Marie-Claire Foblets is Professor of Law and Anthropology at the Universities of Leuven, Brussels and Antwerp and Director of the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology at the University of Leuven. Trutz von Trotha is Professor of Sociology at the University of Siegen, Germany.
1. In Search of Peace. History, Basic Narrative, the Future of War, and the
Rise of the Local. An Introduction with a Short Overview of the
Contributions Trutz von Trotha Part I On the Theory of the Reconstruction
of Peace after War and Violent Conflict 2. Comments on the Construction of
Political Order: Social Contract Theories and Anthropological Observation
Gordon R Woodman 3. Concepts of Violence and Peace in African Languages
Wilhelm, JG Möhlig and Rüdiger Köppe 4. The 'Peacemakers' Dilemma': The
Role of NGOs in Processes of Peace-Building in Decentralised Conflicts
Dieter Neubert Part II Power, Structures, Processes, and History in the
Reconstruction of Peace The Reconstruction of Peace I: African Experiences
5. Peace and Aid: The 'Programme Mali-Nord' and the Search for Peace in
Northern Mali Henner Papendieck and Barbara Rocksloh-Papendieck 6. Roads to
Peace: From Small War to Parasovereign Peace in the North of Mali Georg
Klute and Trutz von Trotha 7. Legislation and Decentralisation in
Uganda: From Resistance Councils to Elected Local Councils with Guaranteed
Representation Dirk Beke 8. The South African Truth and Reconciliation
Commission: 'The Truth will Set You Free' Willemien du Plessis The
Reconstruction of Peace II: Asian Experiences 9. Democracy and Ethnic
Conflicts: The Politics of Ethnicity and Conflict Resolution in South Asia
Jakob Rösel 10. Law, Violence and Peace Making on the Island of Ambon
Keebet von Benda-Beckmann 11. The Search for New Sources of Legitimacy in
Indonesia after Suharto John R Bowen Conclusion 12. At the Heart of Legal
Anthropology: Analyses of peace processes Marie-Claire Foblets and Barbara
Truffin
