Immediate post-violence problem-solving through new partnerships to meet immediate needs
A new role for leaders
The role of external assistance
From censorship to self-censorship to free expression
Looking beyond immediate needs: the Caucasian Forum of NGOs
The path to practical change in the Caucasus
Facilitation of the peacebuilding network
The dynamics of internal relations between the participants: mirroring conflicts in the Caucasus
Achieving practical results: pan-Caucasus associations
Ex-combatants’ network
Caucasian Women’s League
Joint monitoring missions: conflict prevention
Conclusion
Notes
References
5 Working for social justice through community development in Nigeria
Summary
Setting the scene
The causes of violent conflicts in Nigeria
Structural causes
Inequality, poverty, economic and environmental competition
Religious, linguistic and ethnic divisions
The nature of violence
Local and regional patterns
Interventions
Interventions by the federal government
Interventions by leaders within established power structures
Community-based approaches
Umuada
Women’s informal peacebuilding in northeast Nigeria
Hope Interactive
Borno Coalition on Democracy and Progress
Conclusion
Note
References
6 Memory, truth and hope: long journeys of justice in Eastern Sri Lanka
Summary
Setting the scene
Community development in Batticaloa in the 1990s
The theoretical approach to community development
Implementing the approach
Rupturing gender norms
Community networking for rights advocacy
Authors’ personal experiences and bearing witness to resilience
Conclusion
Notes
References
7 Brazil: public security as a human right in the favelas
Summary
Setting the scene
The making of the favela
The nature of conflict in Maré
Community development and peacebuilding
Developing a community response to state violence
Public Civil Action of Maré: a case study
Conclusion
Notes
References
8 Nepal: working with community-based women to influence inclusion and peacebuilding
Setting the scene
Putting in place a peace process
Nagarik Aawaz: strategy and principles adopted
Community development approaches and peacebuilding
Investing in local women affected by conflict
Creating safe space
Building collaboration, networks and linkages
Trauma healing circles
Peace circles and dialogue
Conclusion
Note
References
9 Palestinian storytelling: authoring their own lives
Summary
Setting the scene
Historical context
Living under occupation
The context of violence
Community development in practice
The power of storytelling
Practices
An emancipatory process
Two stories
In the cave
In the orchard
Conclusion
The power of storytelling to make and extend community
The role of external funding and programme management
Finding gaps in the wall
The diffusion of power
Community development, conflict and peacebuilding
The links between academics and activists
Note
References
10 Community-based action in Northern Ireland: activism in a violently contested society
Summary
Introduction
The political landscape
Setting the scene
The politics of peacebuilding
Community activism during the period of overt violence: 1968–94
What approaches worked for communities during the violent conflict?
Activism following the 1994 ceasefires: community development and peacebuilding
Activism with and by victims/survivors
Activism with and by political ex-prisoners and ex-combatants
Community action and peacebuilding in areas experiencing development shadow
The programme implementation
The animation and development phase
Addressing inter-community issues
Conclusion
Note
References
11 Everyday peace: after ethnic cleansing in Myanmar’s Rohingya conflict
Summary
Introduction
The concept of ‘everyday peace’
Violent context: Myanmar’s Rohingya conflict
Operationalisation of everyday peace into community development practice
Preliminary outcomes
Conclusion
References
12 Conclusion: Drawing the threads together
Summary
What is peace and how does it come about?
Using knowledges
Prioritising local communities
Building trust requires community ownership and agency
Rights-based conflict transformation and community development
The nature and role of the state
Holistic community development
The process of supporting local communities
Community inclusion and leadership
Community development at all stages of conflict
During the ‘hot’ phase
During the ‘no war – no peace’ phase
A bricolage5 of theoretical underpinning
Notes
References
Index
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