List of contributors
Foreword: the culture of peace / Anwarul K. Chowdhury
Foundations for a new approach
Peace is a lifelong process : the importance of partnerships / James F. Leckman, Catherine Panter-Brick, and Rima Salah
Framing our analysis : a dialectical perspective / Robert A. Hinde and Joan Stevenson-Hinde
Ecology of peace / Pia Rebello Britto, Ilanit Gordon, William Hodges, Diane Sunar, Cigdem Kagitcibasi, and James F. Leckman
Human biological development
Peptide pathways to peace / C. Sue Carter and Stephen W. Porges
Epigenetics : significance of the gene-environment interface for brain
Development / Eric B. Keverne
Group identity as an obstacle and catalyst of peace / Douglas P. Fry
Human biological development and peace : genes, brains, safety, and justice / Barak Morgan, Diane Sunar, C. Sue Carter, Douglas P. Fry, Eric B. Keverne, Iris-Tatjana Kolassa, Robert Kumsta, James F. Leckman, and David Olds
Early childhood events and relationships
Comparative and evolutionary perspectives / Dario Maestripieri
The problem of institutionalization of young children and its consequences for efforts to build peaceful societies / Nathan A. Fox, Charles A. Nelson and Charles H. Zeanah
Prosocial development and situational morality : neurobiological, parental, and contextual factors / Marinus H. van IJzendoorn and Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg
How do events and relationships in childhood set the stage for peace at
Personal and social levels? / Howard Steele, Marinus H. van IJzendoorn, Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg, W. Thomas Boyce, Mary Dozier, Nathan A. Fox, Heidi Keller, Dario Maestripieri, Paul Odhiambo Oburu, and Hiltrud Otto
Challenges in society
Mental health and development among children living in violent conditions : underlying processes for promoting peace / Raija-Leena PunamÃñki
Structural violence and child development / Andrew Dawes and Amelia van der Merwe
Promoting the capacity for peace: perspectives from research on resilience in children and families / Ann S. Masten
Healthy human development as a path to peace / Daniel J. Christie, Jere R. Behrman, James R. Cochrane, Andrew Dawes, Kirstin Goth, Jacqueline Hayden, Ann S. Masten, Catherine Panter-Brick, Raija-Leena PunamÃñki, Mark Tomlinson
Program and policy implications
Interventions: what has worked and why? / Cigdem Kagitcibasi and Pia Rebello Britto
Linking peacebuilding and child development : a basic framework / Mohammed Abu-Nimer and Ilham Nasser
The power of media in peacebuilding / Lucy Nusseibeh
Creating effective programs and policies to reduce violence and promote peace
Pia rebello britto, rima salah, mohammed abu-nimer, jacqueline bhabha, anwarul k. chowdhury, gary r. gunderson, cigdem kagitcibasi, lucy nusseibeh, olayinka omigbodun, mikiko otani, and geraldine smyth
Bibliography
Subject index.