Critical Issues in Peace and Conflict Studies: Theory, Practice, and Pedagogy, edited by Thomas Maty-k, Jessica Senehi, and Sean Byrne, discusses critical issues in the emerging field of Peace and Conflict Studies, and suggests a framework for the future development of the field and the education of its practitioners and academics. Contributors to the book are recognized scholars and practitioners in their respective fields. The authors take an holistic approach to the study, analysis, and resolution of conflict at the micro, meso, macro, and mega levels.

Critical Issues in Peace and Conflict Studies: Theory, Practice, and Pedagogy, edited by Thomas Maty-k, Jessica Senehi, and Sean Byrne, discusses critical issues in the emerging field of Peace and Conflict Studies, and suggests a framework for the future development of the field and the education of its practitioners and academics. Contributors to the book are recognized scholars and practitioners in their respective fields. The authors take an holistic approach to the study, analysis, and resolution of conflict at the micro, meso, macro, and mega levels.

Chapter 1 Dedication and Acknowledgements
Chapter 2 Biographies of Contributors
Chapter 3 Preface
Chapter 4 Designing a Way Forward
Part 5 Part One: Theory
Chapter 6 Chapter One: Peace and Conflict Studies as Political Activity
Chapter 7 Chapter Two: When the Killing Begins: An Epistemic Inquiry into Violent Human Conflict, Contested Truths and Multiplex Methodology
Chapter 8 Chapter Three: Post-Intervention Stability of Civil War States
Chapter 9 Chapter Four: The Social Cube Analytical Model and Protracted Ethnoterritorial Conflicts
Chapter 10 Chapter Five: Ethnic Genocide, Trauma, Healing, and Recovery: The Case of Identity Ruptures and Restoration amongst Bosnian Refugees
Chapter 11 Chapter Six: Disability and Conflict: Untold Stories from the North of Ireland
Chapter 12 Chapter Seven: Emancipatory Peacebuilding: Critical Responses to (Neo)Liberal Trends
Part 13 Part Two: Practice
Chapter 14 Chapter Eight: Ripeness, Readiness, and Grief in Conflict Analysis
Chapter 15 Chapter Nine: Children, Youth, and Peacebuilding
Chapter 16 Chapter Ten: Developing Refugee Peacebuilding Capacity: Women in Exile on the Thai/Burmese Border
Chapter 17 Chapter Eleven: Relationships with Human and Non-Human Species and How They Apply towards Peace Building and Leadership in Indigenous Societies
Chapter 18 Chapter Twelve: Why on Earth? Junctures between Peace and the Environment
Chapter 19 Chapter Thirteen: Indigenous Processes of Conflict Resolution: Neglected Methods of Peacemaking by the New Field of Conflict Resolution
Chapter 20 Chapter Fourteen: "The Problem from Hell": Examining the Role of Peace and Conflict Studies for Genocide Intervention and Prevention
Part 21 Part Three: Pedagogy
Chapter 22 Chapter Fifteen: Peace and Conflict Studies: Reclaiming our Roots and Designing Our Way Forward
Chapter 23 Chapter Sixteen: Narrative in the Teaching and Practice of Conflict Analysis, Transformation, and Peacebuilding
Chapter 24 Chapter Seventeen: Community Engagement in Peace and Conflict Studies: Connecting and Advancing Pedagogy, Research, and Practice
Chapter 25 Chapter Eighteen: Religion and Peace and Conflict Studies
Chapter 26 Chapter Nineteen: Milestones on a Journey in Peace and Conflict Studies
Part 27 Conclusions
Chapter 28 Chapter Twenty: Where Do We Go From Here?
Chapter 29 Index