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Publisher: CMU Press, 2015, ISBN-10: 0920718264 ISBN-13: 978-0920718261 Paperback: 354 pages
Price: $19.48 Cdn (for either print book or ebook).
Co-editors Richard McCutcheon, Jarem Sawatsky and Valerie Smith
Authors include: Ovide Mercredi, Mubarak Awad, Stuart Clark, David Dyck, Martin Entz, Harry Huebner, Ouyporn Khuankaew, George Lakey, Ivo Markovic, Maxine Matilpi, Stan McKay, Piet Meiring, Sophia Murphy , Kay Pranis, and Karen Ridd.
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These stories of those who passionately pursue peace dare us to envision the kind of peace action may be possible for each one of us. Voices of Harmony and Dissent: How Peacebuilders Are Transforming Their Worlds is an informative and thought-provoking resource from the world-renowned Canadian School of Peacebuilding (CSOP).
In this book, co-editors Richard McCutcheon, Jarem Sawatsky and Valerie Smith invite you to explore the stories, theory and tools of sixteen peace leaders, trainers and activists from around the world. An intriguing mix of styles and perspectives, these peacebuilders describe how they have used their creativity, compassion and frustrations to learn how to peacefully engage and transform the world around them.
Harmony and Dissent is a resource book and sampling of the Canadian School of Peacebuilding (csop.cmu.ca). Each chapter, authored by different peace leaders, explores three keys to peace work:
- stories of inspiring peacework;
- case studies into communities embodying these lessons; and
- the key resources of have helps shape these peace leaders.
through inspiring stories the book takes you on a journey of interrelated themes including women and peacebuilding, nonviolent action for social change, restorative justice, indigenous approaches to change, spirituality and creative arts, circle process, food security, mediation, inter-cultural peacebuilding, and truth and reconciliation.
"This volume teaches again and again one vital insight: peacebuilding in deeply divided communities requires a special combination of radical thinking, creative imagination and engaged action."
—Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
"This book stands out because it reflects and charts the creativity, energy and relevance of the field for global peacemaking."
—Tom Woodhouse, author, Contemporary
Conflict Resolution
"This is a book of wisdom... Even the experience of reading these essays can prompt a greater peace."
— John Borrows, Canada Research Chair in Indigenous
Law, University of Victoria Law School
"All of us can be much better peacebuilders if we take that journey of the connections with this sumptuous volume."
- John Braithwaite , author, Crime, Shame and Reintegration
"Simply wringing your hands over the state of the world is not going to change anything. It's real action that changes the world, and this book gives the reader advice from people who wake up every day and do the hard work of building peace. Bravo!"
— Jody Williams, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
"These stories and essays intimately and powerfully convey two fundamental truths. The first is that history changes only through the actions of people who decide it has to change. The second truth is that the human spirit is worth struggling for, day after day, year after year, no matter whether we are successful or not. In this work, which joins us at the heart, we will always find joy, even in the harshest of external circumstances."
— Margaret J. Wheatley, author, Leadership and the New Science
All the best,
Jarem Sawatsky
Founding Director of the Canadian School of Peacebuilding (retired), csop.cmu.ca
Associate Professor of Peace and Conflict Transformation Studies (retired), Canadian Mennonite University
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