"From the Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, the RIREC Project on Post-Accord Peace Building, the Research Initiative on the Resolution of Ethnic Conflict."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-327) and index.

Introduction: Youth and the post-accord environment / Siobhøn McEvoy-Levy -- Recruitment and reintegration of former youth soldiers in Sierra Leone : challenges of reconciliation and post-accord peace building / Michael Wessells and Davidson Jonah -- The moral imagination of survival : displacement and child soldiers in Guatemala and Colombia / Victoria Sanford -- In the shadow of genocide : Rwanda's youth challenge / Marc Sommers -- The jagged edge of peace : the creation of culture and war orphans in Angola / Carolyn Nordstrom -- The impact of the peace process in Northern Ireland on children and adolescents' ideas about war and peace / Ed Cairns ... [et al.] -- Politics, protest, and local power sharing in north Belfast / Siobhan McEvoy-Levy -- Transforming post-accord education systems : local reflections from Bosnia-Herzegovina / Jaco Cilliers -- Young people's activism and the transition to peace : Bosnia, Northern Ireland, and Israel / Jeff Helsing ... [et al] -- Sharing history : Palestinian and Israeli teachers and pupils learning each other's narrative / Sami Adwan and Dan Bar-On -- From violence toward peace : the role of storytelling for youth healing and political empowerment after social conflict / Jessica Senehi and Sean Byrne -- Theoretical challenges of peace building with and for youth / Johan Galtung -- Conclusion: Youth and post-accord peace building / Siobhøn McEvoy-Levy -- Bibliography.