Conflict Society and Peacebuilding

<p>Civil society’s role in conflict and peace-building is increasingly being recognized: an integral element in conflict it can act within the conflict dynamic to fuel discord further or to entrench the status quo. Alternatively it can bring about peaceful resolution and reconciliation. The question at hand is not <em>whether</em> to engage civil society in contexts of conflict but rather <em>how</em> governmental actors can partner with civil society to induce conflict resolution and conflict transformation. The collection of essays in this volume attempts to explore this nexus between civil society and peace-building especially in the context of intra-state and identity-driven conflicts across different regions by focusing on case studies from Asia Africa Latin America and Europe.</p>