{"product_id":"everyday-peace-how-so-called-ordinary-people-can-disrupt-violent-conflict-9780197563397","title":"Everyday Peace: How So-Called Ordinary People Can Disrupt Violent Conflict","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eAn exploration of how so-called ordinary people can disrupt violent conflict and forge peace.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this pathbreaking book, Roger Mac Ginty explores everyday peace-or how individuals and small groups can eke out spaces of tolerance and conciliation in conflict-ridden societies. Drawing on original material from the Everyday Peace Indicators project, he blends theory and concept-building together with contemporary and comparative examples. Unusual for the disciplines of peace and conflict studies as well as international relations, \u003cem\u003e Everyday Peace\u003c\/em\u003e also utilizes personal diaries and memoirs from World Wars One and Two. The book unpacks the core components of everyday peace and argues that it is constructed from a mix of sociality, reciprocity, and solidarity. This exploration of bottom-up and community-level approaches to peace challenges the usual concentration on top-down approaches to peace advanced by governments and international organizations. Indeed, the book goes to the lowest level of social organization - individuals, families and small groups of friends and colleagues -\u003cbr\u003eand looks at everyday interaction in workplaces, the stairwells of apartment buildings, and the queue for public transport. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMac Ginty sees peace and conflict as being embodied, lived, and experienced - and constructs a multi-layered definition of peace. Importantly, he applies his evidentiary base of micro-acts that constitute everyday peace to societies that have emerged out of conflict and have not experienced recidivism on a large scale. Unlike most who focus on top-down processes, he demonstrates that what matters is the interaction between top-down and bottom-up peace and how, in an ideal scenario, they can have a symbiotic relationship. By focusing on how the small-scale can have big and lasting effects, \u003cem\u003eEveryday Peace\u003c\/em\u003e will reshape our understanding of how peace comes about.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRoger Mac Ginty\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor at the School of Government and International Affairs, and Director of the Durham Global Security Institute, both at Durham University. He edits the journal \u003cem\u003ePeacebuilding\u003c\/em\u003e and co-directs the Everyday Peace Indicators project. His research is on the interface between bottom-up and top-down approaches to peace.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50520323326226,"sku":"9780197563397","price":104.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8243e826-484f-4a03-a2ad-37254ae7fa45.jpg?v=1731081169","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/everyday-peace-how-so-called-ordinary-people-can-disrupt-violent-conflict-9780197563397","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}