Building Peace

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Building Peace

Reflections of Eminent Educators, From Personal to Political

Development studies Peace studies and conflict resolution International relations

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Collection: Political Science and International Studies

Language: English

Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Published on: 8th April 2026

Format: LCP-protected ePub

ISBN: 9783032111043


Book Overview

This book fulfills a long-standing gap in the global literature on educating for peace. In documenting the reflections of the world’s leading teachers of peace, including some of the field’s founders, the book sheds light on both the process and the products that have brought the study of peace to its fifty-year mark.

Content and Examples

The examination of the dynamic connections between peacemaking, education, individual development, and widespread social change is chronicled through examples from the USA, Japan, China, India, Pakistan, Germany, Argentina, Colombia, Trinidad, New Zealand, Mexico and more, and charts the words and work of scholar-activists including the late Betty Reardon and the granddaughter of Mohandas Gandhi, South Africa’s Ela Gandhi.

Endorsement

Together, the essays represent, in the words (from the Foreword) of United Nations University for Peace Rector Francisco Rojas Aravena, “a colossal instrument to reaffirm dialogue over force.”

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