In this book 25 authors from the Global South (19) and the Global North (6) address conflicts, security, peace, gender, environment and development. Four parts cover I) peace research epistemology; II) conflicts, families and vulnerable people; III) peacekeeping, peacebuilding and transitional justice; and IV) peace and education. Part I deals with peace ecology, transformative peace, peaceful societies, Gandhi's non-violent policy and disobedient peace. Part II discusses urban climate change, climate rituals, conflicts in Kenya, the sexual abuse of girls, farmer-herder conflicts in Nigeria, wartime sexual violence facing refugees, the traditional conflict and peacemakingprocess of Kurdish tribes, Hindustani family shame, and communication with Roma. Part III analyses norms of peacekeeping, violent non-state actors in Brazil, the art of peace in Mexico, grass-roots post-conflict peacebuilding in Sulawesi, hydrodiplomacyin the Indus River Basin, the Rohingya refugee crisis, and transitional justice. Part IV assesses SDGs and peace in India, peace education in Nepal, and infrastructure-based development and peace in West Papua. . Peer-reviewed texts prepared for the 27th Conference of the International Peace Research Association (IPRA) in 2018 in Ahmedabad in India.. Contributions from two pioneers of global peace research:a foreword by Johan Galtung from Norway and a preface by Betty Reardon from the United States.. Innovative case studies by peace researchers on decolonising conflicts, security, peace, gender, environment and development in the Anthropocene, the new epoch of earth and human history.. New theoretical perspectives by senior and junior scholars from Europe and Latin America on peace ecology, transformative peace, peaceful societies, and Gandhi's non-violence policy.. Case studies on climate change, SDGs and peace in India; conflicts in Kenya, Nigeria, South Sudan, Turkey, Braziland Mexico; Roma in Hungary;the refugee crisis in Bangladesh; peace action in Indonesia and India/Pakistan; and peace education in Nepal.

Autorentext
Ursula Oswald Spring, National Autonomous, University of Mexico(UNAM), Mexico.Hans Günter Brauch, Peace Research & European Security Studies.Mosbach, Germany.

Inhalt
1.Decolonising Peace in the Anthropocene: Introduction towards an Alternative Understanding of Peace and Security.-  2. Peace Ecology in the Anthropocene.- 3. Transformative and Participative Peace:A Theoretical and Methodological Proposal of Epistemology for Peace and Conflict studies.- 4. Peaceful Societies through Social Cohesion? The Power of Paradigms for Normative and Interdisciplinary Research.- 5. The National and Universal Importance of the Non-Violent Policy of Mohandas K. Gandhi.- 6. Disobedient Peace: Non-Cooperation With Inhuman Orders.- 7. Risks, Mitigation and Adaptation to Urban Climate Change Impacts in the Global South from a Gender Perspective.- 8. Conflicts in Kenya: Drivers of Conflicts and Assessing Mitigation Measures.- 9. Human Rights and Sexual Abuse of the Girl-Child in Nigeria: Implications for Development.- 10. The Farmer-Herder Conflicts in Nigeria's Open Space: Taming the Tide.- 11. Climate Rituals: Cultural Response for Climate Change Adaptations in Africa.- 12. Ethnically-Charged Wartime Sexual Violence: The Agony of the South Sudanese Refugees in Uganda.- 13. Traditional Conflict and Peacemaking Process Through the Case of Kurdish Tribes in Mardin, Turkey.- 14. Family Shame and Eloping Couples: A Hindustani Warp in Time. Steps in Progress toward Nonviolence.- 15. We Are Not Victims:The Roma, an Outdoor Art Gallery and the Same Old Story Critical Thinking in Communication for Development.- 16. Governance by Violent Non-State Actors as a Challenge to Sustainable Peace in Brazil.- 17.- Governance by Violent Non-State Actors as a Challenge to Sustainable Peace in Brazil.- 18. Art of Peace: Cultural Practices and Peacebuilding in Mexico.- 19. Grass-Roots Post-Conflict Peacebuilding: A Case Study of Mosintuwu Women School in Poso District, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia.- 20. Hydro-diplomacy Towards Peace Ecology: The Case of the Indus Water Treaty between India and Pakistan.- 21.- The Rohingya Refugee Crisis: Implications for Regional Security.- 22. An Unsustainable Price: The Opportunity Costs of Transitional Justice.- 23. Simultaneous Intervention Strategies at Local Ecosystems for Sustainable Development Goals and Peace: Design and Systems Perspectives.- 24. Citizen-Led Assessment and the Participatory Approach to Peace Education in Nepal.- 25. Can Infrastructure-Based Development Bring Peace to West Papua?.