Lederach, John Paul : Eastern Mennonite University
John Paul Lederach has spent 15 years providing training and supporting peacebuilding in Colombia, Somalia,
The Philippines, Nicaragua, and Northern Ireland. Director of Eastern Mennonite University's Conflict Transformation
Program, he has conducted numerous research projects and published extensively.
Summary
A major work from a seminal figure in the field of conflict resolution, Building Peace is John Paul Lederach's
definitive statement on peacebuilding. Marrying wisdom, insight, and passion, Lederach explains why we need to
move beyond "traditional" diplomacy, which often emphasizes top-level leaders and short-term objectives,
toward a holistic approach that stresses the multiplicity of peacemakers, long-term perspectives, and the need
to create an infrastructure that empowers resources within a society and maximizes contributions from outside.
Sophisticated yet pragmatic, the volume explores the dynamics of contemporary conflict and presents an integrated
framework for peacebuilding in which structure, process, resources, training, and evaluation are coordinated in
an attempt to transform the conflict and effect reconciliation.
Building Peace is a substantive reworking and expansion of a work developed for the United Nations University in
1994. In addition, this volume includes a chapter by practitioner John Prendergast that applies Lederach's conceptual
framework to ongoing conflicts in the Horn of Africa.
Table of Contents
Global Overview
Characteristics of Deeply Divided Societies
Reconciliation
Structure
Process
An Integrated Framework
Resources
Coordination
Preparing for Peacebuilding
Strategic and Responsive Evaluation
Conclusions
