
Resilience, Peacebuilding, and Preventing Violent Extremism
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By presenting a theoretical and empirical argument that places the emphasis on social cohesion, resilience, and adaptive peacebuilding, this book challenges the conventional security-led approach to countering violent extremism. Through a range of case studies from Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, including Syria, Iraq, Mozambique, Niger, Sri Lanka, and the Philippines, it explores the complex dynamics of violent extremism and the ways in which it can be prevented and countered. Drawing on complexity theory and adaptive peacebuilding, the volume provides insights into how complex social systems adapt and respond to stress, and how peacebuilders can support societies in uncertain, volatile, and unpredictable contexts by improving their resilience and their adaptive capacity to sustain peace.
This book will be of much interest to students of peacebuilding, security studies and countering violent extremism, and professional practitioners.
The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.
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"To build future stability and security in a polarised and a fragmented world, we need not only warfighters but peacemakers. At the heart of effective governance is educating and training far reaching leaders to harness smart power, the integration of hard and soft power. To secure nations, this invaluable and timely book calls governments and partners to invest in social harmony, political stability, and economic prosperity."Rohan Gunaratna, Chairman, Global Peace Institute UK
"In an age where the focus is on great power rivalries and geopolitics, this book serves as an excellent reminder that there are other tools and remedies to conflicts than militarization and military interventions, studying how local resilience and conflict-specific strategies can be an alternative to outright violence, this is a very important book!"
Stig Jarle Hansen, International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences
"In a world that is increasingly afflicted by the scourge of violent extremism this is a timely and relevant book that interrogates the complexity of the phenomenon, and contributes significantly to enhancing our understanding of the transformative role of peacebuilding process in deeply divided societies."
Tim Murithi, Institute for Justice and Reconciliation and University of Cape Town, author of The Ethics of Peacebuilding
"Violent extremism continues to spread amongst fragile polities in a fractured world. Traditional counter-terrorism efforts are too narrow, to effectively respond to the challenge. Theoretically anchored, empirically sound, this compelling book makes the case for a more comprehensive approach towards violent extremism. Given the multiple factors fuelling extremism, this is much needed. The chapters reflect this comprehensive approach covering such diverse topics as gender, climate change and social cohesion. A must read for academics and policy makers as they seek to respond to extremism."
Hussein Solomon, Senior Professor at the Centre for Gender and Africa Studies, University of the Free State, South Africa
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Rui Saraiva is an Associate Professor at the School of International Liberal Arts, Miyazaki International University (Japan), and a Visiting Fellow at the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Ogata Sadako Research Institute for Peace and Development. His current research focuses on conflict resolution, peacebuilding, and preventing violent extremism in Africa.
Ako Muto is a Specially Appointed Research Fellow at the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Ogata Sadako Research Institute for Peace and Development and Specially Appointed Professor at Rikkyo University, based in Tokyo. She has been involved in research for peacebuilding, humanitarian crises, and human security, bridging aid practices and academics.
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