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Partners in Peace

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Partners in Peace book

Discourses and Practices of Civil-Society Peacebuilding

Partners in Peace

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Partners in Peace book

Discourses and Practices of Civil-Society Peacebuilding
ByMathijs van Leeuwen
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2009
eBook Published 20 May 2016
Pub. Location London
Imprint Routledge
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315599571
Pages 234
eBook ISBN 9781315599571
Subjects Law, Politics & International Relations, Social Sciences
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Leeuwen, M.V. (2009). Partners in Peace: Discourses and Practices of Civil-Society Peacebuilding (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315599571

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.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter 1|26 pages

Overcoming Conflict: The Importance of Civil-Society Peacebuilding

chapter 2|24 pages

Civil Society Building Peace: The Development of an Idea Addressing conflict in the Cold War and the offstage

chapter 3|24 pages

Mapping the Peacebuilding Landscape: Policies and Practices of International Development Organizations

chapter 4|20 pages

Grounding Local Peace Organizations: A Case Study of Southern Sudan

chapter 5|28 pages

Imagining the Great Lakes Region: Civil-society Regional Approaches for Peacebuilding in Rwanda, Burundi, and DR Congo

chapter 6|22 pages

Crisis or Continuity? Framing Land Disputes and Local Conflict Resolution in Burundi

chapter 7|20 pages

To Conform or to Confront?Civil Society and Agrarian Conflict in Post-conflict Guatemala

chapter 8|26 pages

Conclusion: Civil-Society Peacebuilding – What Does it Mean in Practice?

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