Overview
The Sage Handbook of Peace and Conflict Studies offers a comprehensive exploration of the complexities of violence, conflict, and peace from a global, interdisciplinary perspective. The handbook addresses the traditional Western-centric approach while emphasizing the need to integrate Global South perspectives to create a more inclusive and transformative understanding of peace and conflict. While important voices in peace and conflict studies have long stressed the need to not only address direct violence but also structural and cultural one, certain strands of the field have upheld conservative knowledge production and reinforced unequal power structures. This volume seeks to challenge these biasesby foregrounding critical and decolonial approaches that emphasize gender, race, culture, global history, and political economy. Its diverse chapters invite us to question mainstream assumptions and promote a broader, more inclusive analysis of peace and conflict. The handbook explores the evolution of the field, highlighting the impact of historical events and the role of oppositional knowledge in political change. It offers a critical overview of theoretical approaches, emphasizing reflexivity, inclusivity, and the importance of local actors in peace and conflict dynamics. Additionally, it examines how cultural and disciplinary assumptions shape peacebuilding and conflict transformation, and it critiques traditional global narratives on issues like governance, climate change, and human rights. Finally, the handbook presents real-world case studies that integrate themes of decoloniality, race, gender, and power inequalities across diverse global contexts. By centering the Global South and integrating interdisciplinary perspectives, this handbook provides valuable insights for scholars and practitioners committed to fostering a more equitable and just world. Section 1: History, Knowledge, and Power in Peace and Conflict Studies Section 2: Theory and Analysis in Peace and Conflict Studies Section 3: Practices and Approaches in Peace and Conflict Studies Section 4: Global Issues, Institutions, and Change in Peace and Conflict Studies Section 5: Case Studies in Peace and Conflict Studies
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Author: Maia Carter Hallward , Ji Eun Kim , Cécile Mouly , Timothy Seidel
Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
Imprint: SAGE Publications Ltd
Weight: 1.170kg
ISBN: 9781529667752
ISBN 10: 1529667755
Pages: 592
Publication Date: 18 June 2025
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Table of Contents
Section 1: History, Knowledge, and Power in Peace and Conflict Studies 1. Introduction: History, Knowledge, and Power in Peace and Conflict Studies - Timothy Seidel and Maia Carter Hallward 2. A History of Peace and Conflict Studies: Developments and Dispersions of the Field - John S. Moolakkattu 3. Epistemology: Power and Knowledge in Peace and Conflict Studies - Óscar Mateos Martín and Ana Isabel Rodríguez Iglesias 4. Kia Puawai, Future Flowering: Indigenous Methodologies within Peace and Conflict Studies - Kelli Te Maiharoa and Heather Devere 5. Faith and Religion in Peace and Conflict Studies - Atalia Omer 6. Contending Histories of Ethics in Peace and Conflict Studies - Reina C. Neufeldt 7. Global Peace and Conflict Studies - Liu Cheng and Lester R. Kurtz 8. On Violence…Here and Now - Emily E. Welty 9. Decolonial Peace and Critical Approaches to Rewriting the Official History of Peace - Juan Daniel Cruz Section 2: Theory and Analysis in Peace and Conflict Studies 10. Introduction: Peace and Conflict Studies in Theory - Zubairu Wai and Cécile Mouly 11. Mainstream vs Critical Approaches in Peace and Conflict Studies - Benjamin Maiangwa and Sean Byrne 12. Debating Structure and Agency in Peace and Conflict Studies - Elias O. Opongo 13. Critical Political Economy Approach to Peace and Conflict Studies - Tariq Dana and Matteo Capasso 14. Feminist Approaches to Peace and Conflict Studies - Marianna Espinós Blasco and Punam Yadav 15. Discursive Turn: Poststructuralism, Hermeneutics, and Discourse Analysis - Michael Wilson-Becerril 16. Liberal Peace and its Critics - Aidan Gnoth 17. Hybrid Peace - Peter Genger 18. Decolonising Peace and Conflict Studies: A Theoretical and Analytical Perspective - David Golding and Victoria C. Fontan Section 3: Practices and Approaches in Peace and Conflict Studies 19. Introduction: Practices and Approaches in Peace and Conflict Studies from a Critical Perspective - Cécile Mouly and Ji Eun Kim 20. Evolution of Peace Education - Kalika Kastein 21. Deconstructing the Narrative: A Critique of Civil Resistance Studies in Indigenous Struggles - María Belén Garrido and Silvio Álvarez 22. Women’s Inclusion in Peace Processes: A Feminist Reflection - Duanghathai Buranajaroenkij and Ayesah Uy Abubakar 23. Victims and the Reproduction