Peace Operations and Restorative Justice

Reviews / Votes

'Although peace operations have been high on the international political agenda since many years, a clear understanding of how to construct positive peace in post-conflict countries is still lacking. Drawing on the many insights from restorative justice theory and practice, Peter Reddy has written a very convincing book that should be on the shelf of every policy-maker in this field. His conclusion is unambiguous: addressing all the harm done and involving all the stakeholders are key to success.' Stephan Parmentier, Leuven Institute of Criminology, Belgium, and Secretary General, International Society for Criminology 'Peter Reddy provides a fresh approach to successful peacekeeping. He does this in a methodologically interesting way by taking a failure story of peacebuilding (Somalia) and shows successes within the failures. Then he takes a success story of peacebuilding (Bougainville) and shows failures within the successes. Theoretically, restorative justice principles are found to help to define crucial ingredients for success. The result is a profoundly important contribution to the literature on how to sustain peace.' John Braithwaite, Australian National University, Australia 'This is a bold and ambitious book with important insights for all engaged in the theory and practice of international peace operations. Drawing on the contrasting cases of Somalia and Bougainville, the author's critique of conventional approaches is followed by the elaboration of a compelling alternative framework founded on the regenerative potential of restorative justice.' Sinclair Dinnen, The Australian National University, Australia