In recent decades, there has been a growth of social science research
on the causes of violent conflicts and the conditions for conflict or war
prevention. Knowledge of peace is consequently at its edge and that peace
becomes more predictable. The secret of creating peace has been revealed as
such. Particularly speaking, to make peace and keep it stable such variables as
higher per-capita GDP, better education, the inclusion of women, religious group,
ethnic minorities in the public life of a society and many other specific (f)actors
must be well installed. In addition, it is accepted that to help governments
function effectively, achieve economic progress and improve quality of life
decision-making over the allocation of development resources must be based broad
consensus in society. Allowing citizens to involve in country’s matter would
make them feel part of the society, part the solution, and that society will be
part of their product which they will take care of it without any order from
the top. They would feel it is their obligation to defend what they have created
for their next generation.
If this early statement is true, it is human agency (developing
leadership among people) that play role to enhance and promote all of these missions
which finally create a society of peace and stability. Human agency, as commonly named by
international organizations, NGOs, government and individuals entails
meaningful and encourages to participate in socio-economic and political activity.
It basically facilitates people to have a more say in all of the decisions
which shape their lives and allows government authority to keep both eyes on
their policy whether it works out all right. Through its various features, human
agency theoretically enhances people’s voice and influences their governments’ current
and future policy, especially in economic sphere. This involvement will help
ensure that resource allocation and service delivery are more responsive to citizens’
needs. It also gives the privilege to citizens follow up the proposed or
promulgated law, whether policy or laws are well designed and completely works
for everyone with no regard to all sorts of discrimination. After all, good
governance creates a society of order, security, growth and stable peace providing
the active inclusion of walks of lives in the decisions that affect their lives.
The development of a
complete human agency or leadership in human results in real peace, real
harmony, and real liberation. Leadership closely links to peace and helps
containing war. It is a requirement to use human agency or wiser leadership if
a state, especially postconflict one, wishes to build peace and keep it long
last. Just like what most people accept that root causes of conflict must be
eliminated if they are about to build lasting peace, leadership works at grassroots
level and touches on these fundamental issues. Intrinsically, living a life of
morality, respect human rights and openness is leadership that is why, to
preserve the strength of the peace for long time, leadership is the best tool
to remove the seeds of disagreement that leads to fragile tension.
In sum, the usefulness of leadership
in establishing a durable peace is huge. As emphasized by many scholars that leadership is a
pre-requisite that ensures peace and development when all voices, especially
the poorest and the most vulnerable, are heard in decision-making over the
allocation of development resources. A state or people can only prosper and
stable when leadership ability are ensured and spread to each beings. The
core important steps to constructively build peace are to build it at the
grassroots by empowering the community, integrated and collaborative
institutions and the like which enable people to directly involve, especially
in decision-making. And it is leadership that could make this job done. Leadership
is introduced to enhance equity, alleviate poverty and continuously improve the
quality of life.
It is noteworthy to
remember that leadership is a process, not an event. It is more a verb than a
noun, more a way of progressing than a finished and conclusion. This means the
theoretical concepts of leadership is perfect but it does not guarantee a
satisfied outcome. Only when all elements prescribed in leadership are implemented
with a set of time then a dream of stability, growth, mutual trust, and peace
could be realized.