Struggling for a Just Peace [electronic resource] : Israeli and Palestinian Activism in the Second Intifada /
Hallward, Maia Carter,1976-
Gainesville : University Press of Florida,
2011.
Almost invisibly, numerous activists are presently engaged in ongoing, nonviolent efforts to build peace and bring about an end to the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. Beginning in 2004, after the mainstream peace movement collapsed, Maia Hallward spent most of a year observing the work of seven such groups on both sides of the conflict. She returned in 2008 to examine the progress they had made in working for a just and lasting peace. Although small, these grassroots organizations provide valuable lessons regarding how peacebuilding takes place in times of ongoing animosity and violence.
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Almost invisibly, numerous activists are presently engaged in ongoing, nonviolent efforts to build peace and bring about an end to the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. Beginning in 2004, after the mainstream peace movement collapsed, Maia Hallward spent most of a year observing the work of seven such groups on both sides of the conflict. She returned in 2008 to examine the progress they had made in working for a just and lasting peace. Although small, these grassroots organizations provide valuable lessons regarding how peacebuilding takes place in times of ongoing animosity and violence.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Identity and conflict -- 1. Examining the boundaries of peace -- 2. Historical overview of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict -- 3. Interrogating peace and nonviolence in the Israeli-Palestinian context -- 4. Peacebuilding as process: groups studied and their approaches to change -- 5. Identity in action: peacebuilding as category formation -- 6. We've lost this round?: fragmentation and the peace process in 2008 -- 7. Mechanisms of reconfiguration: challenging policies of separation 8. Operating with distinction: mobilizing boundaries of difference -- 9. Conclusion.
Description based on print version record.
Arab-Israeli conflict
Peace-building
Peace movements
Nonviolence
Peace-building
Peace movements
Nonviolence
Al-Aqsa Intifada, 2000-