Transition Strategies for Sustainable Community Systems: Design and Systems Perspectives

ISBN-13: 9783030003555 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 347 str.

Amar Kjr Nayak

Spis treści

1. Introduction.- 2. General Introduction on the Democratic Republic of Congo.- 3. Child Soldiering Global Perspectives and in the Democratic Republic of Congo.- 4. Reintegrating and Healing Child Soldiers.- 5. Child Protection and Accountability.- 6. Restorative Justice in Theory.- 7. An Integrative Approach to Child Soldiering Accountability.- Transitional Justice from an African Perspective.- 9. Research Design and Methodology.- 10. Diagnosing the Problem: Perspectives from the Field.- 11.Accountability and Reintegration of Child Soldiers via Baraza.- 12. Restorative Justice Peacemaking Circles and Child Soldiering.- 13. Preventing Child Soldiering.- 14. Conclusions and Recommendations.

Blurb

This book presents five critical dimensions on relationships, institutions, produc-

tion, organisation, and governance from design and systems perspectives for the

systematic transition of unstable and vulnerable communities across the world to

sustainable community systems.

• The first section discusses features of relationships and processes to deepen

cooperation and trust within a community.

• The second section examines institutions within and outside a district to

foster synergy across institutions within a district and to minimise negative

externalities on local communities within a district.

• The third section deals with food production systems that are nature-

friendly, resilient, efficient and sustainable.

• The fourth section discusses the design of producer organisations that can

graduate to become sustainable community enterprise systems.

• The fifth section focuses on community governance that can facilitate

decentralised, participatory, transparent and democratic local governance

systems.

This book

• offers a fresh perspective on design thinking for optimising internal design

consistencies.

• provides a systems perspective on building sustainable community systems

at the lowest governance unit in different countries, such as Ward/Gram

Panchayat/Panchayat Council/Gewong/Union Council/GN.

• gives insights into design & systems perspectives towards building

sustainable community systems within a district of any country across the