Pathways to a More Peaceful World

So we''d all like a more peaceful world—no wars, no poverty, no more racism, no community disputes, no office tensions, no marital skirmishes. Lisa Schirch sets forth paths to such realities. In fact, she points a way to more than the absence of conflict. She foresees justpeace—a sustainable state of affairs because it is a peace which insists on justice.

Critical Actions for Peace

Schirch singles out four critical actions that must be undertaken if peace is to take root at any level:

1. waging conflict nonviolently;
2. reducing direct violence;
3. transforming relationships;
4. building capacity.

From Schirch's 15 years of experience as a peacebuilding consultant in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. A title in The Little Books of Justice and Peacebuilding Series.