Introduction

Abstract

The chapters in this section deal with issues of peace: the relative success of measures that are being used and the mechanisms that need to be considered more systematically. The authors critically discuss various operationalization of violence, and they present challenges and prospects for building peace. The section begins with two chapters by Maya Beasley and Iwan Sujatmiko; they describe attempts by governments to resolve conflicts as a way of establishing peace. Following these, two chapters by Don Eberly and Syed Mansoob Murshed discuss civil society institutions that are important for building peace. The last chapter in this section, by Bandana Purkayastha, discusses activist attempts to mitigate violence and build peace.

Citation

Purkayastha, B. (2008), "Introduction", Caforio, G., Kümmel, G. and Purkayastha, B. (Ed.) Armed Forces and Conflict Resolution: Sociological Perspectives (Contributions to Conflict Management, Peace Economics and Development, Vol. 7), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 329-330. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1572-8323(08)07017-3