Education for Sustainable Peace and Conflict Resilient Communities

This book articulates a practice and theory of education that aims to facilitate the emergence of sustainable peace and conflict-resilient communities in societies plagued by conflict. It does so by examining the agency of conflict-resilient communities and the dynamic processes of their interactions with larger societal structure. Although education is seen as a human right, the design of education policies, schooling models and curricula has primarily been the prerogative of elites, be they governments, academics or international actors. This book argues for a different approach to education, contending for more inclusivity and open deliberation in modeling education frameworks. Drawing on case studies and interviews with practitioners, scholars, activists, and policymakers, it applies the lenses of conflict resolution to a variety of education issues within fragile societies.

List of contents

1. Introduction to Education for Sustainable Peace .- 2. Historical Narratives, Conflict and Education .- 3. Impeding Access to Quality Education: Culture, Gender and Funding .- 4. Education at the Heart of Extremism .- 5. The Role of Innovation in Education for Sustainable Peace .- 6. Learning from Practice: Peacemakers as Educators .- 7. Collaborative Learning, Relational Responsibility and Resilient Communities.

About the author

Borislava Manojlovic is the Director of Research Projects and Adjunct Professor at the School of Diplomacy and International Relations, Seton Hall University, USA.

Summary

Fills a gap by examining the agency of community actors in education for sustainable peace
Argues convincingly for the importance of exclusivity and open deliberation in education modeling
Applies the lenses of complex adaptive systems and conflict resolution to understand a wide range of themes and challenges to education within fragile societies
Employs a mixed methods approach, drawing on case study research and extensive interviews 

Product details

• Authors: Borislava Manojlovic
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2017
• EAN: 9783319571706
• ISBN: 978-3-31-957170-6
• No. of pages: 177
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 14 mm x 215 mm
• Weight: 345 g
• Illustrations: XI, 177 p. 3 illus.
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science; B, Peace, Educational Policy, Education, Conflict Studies, Africa, International Relations, Social Change, Politics & government, Political Science and International Studies, International and Comparative Education, Economic development, Educational strategies & policy, African Politics, Educational Policy and Politics, Education and state, Comparative education, International education, Development Studies, Peace studies, Peace studies & conflict resolution, Development and Social Change, Africa—Politics and government