Grassroots Approaches to Community-Based Peacebuilding Initiatives
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Grassroots Approaches to Community-Based Peacebuilding Initiatives: Theory and Praxis on the Front Lines


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Grassroots Approaches to Community-Based Peacebuilding Initiatives examines how change is affected in society by studying the experiences of community leaders involved in social activism in Winnipeg, Canada. Documenting the peace-building activities of a host of Community Based Organizations (CBOs), it explores how these activities are used strategically to impact conflict transformation related to issues such as racism, inequality, and extremism in local settings. Due to its combination of a theoretical foundation and first-hand accounts of actual peace-building projects, this book is a highly useful resource for understanding policy and praxis related to peace-building, and a significant contribution to the literature on peace and conflict studies and policy formation.

Table of Contents:
Contents Acknowledgments Foreword Chapter One: Winnipeg—My Home Chapter Two: Working for the Common Good: Leaders of Community-Based Organizations as Peacebuilders Chapter Three: Winnipeg’s CBOs in Peace-building and Conflict Transformation: Strengths and Weaknesses Chapter Four: Faith Matters: Winnipeg’s FBOs Special Role in Peace-building and Conflict Transformation Chapter Five: Doing Whatever is Needed to Be Done: Moving Beyond Theory to Practice Chapter Six: Where Do We Go From Here? Key Research Findings and Future Research on Social Conflict and Peace-building About the Author

About the Author :
Kawser Ahmed is research fellow at the Centre for Defence and Security Studies at the University of Manitoba.

Review :
In this important study, Kawser Ahmed listens to the voices of community leaders on the front-lines of social justice work in Winnipeg, Manitoba. These leaders are working with nongovernmental, ethnic-based, and faith-based organizations. In his analysis, Dr. Ahmed explores the intersection among structural factors and grassroots activism in the face of social challenges such as poverty, discrimination, and colonialism. This study is significant for learning both the strengths and obstacles to civil society as an engine of social change, and the complexities that shape various forms of violence and inequality in society, and makes an important contribution to theory-building in peace and conflict studies. Grassroots Approaches to Community-Based Peacebuilding Initiatives: Theory and Praxis on the Front Lines is an inspiring account of the strategies and vision by a group of leaders and a community that have succeeded in addressing prevailing and emerging conflicts and bringing peace. Every citizen and community will benefit from lessons learned about what Winnipeg, Canada did to deal with social, ideological, political and socioeconomic challenges and transform into a cohesive, prosperous place to live. Kawser Ahmed’s research  on the role of local urban peacebuilding and social justice community-based organizations sheds light on their importance in nurturing grassroots empowerment and community engagement in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Dr. Ahmed notes that a vibrant and welcoming local milieu necessitates a strong civil society working in concert with local and federal governments to build peace at all levels. This book is a must read for all  students of peace and  conflict studies and policymakers striving to make our world a better place and in creating a just peace for all citizens.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781498562065
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: Theory and Praxis on the Front Lines
  • Width: 158 mm
  • ISBN-10: 149856206X
  • Publisher Date: 28 Sep 2017
  • Height: 239 mm
  • No of Pages: 250
  • Spine Width: 24 mm
  • Weight: 589 gr


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