Using Northern Ireland as a compelling case study, this book offers a critique of peacebuilding approaches with young people in contested societies. In the north of Ireland, the spectre of murderous violence is increasingly distant for peace-agreement generations. However, legacies stemming from the 30 years of protracted conflict are ever-present in young people’s segregated lives.
This book presents four distinctive viewpoints that inform contemporary peacebuilding work with young people, revealing divergent purposes and conflicting aspirations. Offering a new model to understand peacebuilding, the authors urge peacebuilding communities around the globe to embrace an increasingly politicising and participative youth peace praxis.
Table of Content
Chapter 1 Introduction: a critical approach to youth sector peacebuilding
Chapter 2 Working with young people in a contested society
Chapter 3 Power and legitimacy: entering the world of the peacebuilder
Chapter 4 Prewrapped peacebuilding
Chapter 5 A peacebuilding typology
Chapter 6 Morphology: an analytical tool for peacebuilding
Chapter 7 Four viewpoints on youth sector peacebuilding
Chapter 8: A new model of youth sector peacebuilding
Chapter 9 Radicalising youth sector peacebuilding
Chapter 10 Peace activism with and by young people
Chapter 11 Conclusion: reclaiming a political practice
References
Appendix A
About the author
Andy Hamilton is Research Associate at Ulster University.
Mark Hammond is Senior Lecturer in Community Youth Work at Ulster University.
Eliz Mc Ardle is Senior Lecturer in Community Youth Work at Ulster University.
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