of Power Relations in Transitional Justice - Ismael Muvingi and Tyrone Savage 24. Indigenous Resistance to the ‘Violence’ of Restorative Justice - Juan Tauri 25. DDR on the Peace Road: From Stabilization to Conflict Transformation - Camila de Macedo Braga 26. Confronting Security Sector Reform (SSR): A Critical Inquiry into its Reasoning and Praxis - Ahmet Barbak 27. Community-Led Monitoring and Evaluation of Peace Projects - Landon Hancock 28. Infrastructures for Peace (I4Ps): A Conceptual Review - Maxwell Adjei and Frank Okyere Osei 29. Decolonial Possibilities in Arts and Peacebuilding - Paula Ditzel Facci Section 4: Global Issues, Institutions, and Change in Peace and Conflict Studies 30. Introduction: Global Issues, Institutions, and Change in Peace and Conflict Studies - Ji Eun Kim and Zubairu Wai 31. North South Dimension in Global Peace and Conflict Studies: Contesting assumptions of ‘geographies’ of peace and violence - Mahdis Azarmandi 32. International Institutions, Global Governance, and Peacebuilding - Faye M. Fraser 33. International Peace Interventions and the Security-Development Nexus - Marta Iñiguez de Heredia 34. Indigeneity, Decolonization, and Global Security - Kozue Akibayashi 35. Planetary Ecological Crisis, Climate Change, and Conflict: Unsettling Understandings and Geographies of Encounter - Reed Byg and Leah Ramnath 36. Refugees, Forced Migration, Conflict, and Security - Jean-Pierre D. Murray and Jeffrey D. Pugh 37. Global Arms Control and Disarmament - shine choi 38. Gender, Global Security, and Peacebuilding: The Women, Peace, and Security Agenda - Karie Cross Riddle 39. Global Human Rights Institutions - Minju Kwon and Chaeyoung Yong Section 5: Case Studies 40. Introduction: Case Studies in Peace and Conflict Studies: Illustrating Alternative Perspectives - Maia Carter Hallward and Timothy Seidel 41. The Russia-Ukraine War - Kristina Hook 42. The Rise and Demise of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Protectorate - Michael Pugh 43. Failure of Liberal Peacebuilding: Case Study of Afghanistan - Faiz Zaland 44. How Israel’s Settle-Colonialism Hinders Peace and Development - Eleyan Sawafta and Hasan Ayoub 45. Libya - Alaa Tartir and Amal Bourhous 46. Conflict Transformation in the Democratic Republic of Congo: A Case Study - Patrick Litanga 47. Pre-School Intervention in Sri Lanka - Gladston Xavier and Florina Xavier 48. The 2016 Peace Accord and Transitional Justice in Colombia - Juan Esteban Ugarriza Uribe and Laly Catalina Peralta González 49. How Ethnic Rebellions Began (and Did Not Begin) in Burma - Jangai Jap 50. Navigating through Peripheries: Interrogating definitions of peace and conflict in the Marshall Islands - Beatriz Rodrigues Bessa Mattos and Sebastián Granda Henao
Reviews
""Peace and conflict studies is in desperate need for such a handbook that presents a wide and diverse collection of chapters tackling difficult current challenges facing our global and local communities. This handbook offers much needed approaches to deepen our analytical understanding of root causes of structural violence and nonviolent ways to confront them. It also introduces fresh and critical global south perspectives that often are not part of the academic peace and conflict studies. It is a must read for students, scholars, and practitioners who wish to expand their critical analytical frameworks and skills."" -- Mohammed Abu-Nimer ""The Sage Handbook of Peace and Conflict Studies is an incredibly novel new contribution to the field. It stands out from the various competing publications in its robust response to recent critiques of the epistemological biases in the field. It achieves this by including a much wider variety of voices than many similar volumes, thus providing for a more inclusive and diverse set of perspectives on the past, present, and future of peace and conflict studies."" -- Gearoid Millar
""Peace and conflict studies is in desperate need for such a handbook that presents a wide and diverse collection of chapters tackling difficult current challenges facing our global and local communities. This handbook offers much needed approaches to deepen our analytical understanding of root causes of structural violence and nonviolent ways to confront them. It also introduces fresh and critical global south perspectives that often are not part of the academic peace and conflict studies. It is a must read for students, scholars, and practitioners who wish to expand their critical analytical frameworks and skills."" -- Mohammed Abu-Nimer ""The Sage Handbook of Peace and Conflict Studies is an incredibly novel new contribution to the field. It stands out from the various competing publications in its robust response to recent critiques of the epistemological biases in the field. It achieves this by including a much wider variety of voices than many similar volumes, thus