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               conflict  and  not  violence,             For Schirch peacemaking
               thus  inherently  supporting           is preferred to focus on the
               status quo structures of power.        larger  goals  of  peace  and
                  The       term      conflict        security  rather  than  on  the
               transformation on the other            problem        of      conflict.

               hand  communicates  that               Conflict-related terms focus
               conflict        is      indeed         on  the  negative  and  they
               transformed  rather  than              label whole regions by their

               managed or resolved. Yet it            experience       of    conflict
               is  unclear  exactly  which            rather  than  their  capacity
               way      transformation       is       for peace. (Schirch, 2008)

               happening  and  what  is                  Therefore,  peacemaking
               being transformed.                     is      an      umbrella-term
                  The       term      conflict        includes  all  attempts  for

               prevention  refers  to  efforts        building peace practiced by
               to  build  peace  proactively,         the  pyramid  of  peace
               to  prevent  violent  conflict.        builders:  Leaders,  middle
               Since      the      field     of       class,  and  grassroots  to

               peacemaking  teaches  that             build  relationships  through
               conflict  is  normal  and  can         web      peacemaking         for
               be  a  positive  opportunity           peaceful coexistence.

               for  bringing  about  needed              Web peacemaking would
               changes,        if     handled         help  the  peacemakers  to
               constructively,  some  note            understand  social  context,

               that  it  is  violence,  not           construct  network  peace
               conflict  that  should  be             through  connecting  people
               prevented.                             to  peaceful  coexistence,
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