Generally about peace and conflict between people , nations and how to resolve them. I read alot of books and almost a of them has different approaches to peace and conflict and they all widened my knowledge about how to maintain peace and how to resolve conflict and some commons causes of peace and conflict.

WHAT IS PEACE ?

Although it is not easy to define peace and conflict in a manner that is generally acceptable.
Many people tend to define it in various way and different dimensions, so with this peace definition isn't exact of comprehensive.
Peace is defined from the instrumentalist, functionalist , philosophical , sociological and political perspectives.
INSTRUMENTALIST

Peace is seen as an end which is necessary for social progress and development.

FUNCTIONALIST

Peace is defined from two angles:

1. To fulfill social function
2. As the outcome of other social structures and institutions.

PHILOSOPHICAL

Peace is seen as divine gift from God

SOCIOLOGICAL

Peace is said to be a condition where a social conflict do not exist and where , by obvious implications , individuals and groups are able to satisfy there needs and expectations.

POLITICAL

Peace is anchored on the assumption that there much be some form of institutionalized political structures before peace can prevail in any society.

Outside these i believe there are other definitions to peace according to individual preferences.
And all these definitions by all means define peace in my own understanding.

CONFLICT

Conflict is second in nature to man.
Ofcourse man is always in conflict with something or someone.
NOTE: conflict differs from violence.

TYPES OF CONFLICT INCLUDES

1. ETHNO-NATIONALIST CONFLICT
   This type of conflict revolves around states and nations.
2. GANG WAR
   The word Gang means a group of people who engage in deviate activities. And this type of conflict happens when the state is about to fail, leading to gangs struggling for dominance against each other. By doing these to instigate war, recruit people to join them and cause more harm.
3. INTER-ETHNIC CONFLICT
   Ths type of conflict occur between ethnic groups.
4. INTER-STATE CONFLICT
   This is the type of conflict that pitch one state against another.
5. POLITICAL AND IDEOLOGICAL CONFLICT
   This is the type of conflict that is associated with anti-regime.

Let's look at the causes of conflict :

CAUSES OF CONFLICT

• Conflict arising between communities.
  The causes of this conflict is usually injustice in allocation of material and non-material.
• ***Conflict between individuals
  This is known as Endemic, ofcourse no two persons have the same physiologic and psychological make ups. They way people reason and act can never be the same , people differs.

CONLCUSION

In conclusion conflict is inevitable, it occurs because human beings live in groups and interact everyday. With these interaction at times leading to conflict and where differences over goals , objectives or even expectations exist between them.

STRATEGIES FOR PEACE BUILDING AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION IN COUNTRIES

1. Policy development
2. Promotion of good governance and human security
3. Poverty and marginalisation reduction
4. Resource mobilization
5. Promotion of Education

Thats what we have on peace and Conflict resolution.