This book presents new theoretical and conceptual perspectives on the problematique of building just and durable peace.

Introduction: The Study of Just and Durable Peace, Karin Aggestam & Annika Björkdahl Part I: Just Peace in Theory 1. Linking Peace and Justice in Peacemaking, Yaacov Bar-Siman-Tov 2. Seizing the Middle Ground for a Just Peace: The Politics of Recognition and Reconciliation, Karin Aggestam 3. Beyond Justice versus Peace: Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding Strategies, Johanna Herman, Olga Martin-Ortega, and Chandra Lekha Sriram 4. From Peacebuilding as Resistance to Peacebuilding as Liberation, Oliver Richmond 5. Deliberating and Localizing Just Peace, Annika Björkdahl 6. Beyond Eschatology: A Non-Teleological Approach to Security, Justice and Peace, Adrian Hyde-Price 7. Justice Post Bellum and International Law, Inger Österdahl Part II: In Search for Just Peace in Practice 8. Peace Agreements, Justice and Durable Peace, Peter Wallensteen, Erik Melander and Stina Högbladh 9. Social Justice, Restorative Justice, and EU Peacebuilding in the Arab-Islamic World, Hasan Momani and Sarah Ann Rennick 10. Towards a Just Peace? Roles and Dilemmas of EU Peacebuilding in Israel and Palestine, Anders Persson 11. Representations of Peace in the EU Peacebuilding Approach in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Stefanie Kappler 12. Transitional Justice in the Quest for a Just and Durable Peace in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Olga Martin-Ortega Conclusion: The Quest for Just Peace: Rethinking Peacebuilding in Theory and Practice, Karin Aggestam & Annika Björkdahl