Youth Peacebuilding: Music, Gender, and Change

Defines a new research area linking youth cultures and music with peacebuilding practice and policy.

This book highlights the important role youth can play in processes of peacebuilding by examining music as a tool for engaging youth in such activities. As Lesley J. Pruitt discusses throughout the book, music-as expression, as creation, as inspiration-can provide many unique insights into transforming conflicts, altering our understandings, and achieving change. She offers detailed empirical...