This edited volume highlights how individuals, communities and nations
are addressing a history of protracted violence in the transition to
peace. This path is not linear or straightforward. The volume integrates
research from peace processes and practices spanning over 20 countries.
Four thematic areas unite these contributions: formal transitional
justice mechanisms, social movements and collective action,
community-driven processes, and future-oriented initiatives focused on
children and youth. Across these chapters, the volume offers critical
insight, new methods, conceptual models, and valuable cross-cultural
research. The chapters in this volume balance locally-situated realties
of peace, as well as cross-cutting similarities across contexts.
This book will be of particular interest to those working for peace on
the frontlines, as well as global policymakers aiming to learn from
other cases. Academics in the fields of psychology, sociology,
education, peace studies, communication, community development, youth
studies, and behavioral economics may be particularly interested in this
volume.