Educational Strategies for Youth Empowerment in Conflict Zones

This book offers fresh and exciting new directions of inquiry into the highly contentious issue of conflict resolution in South Asia. By shifting its gaze from a politics of division mired in ethno-nationalisms into a healing and restorative focus, the author moves the dialogue forward into the realm of community, healing, and shared governance. The book analyzes the major constitutional and political missteps that have led to the current situation of violence and distrust in countries such as India and Pakistan, keeping the focus on Jammu and Kashmir. This monograph will appeal to a wide range of audiences including academics, researchers, graduate students interested in South Asian politics, development, trauma studies, and peace and conflict studies.

Offers fresh and exciting new directions on conflict resolution in South Asia Analyzes the major constitutional and political missteps in India, Pakistan Reviews local communities, cultural, and non-governmental agencies in the peace-building process

Autorentext
Nyla Ali Khan is a US-based academic, former Visiting Professor at the University of Oklahoma, and former Associate Professor at the University of Nebraska at Kearney, USA. She has taught courses on Postcolonial Literature and Theory, World Literature, Women's and Gender Studies, and Women and Islam.

Inhalt

1.- Chapter one: Introduction. 2.- Chapter Two:Determining the Separation Between Perpetrator and Victim: Importance of Intergenerational Family Communication.- 3. Chapter Three: In the Arena of Textbook Wars, Education Can Be Deployed to Build Common Ground Between Opposing Forces. 4.- Chapter Four: Empowering Pedagogy: Dialogue and Building Common Ground---Part 1. 5.- Chapter Five: Education Conscientizes About Social and Political Conditions. 6. - Chapter Six: Participatory Educational Methodology; Healing of Memories; Logotherapy. 7.- Chapter Seven: Finding Purpose and Meaning in the Sturm and Drang of the Unredressed Agonies of the Past, 8.- Chapter Eight: Conclusion.- Appendix I, Appendix II, Bibliography, Index.