The Sage Handbook of Peace and Conflict Studies

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.

"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."

• Section 1: History, Knowledge, and Power in Peace and Conflict Studies1. Introduction: History, Knowledge, and Power in Peace and Conflict Studies - Timothy Seidel and Maia Carter Hallward2. A History of Peace and Conflict Studies: Developments and Dispersions of the Field - John S. Moolakkattu3. Epistemology: Power and Knowledge in Peace and Conflict Studies - Óscar Mateos Martín and Ana Isabel Rodríguez Iglesias4. Kia Puawai, Future Flowering: Indigenous Methodologies within Peace and Conflict Studies - Kelli Te Maiharoa and Heather Devere5. Faith and Religion in Peace and Conflict Studies - Atalia Omer6. Contending Histories of Ethics in Peace and Conflict Studies - Reina C. Neufeldt7. Global Peace and Conflict Studies - Liu Cheng and Lester R. Kurtz8. On Violence…Here and Now - Emily E. Welty9. Decolonial Peace and Critical Approaches to Rewriting the Official History of Peace - Juan Daniel CruzSection 2: Theory and Analysis in Peace and Conflict Studies10. Introduction: Peace and Conflict Studies in Theory - Zubairu Wai and Cécile Mouly11. Mainstream vs Critical Approaches in Peace and Conflict Studies - Benjamin Maiangwa and Sean Byrne12. Debating Structure and Agency in Peace and Conflict Studies - Elias O. Opongo13. 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 Yadav15. Discursive Turn: Poststructuralism, Hermeneutics, and Discourse Analysis - Michael Wilson-Becerril 16. Liberal Peace and its Critics - Aidan Gnoth17. Hybrid Peace - Peter Genger18. Decolonizing Peace: Possibilities for Pluriversality - David Golding and Victoria C. FontanSection 3: Practices and Approaches in Peace and Conflict Studies19. Introduction: Practices and Approaches in Peace and Conflict Studies from a Critical Perspective - Cécile Mouly and Ji Eun Kim20. Evolution of Peace Education - Kalika Kastein21. Deconstructing the Narrative: A Critique of Civil Resistance Studies in Indigenous Struggles - María Belén Garrido and Silvio Álvarez22. Women’s Inclusion in Peace Processes: A Feminist Reflection - Duanghathai Buranajaroenkij and Ayesah Uy Abubakar23. Victims and the Reproduction of Power Relations in Transitional Justice - Ismael Muvingi and Tyrone Savage24. Indigenous Resistance to the ‘Violence’ of Restorative Justice - Juan Tauri25. DDR on the Peace Road: From Stabilization to Conflict Transformation - Camila de Macedo Braga26. Confronting Security Sector Reform (SSR): A Critical Inquiry into its Reasoning and Praxis - Ahmet Barbak27. Community-Led Monitoring and Evaluation of Peace Projects - Landon Hancock28. Infrastructures for Peace (I4Ps): A Conceptual Review - Maxwell Adjei and Frank Okyere Osei29. Decolonial Possibilities in Arts and Peacebuilding - Paula Ditzel FacciSection 4: Global Issues, Institutions, and Change in Peace and Conflict Studies30. Introduction: Global Issues, Institutions, and Change in Peace and Conflict Studies - Ji Eun Kim and Zubairu Wai31. North South Dimension in Global Peace and Conflict Studies: Contesting assumptions of ‘geographies’ of peace and violence - Mahdis Azarmandi32. International Institutions, Global Governance, and Peacebuilding - Faye M. Fraser33. International Peace Interventions and the Security-Development Nexus - Marta Iñiguez de Heredia34. Indigeneity, Decolonization, and Global Security - Kozue Akibayashi35. Planetary Ecological Crisis, Climate Change, and Conflict: Unsettling Understandings and Geographies of Encounter - Reed Byg and Leah Ramnath36. Refugees, Forced Migration, Conflict, and Security - Jean-Pierre D. Murray and Jeffrey D. Pugh37. Global Arms Control and Disarmament - shine choi38. Gender, Global Security, and Peacebuilding: The Women, Peace, and Security Agenda - Karie Cross Riddle39. Global Human Rights Institutions - Minju Kwon and Chaeyoung YongSection 5: Case Studies40. Introduction: Case Studies in Peace and Conflict Studies: Illustrating Alternative Perspectives - Maia Carter Hallward and Timothy Seidel41. The Russia-Ukraine War - Kristina Hook42. The Rise and Demise of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Protectorate - Michael Pugh43. Failure of Liberal Peacebuilding: Case Study of Afghanistan - Faiz Zaland44. How Israel’s Settle-Colonialism Hinders Peace and Development - Eleyan Sawafta and Hasan Ayoub45. Libya - Alaa Tartir and Amal Bourhous46. Conflict Transformation in the Democratic Republic of Congo: A Case Study - Patrick Litanga47. Pre-School Intervention in Sri Lanka - Gladston Xavier and Florina Xavier48. The 2016 Peace Accord and Transitional Justice in Colombia - Juan Esteban Ugarriza Uribe and Laly Catalina Peralta González49. How Ethnic Rebellions Began (and Did Not Begin) in Burma - Jangai Jap50. Navigating through Peripheries: Interrogating definitions of peace and conflict in the Marshall Islands - Beatriz Rodrigues Bessa Mattos and Sebastián Granda Henao