{"product_id":"a-handbook-of-international-peacebuilding-isbn-9780787958794","title":"A Handbook of International Peacebuilding","description":"This much-needed handbook offers conflict resolution professionals working (or planning to work) in foreign countries a critical, step-by-step guide for dealing with difficult and potentially dangerous disputes in other nations. The editors, John Paul Lederach and Janice Moomaw Jenner, have gathered a stellar panel of seasoned experts who illustrate how to approach international peacebuilding with effective actions and approaches gained through experience that will contribute ultimately to a more positive outcome. Based on the experience of the contributors-- work as global peace brokers, the book includes a wide array of guidelines, pragmatic approaches, and models of constructive, culturally appropriate ways to respond to conflict.  Acknowledgments.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Introduction: I Just Got a Call (John Paul Lederach).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Part I: The Invitation: Get a Sense of the Big Picture.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 1. Who Is Calling? (Sue K. Williams).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 2. What Do They Want Me to Do? (Susan Collin Marks and John Marks).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 3. Who Else Is Working There? (Louise Diamond).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 4. Where Do I Fit In? (John Paul Lederach).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Part II: The Context: The Geography of Protracted Conflict.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 5. How Much Do I Need to Know? (Christopher Mitchell).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 6. How Do I Get Good Information in a Short Time? (Heidi Burgess and Guy Burgess).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 7. What Do I Need to Know About Culture? A Researcher Says . . . (Kevin Avruch).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 8. What Do I Need to Know About Culture? Practitioners Suggest . . . (Peter Woodrow and Christopher Moore).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 9. What Do I Need to Know About Religion and Conflict? (Marc Gopin).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 10. Is It Safe? Lessons from the Humanitarian Aid Community (Larissa A. Fast).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 11. Is It Safe? Practitioner Advice (Janice Moomaw Jenner and Dekha Ibrahim Abdi).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Part III: So Are You Coming to Help Us? Advice from the Ground.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 12. A View from Northern Ireland (Mari Fitzduff).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 13. A View from the Balkans (Katarina Kruhonja).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 14. A View from the Middle East (Zoughbi Elias Zoughbi).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 15. A View from West Africa (Sam Gbaydee Doe and Emmanuel Habuka Bombande).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Part IV: Intervention Matters: From Money to Ethics.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 16. Who Pays? Money Matters from a Practitioner's Perspective (Bernard Mayer).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 17. Providing Resources for Peace: Money Matters from a Funder's Perspective (John Tirman).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 18. To Whom Am I Accountable? (Howard Zehr and Clement M. Aapengnuo).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 19. Is This the Right Thing to Do? A Practical Framework for Ethical Decisions (Wallace Warfield).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 20. Can My Good Intentions Make Things Worse? Lessons for Peacebuilding from the Field of International Humanitarian Aid (Mary B. Anderson).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 21. How Can I Evaluate My Work? (Harry Mika).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Part V: The Decision.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 22. Do I Go? (Ronald S. Kraybill).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 23. How Long Will It Take? (John Paul Lederach).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 24. How Will I Sustain Myself? (Amy C. Potter, with Ronald S. Kraybill, Louise Diamond, and Joe Campbell).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Part VI: Good Advice from Gray Hair Hard Won.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 25. Embody Peace (Hizkias Assefa).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 26. Commit to People, and Commit to Time (Harold H. Saunders).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 27. Practice Love and Sustain Hope (Elise Boulding).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 28. The Simplicity of Peacebuilding: An Interview with Adam Curle (John Paul Lederach, Muzna Al-Masri, and Rita Ann Litwiller).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Part VII: Conclusions and Summary.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 29. So What Have We Learned? (John Paul Lederach and Janice Moomaw Jenner).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Bibliography.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e About the Editors.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Index.  \"This is precisely the kind of work that is relevant in these troubled times.\" (\u003ci\u003eDispute Resolution Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, May\/July 2003)  \u003cp\u003e\"...collects the wisdom of practitioners and scholars from all over the world.