Journal of Aggression, Conflict and Peace Research: Volume 14 Issue 4

Guest editorial

Linda M. Johnston, Zahid Shahab Ahmed

Title: Intergenerational gaps in women’s grassroots peacebuilding in Ghana: a critique of “inclusive peacebuilding”

Sebastian Angzoorokuu Paalo

The purpose of this paper is to examine the idea of inclusion in women’s bottom-up peacebuilding in Ghana. Inspired by the growing importance of “inclusion” and “local…

Social fabric: damage and reconstruction on the basis of a collective music program

Andrea del Pilar Rodríguez-Sánchez

The purpose of this study was to understand the changes in the social fabric of victims of forced displacement in Colombia as a result of these events, as well as the…

Rethinking United Nations peacekeeping responses to resource wars and armed conflicts in Africa: integrating African indigenous knowledge systems

Evelyn B. Namakula

As of November 2021, six out of the 12 United Nations (UN) peacekeeping operations are in Sub-Saharan Africa, spread between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Western…

Strengths and shortcomings of Latin American participation in post-conflict Colombia

Monica E. Hirst, Bruno Dalponte

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the characteristics of the Latin American participation in the United Nations Mission in Colombia (UNMC), looking into the contributions of…

The story of a model restorative school: creative response to conflict at MS 217 in Queens, NY

Priscilla Prutzman, Elizabeth Roberts, Tara Fishler, Tricia Jones

Restorative practice programs in the USA and Western elementary and secondary schools have been the focus of intensive, large scale field research that reports positive impacts on…

The urgency of linking peace and citizenship education

Alicia Cabezudo, Magnus Haavelsrud

The aim of this paper is to highlight the utility of different sources of learning in informal, formal and non-formal venues in lifelong learning developing under variable…

Did we get civic activism wrong? Understanding the waltz between constructive and aggressive civic tendencies in Bosnia–Herzegovina

Alexander Guest, Ilke Dagli, Marian Machlouzarides

Despite the end of conflict in 1995, Bosnia–Herzegovina still suffers from unresolved ethnic and social tensions, where fostering social cohesion, active citizenship and…