One of the most fascinating aspects of peacemaking is how pragmatic peace visionaries must be. It shows how understanding that power lies at the heart of the peacemaking enterprise, just as it is in the core of conflict, and can open the way for a peaceful settlement. “ Contemporary Peacemaking offers an overview that is comprehensive in both sweep and detail. Well done!” ( Thania Paffenholz, PhD, Executive Director, Inclusive Peace) The analysis is clear and accessible, and a good read. The chapters are structured along phases of a peace process, a cross-cutting section assessing the participation of women, civil society, and refugees and more conceptual interventions. The editors of this newly updated third edition have gathered together impressive insights from a wide variety of thinkers and practitioners to uncover the art and science of the essentials of classical peacemaking. “This volume is sure to remain a crucial reference point. This is without doubt a go to book for students, scholars, diplomats, and NGO practitioners as well as those people whose lives have been torn apart by conflict and who are working to change the opportunities for their communities.” ( Jonathan Cohen, Executive Director, Conciliation Resources) A stellar cast of writers examine a full spectrum of issues that impact all stages of peace processes. Contemporary Peacemaking is an extraordinarily valuable contribution to our efforts to strengthen the way peace processes operate. Scholars and practitioners grapple with the challenges of preventing and ending wars, what works and what doesn’t and what we need to do differently, do better. “Over the past two-decades peacemaking has become ever more urgent and complex.
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