The authors in this volume consider how global capitalism affects fragile peace processes, arguing that the international economic system itself is a major contributor to violent conflict. By including the work of anthropologists, economists, religious studies experts, sociologists, and political scientists, this book presents a broad yet thorough exploration of the complexities of peacebuilding in a global market economy.

Jackie Smith is Associate Professor of Sociology and Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame and a senior fellow in the school's Gender Studies program. She has edited and co-edited a number of works on globalization, including co-editing a volume Transnational Social Movements and Global Politics published by Syracuse UP in 1997. Ernesto Verdeja is Assistant Professor of Political Science and Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame, a faculty fellow at their Kellogg Institute for International Studies and a faculty fellow at the school's Nanovic Institute for European Studies. Temple UP published his Reconciliation in the Aftermath of Political Violence in 2009.