Peacebuilding in crisis : rethinking paradigms and practices of transnational cooperation

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Peacebuilding in crisis : rethinking paradigms and practices of transnational cooperation

edited by Tobias Debiel, Thomas Held and Ulrich Schneckener

Routledge, 2017

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First published 2016

Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

The 1990s saw a constant increase in international peace missions, predominantly led by the United Nations, whose mandates were more and more extended to implement societal and political transformations in post-conflict societies. However, in many cases these missions did not meet the high expectations and did not acquire a sufficient legitimacy on the local level. Written by leading experts in the field, this edited volume brings together 'liberal' and 'post-liberal' approaches to peacebuilding. Besides challenging dominant peacebuilding paradigms, the book scrutinizes how far key concepts of post-liberal peacebuilding offer sound categories and new perspectives to reframe peacebuilding research. It thus moves beyond the 'liberal'-'post-liberal' divide and systematically integrates further perspectives, paving the way for a new era in peacebuilding research which is theory-guided, but also substantiated in the empirical analysis of peacebuilding practices. This book will be essential reading for postgraduate students and scholar-practitioners working in the field of peacebuilding. By embedding the subject area into different research perspectives, the book will also be relevant for scholars who come from related backgrounds, such as democracy promotion, transitional justice, statebuilding, conflict and development research and international relations in general.

Table of Contents

1. Peacebuilding in Crisis? Debating peacebuilding paradigms and practices Part 1 Reflecting Peacebuilding Paradigms 2. Peacebuilding and Paternalism 3. The Future of Peacebuilding 4. Relational Peacebuilding: Promise beyond crisis Part 2 Revisiting Peacebuilding Practices 5. Peacebuilding and Democracy Promotion: What current challenges to the latter might tell us for rethinking the former 6. Adapted instead of Imported: Peacebuilding by power-sharing 7. Transitional Justice and Reconciliation in Research and Practice: Achievements and shortcomings 8. Truth Commissions, Human Rights and Gender: Normative changes in transitional moments 9. Reforming the Security Sector and Rule of Law: The hidden transcripts of local resistance 10. Corporate Peace: Crisis in economic peacebuilding Part 3 Rethinking Promises and Pitfalls of 'the Local' 11. What do we mean when we use the term 'local'? Imagining and framing the local and the international in relation to peace and order 12. Understanding the "local" in Peacebuilding: Conceptual discourses and empirical realities 13. False Promise: 'Local ownership' and the denial of self-government 14. Rethinking the Local in Peacebuilding: Moving away from the liberal/post-liberal divide

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  • NCID
    BB28792777
  • ISBN
    • 9780815364467
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Abingdon
  • Pages/Volumes
    xii, 264 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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