Rethinking political violence
Subtitle: mobilization, reintegration and reconciliation
By: Alpaslan Özerdem, Professor of Peacebuilding and Co-Director of the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations (CTPSR), Coventry University, UK and Sukanya Podder, Assistant Professor, Centre for International Security and Resilience (CISR), Cranfield University, UK
Contributors: Podder, Sukanya
Series: Rethinking political violence
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9780230285217
Subjects: Youth and peace; Peace-building; POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / International Security; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Peace
Description: "Youth in Conflict and Peacebuilding gives weight to the role of youth in peacebuilding, with specific reference to the processes of mobilisation, reintegration and reconciliation. &#214;zerdem and Podder reject the pejorative notion of youth as a security threat, a notion that still pervades the literature and practice of peacebuilding. The main objective of this study is, therefore, to provide a new conceptualisation of youth as a harbinger of peace, whether at an international or local level.By adopting a multi-disciplinary approach that identifies key themes in the analysis of its two main case studies of Liberia and Mindanao in the Philippines, this study maps out the debate surrounding the role of youth in post-conflict environments and draws from a wide range of cross-cultural examples. The failure to recognise youths as political actors can result in their contribution to peacebuilding being ignored, wasted and, at best, under-utilised. In recognising their agency as legitimate political actors, &#214;zerdem and Podder address the need for a comprehensive understanding of their valuable contribution to peacebuilding"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-262) and index.