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Book Review: Encyclopedia Of Peace Education, Monisha Bajaj, Hakim Mohandas Amani Williams Jan 2008

Book Review: Encyclopedia Of Peace Education, Monisha Bajaj, Hakim Mohandas Amani Williams

Africana Studies Faculty Publications

Peace education itself is a contested term; its conceptions, and thus its manifestations, are quite varied. This is why this succinct volume proves to be so timely; it aims to "provide greater nuance to debates around peace education" (p. 2). Despite its daunting title, this volume is not presented as an authoritative stranglehold, but rather, as a way of historicizing the field of peace education, highlighting major conceptual threads and identifying the exciting prospects for the future of the field. [excerpt]