New Directions in Community Development and Conflict Resolution
Overview
This book provides new research based insights on peace-building through community development and conflict resolution strategies in Northern Ireland and South Africa. The complex, critical challenges confronting countries in post- settlement contexts are examined within a conceptual framework that reinforces the linkages between community development & conflict resolution practices. New directions emerge from an analysis of the experiences of a significant number of community based NGO representatives and other stake-holders working in the field. Importantly this book offers several lessons to scholars, development practitioners and those involved in peace-building and reconstruction. Key insights relate to how NGOs carry out the following peace-building tasks: meeting social/human needs; facilitating people- centered approaches; promoting human rights and non- violence; building a democratic culture; promoting public participation in policy formulation and monitoring government. Thus, the NGO sector as part of a robust civil society, has made a meaningful contribution towards peace-building.
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- ISBN-13: 9783838311937
- ISBN-10: 3838311930
- Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
- Publish Date: May 2010
- Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.61 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.87 pounds
- Page Count: 268
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