Building cultures of peace
Subtitle: transdisciplinary voices of hope and action
By: edited by Elavie Ndura-Ouédraogo and Randall Amster
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Newcastle, U.K
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9781443819442
Subjects: Peace-building; Peaceful change (International relations)
Notes: Originally published: 2009.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Multicultural peace education: empowering pre-service teachers toward a paradigm of social justice beyond colorblindness  -- Edward J. Brantmeier, Antonette Aragon, and Brian Yoder; title: Fostering capabilities: the practice of peace and social justice in contemporary art education  -- Cindy Maguire; title: Reading and writing peace: the core skills of conflict transformation and literacy  -- Julie Morton; title: Promoting peace education through teacher education  -- Beverly D. Shaklee; title: Critical literacy: a building block toward peace  -- Stacia M. Stribling; title: Education of heart: what justice and peace studies can learn from moral development literature  -- Cris Toffolo; title: Sport-based peace initiatives: playing for peace  -- Robert E. Baker and Craig Esherick; title: Mindfulness as armor, compassion as weapon: keeping the peace with mindfulness practices for police officers  -- Michael J. DeValve and Cary D. Adkinson; title: Promoting peace professionals in the U.S. media  -- Tom H. Hastings; title: Pianos for peace: a conversation  -- Pearl Hunt; title: Diversity, oppression, and the challenging quest for sustainable peace  -- Elavie Ndura-Ouédraogo; title: Iraq's war economy: barriers and opportunities  -- Cheryl Duckworth; title: The responsibility for security: how a reformed security council ought to counter threats to the peace  -- John W. Lango; title: Can you eat peace? Addressing development needs and peace education in Gujarat, India  -- Spriya Baily; title: Pax Gaia: the ecology of war, peace, and how to get from here to there -- Randall Amster.