Marwan Darweish is Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Peace and Reconciliation Studies (CPRS) at Coventry University. He has extensive experience across the Middle East region and internationally with a special interest in the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, and has led conflict transformation programmes in East and Central Africa. Carol Rank is Associate Director and Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Peace and Reconciliation Studies (CPRS) at Coventry University. She has extensive experience in conflict transformation and peace education. Most recently she has been involved in helping to establish peace studies programmes in East Africa.

Introduction - Marwan Darweish and Carol Rank Section 1: Peace, But What kind of Peace? 1 How has the 'Liberal Peace' served Afghanistan? - Chrissie Hirst 2 The Obstacles to Sustainable Peace and Democracy in Post-Independence Kosovo - Gezim Visoka 3 Ethnicity, Ethnic Conflicts, and Secessionism in Ethiopian Politics - Bezawit Beyene Section 2: Reconciliation and Dealing with the Past 4 State Failure and Civil Society Potential: Reconciliation in the Democratic Republic of Congo - Verity Mould 5 Remembering the Past and Reconciling for the Future: The Role of Indigenous Commemorative Practices in Sierra Leone - Steven Kaindaneh 6 Unsettling the Settler Within: Decolonisation as Reconciliation with regard to Residential Schools in Canada - Patricia Elgersma Section 3: Identifying Opportunities for Peacebuilding 7 Is 'Interreligious' Synonymous with 'Interfaith'? The Roles of Dialogue in Peacebuilding - Sarah Bernstein 8 Health and Violent Conflict: the Role of Health in Building Peace - Wossen Kifle Section 4: Challenges to Peacebuilding and Reconciliation 9 The New Economy of Terror: Motivations and Driving Forces behind Contemporary Islamist Insurgencies - Peter Keay 10 The Question of Home: Refugees and Peace in the Israel/Palestine conflict - Abigail Bainbridge 11 Hamas: Between Militarism and Governance - Ibrahim Natil 12 Returning Home towards a New Future: Nepal's Reintegration Programme for Former Child Soldiers - Dilli Binadi Index

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