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Perspectives on Achieving Peace in South and Southeast Asia

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This chapter focuses on perceptions of the achievability of peace and the best ways to achieve peace expressed by 501 participants from seven countries in South and Southeast Asia. This chapter begins with a discussion of regional characteristics that may affect perceptions of peace, such as a history of colonization and the presence of relatively homogenous racial and religious subgroups within each country. Participants’ responses to two prompts were coded for agency, disengagement/humanitarian engagement, and prerequisites for peace. Generally, responses expressed by the participants were both agentic and engaged, meaning they expressed hope that peace can be achieved and described actions that can be taken to achieve peace. Many participants gave responses that emphasized interpersonal concepts and values (such as love, compassion, and understanding) as necessary for achieving peace. Interaction between groups was another commonly mentioned pathway toward achieving peace. These common themes reflect the needs of the region to build understanding and respect across subgroups with conflict-ridden pasts.

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  1. Clark University, Worcester, MA, USA

    Maggie Campbell

  2. Doctoral Leadership Studies Department, Cardinal Stritch University, Milwaukee, WI, USA

    Janice Jones

  3. Department of information Systems and Computer Science, Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City, Philippines

    Ma. Regina E. Estuar

  4. Educational Psychology, Counseling and Human Relations, Northern Arizona University, Yuma, AZ, USA

    Sherri McCarthy

  5. Department of Political Science, University of Jammu, Jammu, India

    Ellora Puri

  6. Political Science and International Studies, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO, USA

    Megan Reif

  7. Health Education Library for People, Mumbai, India

    Darshini Shah

  8. Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

    Haslina Muhammad

  9. Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Nisha Raj

  10. Department of Anthropology and Sociology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, University of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Jas Jafaar

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Campbell, M. et al. (2013). Perspectives on Achieving Peace in South and Southeast Asia. In: Malley-Morrison, K., Mercurio, A., Twose, G. (eds) International Handbook of Peace and Reconciliation. Peace Psychology Book Series, vol 7. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5933-0_39

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