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This volume, edited by Martin Leiner and Christine Schliesser, provides a comprehensive exploration of alternative conflict resolution strategies, moving beyond traditional state-centered, military, and legalistic approaches. It presents innovative methods such as interfaith dialogue, grassroots peacebuilding, trauma healing, and nonviolent resistance as sustainable solutions for conflict transformation. The book integrates theoretical frameworks and real-world case studies, demonstrating how localized, community-driven conflict resolution mechanisms foster long-term peace. Emphasizing interdisciplinary perspectives, it highlights the role of civil society, religious leaders, educators, and marginalized groups in fostering reconciliation and justice. In an age where violent extremism, political polarization, and post-conflict instability persist, this book offers practical and ethical frameworks for engaging in alternative, non-coercive conflict resolution mechanisms. The book is particularly relevant for peace practitioners, policymakers, and researchers working in post-war rehabilitation, counter-radicalization, and social reintegration programs. Its emphasis on restorative justice, interfaith harmony, and localized peace efforts aligns with contemporary discussions on community-based reconciliation and sustainable peacebuilding. This book is an essential resource for scholars and practitioners seeking non-traditional, bottom-up approaches to conflict resolution. It is highly recommended for peace activists, educators, mediators, and community leaders who aim to develop innovative, culturally sensitive conflict transformation strategies.