ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book illustrates a number of ways in which geographic and critical geopolitical approaches can inform people understanding of post-war reconstruction. It highlights the ways in which every day practices of power and violence in what are deemed spaces of peace, reconstruction, and 'post-conflict' are very much related to practices of war. A focus on inter-connectivity of places is related to the need to examine the politics of post-war reconstruction in a manner which integrates geographic scale with horizontal connections. In turn, the political nature of post-war reconstruction leads to the identification of the way counter-hegemonic narratives facilitate practices that challenge the establishment of new power relations. The contemporary attention to transnationalism in the social sciences requires consideration of the persistence of empire or imperialism in world politics, and the role of post-war reconstruction in imperial projects.
