INTERNATIONAL PEACEBUILDING AND LOCAL RESISTANCE by Roger Mac Ginty ( 9780230307032 )

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INTERNATIONAL PEACEBUILDING AND LOCAL RESISTANCE
HYBRID FORMS OF PEACE

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Format:

Electronic book text

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ISBN 10:

0230307035

ISBN 13:

9780230307032

Publisher:

PALGRAVE MACMILLAN

Pub. date:

26 May, 2011

Series:

Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies

Description:

Using the case studies of Afghanistan, Iraq, Bosnia, Lebanon and Northern Ireland this book dissects internationally-supported peace interventions. Looking at issues of security, statebuilding, civil society and economic and constitutional reform, it proposes using the concept of hybridity to understand the dynamics of societies in transition.

Synopsis:

International Peacebuilding and Local Resistance adds to the active debates and critiques of internationally-supported peace interventions. Using the case studies of Afghanistan, Iraq, Bosnia, Lebanon and Northern Ireland, Roger Mac Ginty dissects peace interventions along the themes of security, statebuilding and civil society as well as economic and constitutional reform. He proposes using the concepts of hybridity and hybridization to understand the dynamics in societies undergoing transition. Particular attention is paid to the ability of local communities to resist, subvert and exploit international actors. This book is part of a developing and radical critique of aspects of international peacebuilding. It argues that peace should not be discussed timidly, and that local, traditional or indigenous approaches to peacemaking should not be romanticised.

Illustrations:

7, 4 black & white tables, 3 black & white illustrations

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Imprint:

Palgrave Macmillan

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Non-returnable

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