Open AccessIntroduction: Peacebuilding, Reconciliation, and Transformation
Author(s) -
Jessica Senehi,
Stephen G. Ryan,
Seán Byrne
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
peace and conflict studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.116
H-Index - 6
ISSN - 1082-7307
DOI - 10.46743/1082-7307/2010.1110
Subject(s) - peacebuilding , praxis , conflict transformation , field (mathematics) , perspective (graphical) , political science , transformation (genetics) , sociology , epistemology , environmental ethics , engineering ethics , social science , public administration , engineering , computer science , law , philosophy , biochemistry , chemistry , mathematics , artificial intelligence , pure mathematics , gene
This introductory article in the special issue on Peacebuilding, Reconciliation, and Transformation highlights some of the central themes within the emergent field of Peace and Conflict Studies (PACS). The article discusses how this transdisciplinary field contributes to our understanding of some of the key issues that confront the PACS field in terms of analysis, theory building, and praxis. The contributors to this special issue provide a broad array of perspectives that explores conflicts and its transformation from a multidimensional perspective.