The road to sustainable peace: Galtung’s concept of positive peace as a framework to examine post-war reconstruction initiatives in Syria

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Younes, R. 2024. The road to sustainable peace: Galtung’s concept of positive peace as a framework to examine post-war reconstruction initiatives in Syria. International Journal of Educational Development. 111, p. 103164. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijedudev.2024.103164
AuthorsYounes, R.
Abstract

Premised on Galtung’s theory of positive peace (1969), this study examines whether the Syrian government’s post-war initiatives to reconstruct the education sector aim to promote a culture of positive peace. Data is obtained from semi-structured interviews with twelve participants consisting of senior government officials, teacher educators from a public university and the equivalent of pre-service and in-service teacher training centres within a government-held area. The validity of meaning developed from interview data was also assessed through cross-checking emerging patterns with document examination. Research findings reveal that the government’s current approach to reconstruction is based on a negative concept of peace that aims to bring life back to ‘normal’ as it was before the conflict.

KeywordsPeace education; Peacebuilding; Post-war; Post-conflict; Teacher education; Syria
Year2024
JournalInternational Journal of Educational Development
Journal citation111, p. 103164
PublisherElsevier
ISSN0738-0593
1873-4871
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijedudev.2024.103164
Official URLhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0738059324001913?ref=pdf_download&fr=RR-2&rr=90150c333b23ed04
Publication dates
Online14 Nov 2024
Publication process dates
Accepted02 Nov 2024
Deposited13 Jan 2025
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