Conflict Assessment and Peacebuilding Planning: Toward a Participatory Approach to Human Security - Softcover

Schirch, Lisa

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1565495799 ISBN 13: 9781565495791

Publisher: Kumarian Press, 2013

Synopsis

A Global Observatory Must-Read Book in Peace and Security! Offering a systematic approach that links practical conflict-assessment exercises to the design, planning, monitoring, and evaluation of peacebuilding efforts, Conflict Assessment and Peacebuilding Planning has been carefully―and realistically―designed to enhance the effectiveness of peacebuilding practice. Lisa Schirch presents a convenient, logical framework and a wealth of tools for improving planning and implementation. She also helps us to fruitfully question widely held assumptions. Her concise handbook, informed by on-the-ground realities, is an essential resource for building true human security.

About this title

About the Author:

Lisa Schirch is research professor of peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University and founding director of 3P Human Security at the Alliance for Peacebuilding. Her publications include The Little Book of Strategic Peacebuilding, Civilian Peacekeeping: Reducing Violence and Making Space for Democracy, and Ritual and Symbol in Peacebuilding.

Review:

Comprehensive, yet strategic in approach, the result of years of practice, this is a clear and systematic overview with practical and appropriate steps for assessment and planning. (John Paul Lederach, University of Notre Dame)

A gift for professors and students. Schirch takes a complex, steadily evolving, and acronym-heavy field and makes it intelligible to just about any student. (David Matz, University of Massachusetts, Boston)

Schirch provides a wonderful range of analytical tools for peace practitioners from government, international agencies, and the NGO world. (Peter Woodrow, CDA Collaborative Learning Project)

The heart and soul of peacebuilding, wrapped into a clear, lucid, accessible package. (Melanie Greenberg, Alliance for Peacebuilding)

About this edition

• Publisher: Kumarian Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1565495799
• ISBN 13: 9781565495791
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 229