Transition Strategies for Sustainable Community Systems

This book presents five critical dimensions on relationships, institutions, produc-tion, organisation, and governance from design and systems perspectives for thesystematic transition of unstable and vulnerable communities across the world tosustainable community systems.• The first section discusses features of relationships and processes to deepencooperation and trust within a community.• The second section examines institutions within and outside a district tofoster synergy across institutions within a district and to minimise negativeexternalities on local communities within a district.• The third section deals with food production systems that are nature-friendly, resilient, efficient and sustainable.• The fourth section discusses the design of producer organisations that cangraduate to become sustainable community enterprise systems.•The fifth section focuses on community governance that can facilitatedecentralised, participatory, transparent and democratic local governancesystems.This book• offers a fresh perspective on design thinking for optimising internal designconsistencies.• provides a systems perspective on building sustainable community systemsat the lowest governance unit in different countries, such as Ward/GramPanchayat/Panchayat Council/Gewong/Union Council/GN.• gives insights into design & systems perspectives towards buildingsustainable community systems within a district of any country across theworld.

Provides a systems perspective to building sustainable community systems at the lowest governance unit Gives insight on possible perspectives towards building sustainable community systems within a particular district of any country across the world Offers a fresh perspective to design thinking for optimizing internal design consistencies

Inhalt

1. Introduction.- 2. General Introduction on the Democratic Republic of Congo.- 3. Child Soldiering Global Perspectives and in the Democratic Republic of Congo.- 4. Reintegrating and Healing Child Soldiers.- 5. Child Protection and Accountability.- 6. Restorative Justice in Theory.- 7. An Integrative Approach to Child Soldiering Accountability.- Transitional Justice from an African Perspective.- 9. Research Design and Methodology.- 10. Diagnosing the Problem: Perspectives from the Field.- 11.Accountability and Reintegration of Child Soldiers via Baraza.- 12. Restorative Justice Peacemaking Circles and Child Soldiering.- 13. Preventing Child Soldiering.- 14. Conclusions and Recommendations.