The Palgrave Handbook of Disciplinary and Regional Approaches to Peace [Paperback]

In this handbook, a diverse range of leadingscholars consider the social, cultural, economic, political, and developmentalunderpinnings of peace. This handbook is a much-needed response to the failuresof contemporary peacebuilding missions and narrow disciplinary debates, both ofwhich have outlined the need for more interdisciplinary work in International Relationsand Peace and Conflict studies. Scholars, students, and policymakers are oftendisillusioned with universalist and northern-dominated approaches, and a betterunderstanding of the variations of peace and its building blocks, acrossdifferent regions, is required. Collectively, these chapters promote a moredifferentiated notion of peace, employing comparative analysis to explain howpeace is debated and contested.  

PART I: DISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES1. History Peace in History; John Gittings 2. Politics and Governance: From Emergency to Emergence ; David Chandler 3. Philosophy: The Philosophy of Peace; Nick Rengger 4. International Relations: Peace in International Relations Theory; Oliver P. Richmond 5. Anthropology: Implications for Peace; Genevi??ve Souillac and Douglas P. Fry 6. Arts and Theatre for Peacebuilding; Nilanjana Premaratna and Roland Bleiker 7. Sociology: A Sociological Critique of Liberal Peace; Nicos Trimikliniotis 8. Economics: Neoliberal Peace and the Politics of Social Economics; Brendan Murtagh 9. Geography: Geography and Peace; Nick Megoran, Fiona McConnell and Phillipa Williams 10. Development: Peace and Development Studies; Caroline Hughes 11. Postcolonialism: A Postcolonial Perspective on Peacebuilding; Vivienne Jabri 12. Religion: Peace through Non-Violence in Four Religious Traditions; Caron Gentry 13. Gender: The Missing Piece in the Peace Puzzle; Annika Bjorkdahl and Johanna M. Selimovic 14. Education: Cultural Reproduction, Revolution and Peacebuilding in Conflict-affected Societies; Tejendra Pherali 15. Children: Children and Peace; Ben Collins and AlisolC|