ISBN:
9780754694748
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (234 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Series Statement:
Non-State Actors in International Law, Politics and Governance Series
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
303.6/6
Keywords:
Civil society
;
Peace-building
;
Peace-building Case studies
;
Civil society
;
Peace-building ; Case studies
;
Peace-building
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
How do international organizations support local peacebuilding? Do they really understand conflict? Partners in Peace challenges the global perceptions and assumptions of the roles played by civil society in peacebuilding and offers a radically new perspective on how international organizations can support such efforts. Framing the debate using case studies from Africa and Central America, the author examines different meanings of peacebuilding, the practices and politics of interpreting conflict and how planned interventions work out. Comparing original views with contemporary perceptions of non-state actors, Partners in Peace includes many recommendations for NGOs involved in peacebuilding and constructs a new understanding on how these possible solutions relate to politics and practices on the ground. Concise in both theoretical and empirical analysis, this book is an important contribution to our understanding of civil society's role in building sustainable peace.
Abstract:
Cover -- Contents -- List of Tables and Boxes -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Overcoming Conflict:The Importance of Civil-Society Peacebuilding -- Aim of this book -- Exploring everyday practices of civil-society peacebuilding -- My experiences with an interactive approach -- Outline of the book -- 2 Civil Society Building Peace: The Development of an Idea -- Addressing conflict in the Cold War and the offstage roles of civil society -- From ending conflict to building peace - civil society moving into the spotlight -- After 9/11 - from peacebuilding to addressing insecurity -- Images of civil-society peacebuilding -- 3 Mapping the Peacebuilding Landscape: Policies and Practices -- Peacebuilding in mandates and general policies -- Practices of peacebuilding -- Discussion - diverse strategies of civil-society peacebuilding -- 4 Grounding Local Peace Organizations: A Case Study of Southern Sudan -- The meaning of organizations -- Civil society in conflict: The case of southern Sudan -- (International) organizations strengthening Sudanese civil society -- The Sudanese Women's Voice for Peace -- Women's Peace Demonstration Centre in Narus -- A process approach to peace organizations -- Conclusion -- 5 Imagining the Great Lakes Region: Civil-society Regional Approaches for Peacebuilding in Rwanda, Burundi, and DR Congo -- Global discourses of regions and regional peacebuilding -- A brief history of regional conflict in the Great Lakes Region -- Regional responses to the crisis -- Regional approaches for peacebuilding in practice -- Conclusion -- 6 Crisis or Continuity?Framing Land Disputes and Local Conflict Resolution in Burundi -- Returnees and land disputes in Burundi -- Interventions by (inter)national NGOs -- Case I - Land disputes and local conflict resolution in Southern Rumonge -- Case II - Land disputes and local conflict resolution in Giteranyi.
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