Integral Peace Leadership: Theory and Practice for Creating Peaceful Change - Paperback

by Whitney McIntyre Miller (Author)

This book presents the transformative framework of integral peace leadership, a holistic approach to challenging violence and aggression while building positive, just, and equitable systems and structures, and showcases stories of community peace leaders working to build sustainable, peaceful change around the world.

Integral Peace Leadership explores the four interconnected dimensions essential to peace leadership: Innerwork, the personal peace practices for growth and development; Knowledge, the interactive skills and engagement strategies; Community, the collaborative action and collective impact; and Environment, the navigation and transformation of systemic structures. Sixteen compelling narratives from peace leaders across Bosnia-Herzegovina, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Jammu and Kashmir, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Switzerland, and the United States show how this framework catalyzes meaningful change in diverse contexts. These authentic stories demonstrate how integral peace leadership moves from theory to practice, creating sustainable transformation in communities facing complex challenges.

Providing an accessible roadmap for those committed to creating a more just and peaceful world, this book is the ideal resource for both scholars seeking theoretical foundations and practitioners looking to implement peacebuilding strategies.

Author Biography

Whitney McIntyre Miller, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Leadership Studies at Chapman University. She centers her scholarship on peace leadership with a particular focus on international community-based and educational work. Dr. McIntyre Miller is the lead scholar of the integral peace leadership framework. She has experience in community and international development, refugee resettlement, nonviolence, and election monitoring, having traveled to over 60 countries for teaching, research, and leisure. Dr. McIntyre Miller has served as the coconvener of the International Leadership Association's Peace Leadership Affinity Group and as a Community Development Society board member; is a founding member of the Peace Leadership Collaborative; and sits on several global advisory boards.