Widely known for his pioneering work on conflict transformation, Lederach is involved in conciliation work in Colombia, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Somalia, the Philippines, Northern Ireland, and the Basque Country, among others. He has helped design and conduct training programs in 25 countries across five continents.

PUBLICATIONS

The dissemination of the knowledge produced through the UCI Center for Citizen Peacebuilding is a crucial aspect of our mission. Herein we provide information regarding the ideas and developments in citizen peacebuilding.

To view reports and/or articles of interest shown below, please click on the hyperlink (the blue underlined letters).

Additional Relevant Topics

Grassroots Efforts Are Salient. Social Networks Theory provides the fundamental arguments for the salience of grassroots peacebuilding efforts vis-à-vis state-to-state diplomacy and other political approaches. The seminal paper in the area is:

Granovetter, Mark S., “The Strength of Weak Ties,” American Journal of Sociology, 78(6), 1973, pages 1360-1380.

Trade Causes Peace. The most important empirical research supporting the notion that trade causes peace is:

Polachek, Solomon W., “Why Democracies Cooperate More and Fight Less: The Relationship Between International Trade and Cooperation,” Review of Economics, 5(3), 1997, pages 295-309.

Recent essays in this same vein are:

Friedman, Thomas L., “India, Pakistan, and G.E.,” New York Times, August 11, 2002, opposite the editorial page.

Seiler, John, “The Many Blessings of Free Trade,” Orange County Register, July 21, 2002, page Commentary 1.

Peterson, Pete, “Viet Lesson: Make Trade, Not War,” Los Angeles Times, March 31, 2002, opposite the editorial page.

Murdock, Deroy, “Trade Can Trump Terror,” Orange County Register, March 10, 2002, page Commentary 6.

Cateora, Philip R. and John L. Graham, International Marketing, McGraw-Hill 11th edition, 2002, page 1.

Graham, John L., “China Options, Olympic Games, Continued Trade Better Choices for U.S. Than A Shooting War,” Orange County Register, May 11, 2001, opposite the editorial page.

Graham, John L., “The Big Secret of World Peace,” Journal of Commerce, February 3, 1995, opposite the editorial page.

The Quest for Peace interviews are a collection of about 200 interviews taped by UCI Professor M. John Whiteley, Professor of Social Ecology, between 1983 and 1989 with some of the most informed, influential, and thoughtful people from the United States, the then Soviet Union, and other countries around the world. These interviews included experts such as Condoleezza Rice, Donald Rumsfeld, Kenneth Galbraith and Barry Goldwater. Discussing the pursuit of lasting world peace in today's nuclear age, interviewees examined topics such as national security, religion, politics, business, education, and sociology in creating the environment necessary to attain world peace.

The interviews were originally videotaped for broadcast on PBS and cable television stations reaching 400 stations in 47 states and 28 million households. They are now accessible through the UCI Libraries website at www.lib.uci.edu/quest.