\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Texas Mediator\u003c\/i\u003e, Summer 2003)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eJohn Paul Lederach\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of international peacebuilding at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame and a Distinguished Scholar at Eastern Mennonite University's Conflict Transformation Program. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJanice Moomaw Jenner\u003c\/b\u003e is the director of the Institute for Justice and Peacebuilding, the practice arm of the Conflict Transformation Program at Eastern Mennonite University.  More and more, mediators and conflict resolution professionals are traveling the world to resolve ethnic, religious, political, economic, and organizational conflicts. Often these professionals find themselves moving quickly into exotic settings of apparently intractable and often violent conflict. However, the training and experience they've gained on the home front do not always provide sufficient guidance and assure success in the more complex arena of international conflict resolution.  \u003cp\u003eThis much-needed handbook offers conflict resolution professionals working (or planning to work) in foreign countries a critical, step-by-step guide for dealing with difficult and potentially dangerous disputes in other nations. The editors, John Paul Lederach and Janice Moomaw Jenner, have gathered a stellar panel of seasoned experts who illustrate how to approach international peacebuilding with effective actions and approaches gained through experience that will contribute ultimately to a more positive outcome. Based on the experience of the contributors— work as global peace brokers, the book includes a wide array of guidelines, pragmatic approaches, and models of constructive, culturally appropriate ways to respond to conflict.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Handbook of International Peacebuilding\u003c\/i\u003e will go a long way to address the vital questions that international conflict resolution professionals need answered, including:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow do I find out what's really going on in an unfamiliar culture with long-standing historical and social context?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow can I understand the way they're thinking?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhat is an appropriate time frame?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWhat is the role of the local government and other indigenous institutions?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow can I identify and assess the various principals?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow can I accommodate the local mores, ethics, and traditions?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e This indispensable handbook provides the framework, techniques, range of potential interventions, and realistic guidelines for building and bringing to closure a peaceful process— from the first phone call to the last plane home—that could take place anywhere in the world.  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e Resource for Resolving International Conflicts\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"The field of international peacebuilding has long lacked a practical guide to the very real challenges that peacebuilders face. Here it is at last— clear, operational, wise advice from highly experienced leaders in the field. This is required reading for anyone who hopes to make a difference in building global peace.\" — William Ury, author, \u003ci\u003eThe Third Side: Why We Fight\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHow We Can Stop\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"A Handbook of International Peacebuilding\u003c\/i\u003e, so full of practical wisdom on every page, belongs by the phone and in the carry-on bag of every peacebuilder, novice and veteran alike.\" —Cynthia Sampson, president, Peace Discovery Initiatives\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This book collects the wisdom of peacebuilding practitioners and scholars across the world. The authors convey both the dangers of misguided interventions in conflict-ridden settings and the transformative possibilities of work that is conducted with intelligence, respect, patience, and political savvy. \u003ci\u003eA Handbook of International Peacebuilding\u003c\/i\u003e should become a constant companion for anyone committed to appropriate involvement in conflict resolution.\" —B. Stephen Toben, vice president, Flora Family Foundation\u003c\/p\u003e  \"The field of international peacebuilding has long lacked a practical guide to the very real challenges that peacebuilders face. Here it is at last— clear, operational, wise advice from highly experienced leaders in the field. This is required reading for anyone who hopes to make a difference in building global peace.\" — William Ury, author, \u003ci\u003eThe Third Side: Why We Fight\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHow We Can Stop\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eA Handbook of International Peacebuilding\u003c\/i\u003e, so full of practical wisdom on every page, belongs by the phone and in the carry-on bag of every peacebuilder, novice and veteran alike.\" —Cynthia Sampson, president, Peace Discovery Initiatives\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This book collects the wisdom of peacebuilding practitioners and scholars across the world. The authors convey both the dangers of misguided interventions in conflict-ridden settings and the transformative possibilities of work that is conducted with intelligence, respect, patience, and political savvy. A Handbook of International Peacebuilding should become a constant companion for anyone committed to appropriate involvement in conflict resolution.\" —B. 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