providing for a more inclusive and diverse set of perspectives on the past, present, and future of peace and conflict studies."" -- Gearoid Millar The Sage Handbook of Peace and Conflict Studies is a significant contribution to the field, offering a comprehensive effort to decolonize peace scholarship. Featuring renowned authors in decolonial approaches and leading voices from the Global South, this volume revisits core topics in Peace and Conflict Studies through fresh, critical lenses. Striking a thoughtful balance between theoretical exploration and practice-based insights, the handbook serves as both an introductory resource and a critical collection of decolonial perspectives. -- SungYong Lee This is an extremely comprehensive Handbook that fills a significant gap in Peace and Conflict Studies. By placing an emphasis on authors and perspectives from the Global South, the Handbook is able to connect more directly to how peace and conflict are made on the ground. Through a mix of theory and case studies, the book it able to critically examine how peace is made and remade. Books like this are much needed in a turbulent world. -- Roger Mac Ginty This handbook is a beautiful and much-needed contribution to the field of Peace and Conflict Studies. It brings together different voices from around the world, weaving diverse perspectives and revisiting foundational debates, while creating space for new—and often marginalized—understandings of peace and violence. It invites readers to reimagine the field in more inclusive terms, embracing its complexity and nuance. A must-read for scholars, and an essential addition to any introductory course in Peace and Conflict Studies. -- Roberta Holanda Maschietto
Author Information
Maia Carter Hallward is Professor of Middle East Politics and Director of the PhD Program in International Conflict Management at Kennesaw State University’s School of Conflict Management, Peacebuilding and Development. She serves as Associate Editor of the Journal of Political Science Education and served for eight years as the Executive Editor of the Journal of Peacebuilding and Development. Hallward is the author or co-author of seven books and dozens of peer-reviewed journal articles in topics including civil resistance, women’s leadership, human rights, identity politics, and activism related to Israel/Palestine. Hallward has lived and worked in the Levant for over four years, including a term as a Fulbright Scholar in Jordan. She holds a PhD in International Relations from American University’s School of International Service. Ji Eun Kim is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Eastern Mennonite University, where she teaches courses on human rights, political reconciliation, genocide and mass atrocity prevention, and East Asian security. Her research lies at the intersection of International Relations, Comparative Politics, and Peace Studies, and her areas of specialization include transitional justice processes after large-scale political violence and international institutions and norms. She holds a Ph.D. in Political Science and Peace Studies from the University of Notre Dame. Cécile Mouly is a research professor and coordinator of the research group in peace and conflict at FLACSO Ecuador. She holds a Ph.D. in International Studies (University of Cambridge) and has published on peacebuilding, peace processes and civil resistance, including a 2022 handbook of peace and conflict studies in Spanish. She possesses practical experience in conflict transformation and peacebuilding in different countries with various organizations (UN, The Carter Center, OAS), and has facilitated trainings on conflict analysis, peacebuilding, nonviolent action and peace journalism. She is one of the resource persons in “Conflict Prevention: Analysis for Action” of the UN System Staff College, one of the coordinators of the summer program “Conflict Transformation Across Borders”, and a member of the executive committee of the regional institute on strategic nonviolent action in the Americas. She was part of the Ecuador team of the Colombian truth commission from 2019 to 2022. Timothy Seidel is Associate Professor of Peacebuilding, Development, and Global Studies at Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg, VA, USA. His writing has appeared in various journals including Postcolonial Studies, International Politics, Journal of Peacebuilding and Development, and Third World Quarterly. He is co-editor of Resisting Domination in Palestine: Mechanisms and Techniques of Control, Coloniality and Settler Colonialism (2024) and Political Economy of Palestine: Critical, Interdisciplinary, and Decolonial Perspectives (2021). Zubairu Wai is Associate Professor of Political Science and Global Development Studies at the University of Toronto, Scarborough.
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