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Drawing on the voices and experiences of community-based peace leaders around the world, this book envisions a new way of working together as a truly local and global peacebuilding field.
List of contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part I: The Problem with Peacebuilding
Chapter One The Story Behind this Book
Chapter Two The Search for Peace and the Loss of Agency
Chapter Three A Research Approach to Local Peacebuilding
Part II: Choosing Peace in the Midst of Violence
Chapter Four I Am Because You Are: Relational Responsibility and Peace Agency
Chapter Five Risk and Resilience
Chapter Six It's About Trust: Local Perspectives on International Peacebuilders
Part III: Locally Grounded, Globally Connected
Chapter Seven Local Peacebuilding Begins at Home
Chapter Eight Inclusive Peacebuilding: Confronting Power, Privilege, and Racism
Chapter Nine We Are All Peacebuilders
References
About the author
Bridget has worked for 20 years on international peace and conflict issues, with a focus on US foreign policy. Prior to joining Peace Direct as Senior US Representative and Head of Advocacy, she was part of its founding US board for four years. From 2013-2015, Bridget served as Atrocity Prevention Fellow with USAID's Office of Conflict Management and Mitigation. She spent nine years lobbying on US foreign policy and peace issues with the Friends Committee on National Legislation, where she developed and led the Peaceful Prevention of Deadly Conflict program. She has also worked with the Quaker United Nations Office, Oxfam America, American Friends Service Committee, and the World Policy Institute. Bridget directed the Casa de los Amigos in Mexico City, a Quaker center of hospitality and international understanding, from 2006-2008. She also worked in Capetown, South Africa, with the Quaker Peace Centre during her graduate studies internship. Bridget holds a PhD with George Mason University's School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, where she focused her dissertation on understanding the motivations of local peacebuilders and how the international community can better support them. She has taught graduate and undergraduate courses in peacebuilding, conflict resolution, and Quaker studies at a variety of institutions, including Haverford College, Columbia University, George Washington University, and Eastern Mennonite University. Bridget lives in Washington, DC, and has two sons who challenge her peacebuilding skills every day
Summary
Drawing on the voices and experiences of community-based peace leaders around the world, this book envisions a new way of working together as a truly local and global peacebuilding field.
