This groundbreaking book challenges Western-centric approaches to peace and peacebuilding, offering diverse perspectives from across the globe. It reveals how peace is understood, negotiated, and sustained in varied contexts, moving beyond the limits of the liberal peace model, which links stability to economic and political liberalization. Highlighting local experiences, indigenous knowledge, and inclusive engagement with marginalized communities, the book underscores the importance of context-specific approaches to building lasting peace.
In an era of shifting geopolitics, as the world moves from a unipolar to a multipolar order, new actors and emerging donors are reshaping priorities and practices. These developments bring both opportunities and challenges, signaling transformative shifts in global peacebuilding norms. Through thought-provoking insights and region-focused analyses, the book invites readers to rethink established paradigms and embrace evolving, locally grounded visions of peace. It offers a compelling guide for scholars, practitioners, and anyone interested in the future of global stability.
Chapter 1: Burundis Post-Arusha Socio-Political Context: How Peaceful
and What Peace?.- Chapter 2: Bulawayos Positive Peace and the Silent Weight
of Structural Trauma.- Chapter 3: Insecurity, Colonialism and Sovereignty:
Terrorism and State-Building in the Sahel.
Chapter 4: Agenda for Peace? The
Ethics of Postwar Peacemaking in Japan.- Chapter 5: Peace as moral anxiety:
The Treaty of Lausanne in Turkish Public Imaginary.- Chapter 6: Traditional
Authority and Peace in Sekhukhune, Limpopo: The Contribution of Koma to the
Peace, Peacemaking and Peacebuilding of Ga-Masemola.- Chapter 7: Rethinking
Peace in the African Context.- Chapter 8: Peace as Public Security Vs. Peace
as Tranquility: Why an Affective Approach to Peace Matters in
Brazil.- Chapter 9: Building Sustainable and Ethical Peace through Funding in
Northern Ireland and the Border Counties.- Chapter 10: Chinas New Role in
International Peacemaking: A Critical Analysis of the Global Security
Initiative (GSI) and Beyond.- Chapter 11: Afro-centric Approach and
Collaboration on Women Peacebuilding in Zimbabwe: Implementation of WPS
Agenda through National Action Plans (NAPs).- Chapter 12: Violent
Peacebuilding.- Chapter 13: The Resiliency and Efficacy of Community-based
Peacebuilding Formations: Reflections on Indigenous Courts, Informal Peace
Committees and Self-help Groups in Zimbabwe.
Patrick Tom teaches in the School of Sociological Studies, Politics and International Relations at the University of Sheffield, United Kingdom. Steven C. Y. Kuo is a senior lecturer in the department of International Relations at the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa. He is director of the Afro-Asia Program at the School of Social Sciences. Abel B. Tabalaka lectures in African Philosophy, Ethics and Epistemology in the department of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Botswana. Also, Research Associate, ACEPS, University of Johannesburg, South Africa.
