Conflict Assessment and Peacebuilding Planning: Toward a Participatory Approach to Human Security

by Lisa Schirch

Overview

A Global Observatory Must-Read Book in Peace and Security! Offering a systematic approach that links practical conflict-assessment exercises to the design, planning, monitoring, and evaluation of peacebuilding efforts, Conflict Assessment and Peacebuilding Planning has been carefully—and realistically—designed to enhance the effectiveness of peacebuilding practice. Lisa Schirch presents a convenient, logical framework and a wealth of tools for improving planning and implementation. She also helps us to fruitfully question widely held assumptions. Her concise handbook, informed by on-the-ground realities, is an essential resource for building true human security.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781565495814
Publisher:	Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	04/30/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	459,132
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Lisa Schirch is research professor of peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University and founding director of 3P Human Security at the Alliance for Peacebuilding. Her publications include The Little Book of Strategic Peacebuilding, Civilian Peacekeeping: Reducing Violence and Making Space for Democracy, and Ritual and Symbol in Peacebuilding.

Editorial Reviews

Schirch provides a wonderful range of analytical tools for peace practitioners from government, international agencies, and the NGO world.

Peter Woodrow

Comprehensive, yet strategic in approach, the result of years of practice, this is a clear and systematic overview with practical and appropriate steps for assessment and planning.

John Paul Lederach

The heart and soul of peacebuilding, wrapped into a clear, lucid, accessible package.

Melanie Greenberg

A gift for professors and students. Schirch takes a complex, steadily evolving, and acronym-heavy field and makes it intelligible to just about any student.

David Matz