Routledge Handbook of Peacebuilding

Introduction

Roger Mac Ginty

PART I: ARCHITECTURE AND ACTORS

1. The Evolution of Peacebuilding

Gëzim Visoka

2. The International Architecture of Peacebuilding

Edward Newman

3. Women, Peace and Security

Elena B. Stavrevska

4. Civil Society and Peacebuilding

Laura S. Martin

5. 'Illiberal Peacebuilding' and Authoritarian Conflict Management

David Lewis

6. Unusual Peacebuilders

Lior Lehrs

PART II: READING PEACEBUILDING

7. Problem-Solving and Critical Approaches

Michael Pugh

8. The Limits of Peacebuilding

Gerald M. Steinberg

9. A Postcolonial Reading of ‘Peace from Below’

Swati Parashar

10. African Perspectives on Peacebuilding

Cyril Obi

11. Agonistic Peacebuilding

Marko Lehti

PART III: ISSUES AND APPROACHES

12. Sustaining Peace Through Social Contracts

Erin McCandless

13. Gender and Peacebuilding

Maria O’Reilly

14. Religion and Peacebuilding

Ahmet Erdi Öztürk

15. Climate Change and Peacebuilding

Florian Krampe and Cedric de Coning

16. Emotions, Reconciliation and Peacebuilding

Emma Hutchison and Roland Bleiker

17. Memory, Politics and Peace

David Mwambari and Andrea Purdeková

18. Storytelling and Peacebuilding

Benjamin Maiangwa, James Ojochenemi David, and Dominic James Aboi

19.  Mediation and Peacebuilding

André Vlok

20. Trauma and Peacebuilding

Heidi Riley

PART IV: VIOLENCE AND SECURITY

21. Security Sector Reform

Chido S Mutangadura-Yeswa

22. Disarmament, Demobilization, Rehabilitation, Reintegration and Repatriation in Africa 

Gwinyayi Albert Dzinesa

23. Violence Reduction and Peacebuilding

Rachel Locke

24. Zones of Peace

Landon E. Hancock

25. Community Self-Protection in Colombia

Beatriz Elena Arias-López and Laura Jiménez-Ospina

PART V: EVERYDAY LIVING

26. Everyday Peace

Helen Berents

27. Education, Learning and Peacebuilding

Patricia Maulden

28. Youth and Peacebuilding

Siobhan McEvoy-Levy

29. Everyday Political Economies of Peacebuilding

Daniela Lai

PART VI: DISCIPLINARY APPROACHES

30. International Relations Theory and Peacebuilding

Dominik Zaum

31. Sociology and Peacebuilding

John D Brewer

32. Sociolinguistics and Peacebuilding

Constadina Charalambous, Panayiota Charalambous and Ben Rampton

33. Anthropology and Peacebuilding

Catherine E. Bolten

34. Social Psychology and Peacebuilding

Shelley McKeown-Jones

Biography

Roger Mac Ginty is Professor at the School of Government and International Affairs, and the Durham Global Security Institute, both at Durham University. He is author of three books, and has edited/co-edited 11 books. He is founding editor of the journal Peacebuilding and co-founder of the Everyday Peace Indicators.

'This is an excellent addition to the roster of background texts on peacebuilding and its many dimensions. It contains multiple up-to-date chapters that illustrate the complexity of the challenges facing peacebuilding, and the inadequacy of the current peace architectures and infrastructures as well as many of its processes. This is a must-read for both undergraduate and postgraduate courses on peace and conflict.'

Oliver P. Richmond, University of Manchester, UK

'The Routledge Handbook of Peacebuilding has garnered acclaim as an authoritative reference and educational text over the last decade. In its second edition, it further enriches its utility by incorporating critical assessments of emerging peacebuilding trends, amplifying perspectives from the Global South, and offering insightful reflections on the intricate nature of peacebuilding.'

SungYong Lee, Professor, Soka University, Japan

'With wars raging around the planet and numerous long-running conflicts unresolved, the need for peacebuilding has never been greater. Roger Mac Ginty has put together a cutting-edge collection of works on making and sustaining peace. The Handbook of Peacebuilding is particularly adept in showing the multi-dimensional nature of conflict and the need for us to take issues of gender, race, climate change, and poverty seriously when seeking to build peace.'

Severine Autesserre, author of Peaceland and The Frontlines of Peace, Barnard College, Columbia University, USA

'At a time when the efforts of peacebuilders are being sorely challenged, this book responds to the need for an imaginative and effective response. The global voices and perspectives presented here provide an inspiring and energising vision to counter the violence which threatens to reverse the peacebuilding gains of the past twenty years. An outstanding and impressive achievement.'

Tom Woodhouse, University of Bradford, UK

'All in all, the book is a highly recommendable sourcebook, suitable both as a reference to consult when studying specific aspects of peacebuilding and as an introductory volume that can be read from cover to cover...While a broad topic like peacebuilding is inevitably subject to critique for omitting certain aspects, approaches, or actors, it must be acknowledged that this handbook is exceptionally balanced and inclusive, incorporating valuable perspectives that are too often excluded ...'

Timo Kivimäki, University of Bath, International Peacekeeping 33(1), July 2025