The Ethics of Peacebuilding - (Edinburgh Studies in Global Ethics) by Tim Murithi (Paperback)

About the Book

Outlines the need for effective and sustainable peacebuilding in order to restore the conditions for co-existence in fractured communities around the world.

Book Synopsis

This book explores the ethical dimension of peacebuilding. In the aftermath of the Cold War the hope for a more stable and just international order was rapidly dissolved by the internecine conflicts that plagued all continents. The Rwanda and Srebrenica genocides demonstrated the challenge of promoting peace in a world increasingly defined by intra-state conflict and sub-national groups confronting nation-states. Murithi interrogates the role that ethics plays in promoting and consolidating peacebuilding and presents a synthesis of moral philosophy and international relations and an analysis of the ethics of negotiation, mediation, forgiveness and reconciliation. In its attempt to explore the extent to which ethical concerns influence and inform peacebuilding this book contributes to a growing body of literature on ethics and international relations which will enable students, scholars and practitioners to ground their understanding of a principled peacebuilding.Key Features: *Author has first-hand knowledge of peacebuilding through his work with the UN and NGOs*Analyses the ethics of peacebuilding inherent in the actions of the inter-governmental and non-governmental organisations*Examines the ethics of negotiation, mediation, forgiveness and reconciliation*Draws on a wide range of historical and contemporary case studies including the League of Nations, the United Nations, the Quakers in the Biafran War, the South African and Sierra Leonean Truth Commissions

From the Back Cover

Edinburgh Studies in World Ethics Series Editor: Nigel Dower The Ethics of Peacebuilding Tim Murithi 'I can't imagine a more important topic for our times than that of learning how to facilitate sustainable peace through healing reconciliation based upon a foundation of ethically informed restorative as well as social/ economic justice.' Professor William Aiken, Chatham College, Pittsburgh This book explores the ethical dimension of peacebuilding. In the aftermath of the Cold War the hope for a more stable and just international order was rapidly dissolved by the internecine conflicts that plagued all continents. The Rwanda and Srebrenica genocides demonstrated the challenge of promoting peace in a world increasingly defined by intra-state conflict and sub-national groups confronting nation-states. Tim Murithi interrogates the role that ethics plays in promoting and consolidating peacebuilding and presents a synthesis of moral philosophy and international relations and an analysis of the ethics of negotiation, mediation, forgiveness and reconciliation. Exploring the extent to which ethical concerns influence and inform peacebuilding, he contributes to a growing body of literature on ethics and international relations which will enable students, scholars and practitioners to ground their understanding of a principled peacebuilding. Key Features: *Author has first-hand knowledge of peacebuilding through his work with the UN and NGOs *Analyses the ethics of peacebuilding inherent in the actions of the inter-governmental and non-governmental organisations *Examines the ethics of negotiation, mediation, forgiveness and reconciliation *Draws on a wide range of historical and contemporary case studies including the League of Nations, the United Nations, the Quakers in the Biafran War, the South African and Sierra Leonean Truth Commissions Tim Murithi is a Senior Research Fellow with the Centre for International Cooperation and Security (CICS) at the Universit

About the Author

Tim Murithi is a Senior Research Fellow with the Centre for International Cooperation and Security (CICS) at the University of Bradford. Prior to that he was a Senior Researcher in the Conflict Prevention Programme at the Institute for Security Studies Office in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. From 2005 to 2007 he was Senior Researcher at the Centre for Conflict Resolution at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. From 1999 to 2005 he was a Programme Officer at the United Nations Institute for Training and Research in Geneva, Switzerland. He has worked as a consultant to the African Union, the UN Development Programme in Sierra Leone, and the UK's Department for International Development, the International Peace Academy, UN Affiliated University for Peace, the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue and the InterAfrica Group. He is the author of The African Union: Pan-Africanism, Peacebuilding and Development (2005), Towards a Union Government for Africa: Challenges and Opportunities (2008) and co-editor of The African Union and its Institutions (2008).