Cambridge Scholars Publishing Conflict Analysis and Transformation: An Introduction for Students, Activists and Communities

Product Description This book provides students, activists, community organizers and the general public with a concise and clear guide on how to approach, analyze and address conflict in order to transform relationships and work towards peace with justice. In doing so, it details a systematic process to analyze conflict, and offers an understandable framework in which to situate and choose strategies of building cultures of peace. It acknowledges the academic divide between the disciplines of peace studies and conflict resolution studies, yet is relevant to students of both fields. The volume draws on relevant theory and research from sociology, psychology, critical studies and anthropology, and starts from the assumption that conflict analysis and transformation must include a critical analysis of hegemony and power. About the Author Randy Janzen teaches in the Peace and Justice Studies Program at Selkirk College, Canada. His community work has involved establishing a community mediation program, facilitating community dialogue, teaching conflict transformation, and working with workplace and organizational conflict. Additionally, he has been an activist, volunteering with groups such as Amnesty International and grassroots groups addressing human rights issues around Canadian extractive industries and anti-war movements. His research focus his unarmed civilian peacekeeping, and he is a founding member of the International Unarmed Civilian Peacekeeping/Protection Research Network. He holds a PhD in Social Sciences from Tilburg University, Netherlands, and a Graduate Certificate in Peace Studies from Nova Southeastern University, USA. He also has a Master’s Degree in Epidemiology from the University of British Columbia, Canada.