African Peace and Global Development

Theoretical Orientations
Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-3-032-34933-0
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 310 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm

Reihe: Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development

This book shows that in our interconnected world, conflicts in one area have consequences that go beyond borders, and for the environment that sustains us. In two volumes it addresses more than 140 topics, which include: socio-economic issues, cultural and political development, conflict management, sustainable development, spirituality, history, gender, philosophy and the humanities. Gathering ideas from over 140 contributors from around Africa and the world, it offers a valuable resource for academic programme developers as well as peacebuilders and development professionals at institutions of higher learning, civil society organisations and state institutions, as well as the general public.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mutalemwa, George

Spiegel, Egon

Liu, Cheng

Kurtz, Lester R.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Afrikanische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Entwicklungsstudien
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Friedens- und Konfliktforschung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Development as Peace?.- Chapter 2: Nonviolent Action and Labour Organising: A Mutually Beneficial Relationship.- Chapter 3: Two Staggering Facts that Change Everything.- Chapter 4: Peace and Development Research: Challenges and Opportunitie.- Chapter 5: Observing a Fractal Paradigm in the Disruption of Peace.- Chapter 6: A Sociological Investigation of the Research Productivity Level of Academic Staff in Selected Nigerian Universities.- Chapter 7: Relational Deprivation in Infancy and Early Childhood: A Peace Studies Inquiry into Causes, Consequences, and Coping.- Chapter 8: Indigenising Security Governance and Peacebuilding through an Ubuntu Framework.- Chapter 9: The African Renaissance as Therapy.- Chapter 10: Ethics, Culture and Education: A Threefold Approach towards Peacebuilding in Africa.- Chapter 11: Peace Education, the Relevance of Comparative Studies in the Field of Religion: A Case Study of Islam and Christianity.- Chapter 12: Sowing Seeds of Peace through the Arts.- Chapter 13: Transculturality Research and Peace.- Chapter 14: Sunzi and Clausewitz: Two Authors Write About War.- Chapter 15: Irenology 3.0 – Backgrounds, Positionings, Prospects.- Chapter 16: Conflict and Peace in Pope Leo’s Magnifica Humanitas.- Chapter 17: The Relationship between Peace and Development in Africa.- Chapter 18: Is the European Route an Appropriate Example for Africa? .- Chapter 19: The Long Pedigree of UN Development System Reform.- Chapter 20: The Economic Institutions of the Future.- Chapter 21: Climate Change and Ecological Awareness: Religion in a World of Conflict.- Chapter 22: A Decolonized HUGE Security and Peace.- Chapter 23: We Share More in Common Than We Usually Think: Diversity Grounded in Unity.

Über Autor(innen)

George Mutalemwa is a Senior Research Fellow at St. Augustine University of Tanzania (Tanzania), Director of “Global Peace Studies for Sustainable Development in Africa”, former Hoeffmann Lecturer for Intercultural Competences at the University of Vechta (Germany) and Visiting Lecturer at the University of Innsbruck (Austria). 

Dr. Egon Spiegel , Emeritus Professor of Practical Theology at the University of Vechta (Germany), holds master’s degrees in theology and political science and a Th.D. He has served as a professor in Dresden (Germany), titular professor in Olsztyn (Poland), and visiting professor in Seoul (South Korea). 

Dr. Cheng Liu is a Professor for History at the School of History, Nanjing University (China), Director of the Institute for British and Commonwealth Studies, Director of the Institute for Peace Studies, and the UNESCO Chair on Peace Studies.

Dr. Lester R. Kurtz is a Professor at George Mason University (USA) and Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace, and Conflict. With a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago and an M.A.R. from Yale, he has taught at the Universities of Texas, Chicago, Northwestern, Tunghai and Delhi.