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The violence of peace and the role of education: insights from Sierra Leone

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posted on 2023-06-09, 00:08 authored by Mario NovelliMario Novelli, Sean HigginsSean Higgins
Research on peacebuilding has mushroomed over the last decade and there is a growing interest in the role of education in supporting peacebuilding processes. This paper engages with these debates, UN peacebuilding activities and the location of education initiatives therein, through a case study of Sierra Leone. In the first part, we explore the complex and multi-dimensional nature of violence in post-conflict Sierra Leone. In the second, we critically address the role of education in the conflict and post-conflict period, highlighting education’s centrality as a catalyst to conflict, and then reflect on the failure of the post-conflict reconstruction process to adequately transform the education system into one that could support a process of sustainable peacebuilding. Finally, we conclude by exploring the ways that greater investment and focus, both financial and human, in the education sector might, in the long term, better contribute to a sustainable and socially just peace.

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  • Published

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  • Accepted version

Journal

Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education

ISSN

0305-7925

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Issue

1

Volume

47

Page range

32-45

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  • Education Publications

Full text available

  • Yes

Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2016-01-27

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2017-07-14

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2016-03-23

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