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"Peacebuilding" serves as a catch-all term to describe efforts by an array of international organizations, non-governmental organizations, and even agencies of foreign states to restore or construct a peaceful society in the wake – or even in the midst – of conflict. Despite this variety, practitioners consider themselves members of a global profession. In this study, Catherine Goetze investigates the genesis of peacebuilding as a professional field of expertise since the 1960s, its increasing influence, and the ways it reflects global power structures. Step-by-step, Goetze describes how the peacebuilding field came into being, how it defines who belongs to it and who does not, and what kind of group culture it has generated. Using an innovative and original methodology, she investigates the motivations of individuals who become peacebuilders, their professional trajectories and networks, and the 'good peacebuilder' as an ideal

Inhaltsverzeichnis&&$uExisting approaches to international intervention and local politics -- International intervention and the politics of scale -- Public administration reform and the politics of scale in Solomon Islands -- Public administration reform and the politics of scale in post-conflict Cambodia -- The politics of scale and the Aceh government transformation programme.

Governance for Peace presents a comprehensive analysis of the dimensions of governance that are most likely to prevent armed conflict and foster sustainable peace. It is an accessible study written for the general reader that brings together the best empirical evidence across numerous disciplines showing how effective governance and inclusive, participatory, and accountable institutions help to reduce violence by addressing social needs and providing mechanisms for resolving disputes. This balanced and incisive book gives meaning to the term 'good governance' and identifies the specific features of political and economic institutions that are most likely to promote peace within and between states. Concepts and topics examined in the book include political legitimacy, human security, 'political goods', governance and power, inclusion, accountability, social cohesion, gender equality, countering corruption, the role of civil society, democratic participation, development as freedom, capitalism and economic growth, the governance of markets, China and the 'East Asian peace', the European Union, and global institutions.

Introduction: The Intricacy of Intervention. - Pages 1-14. - Legibility and Friction: Operating in Post-colonial Africa. - Pages 15-42. - Applying Multi-method Design to Post-colonial Africa. - Pages 43-68. - QCA: Intervention in Africa Since 1960. - Pages 69-97. - Intervention Goals. - Pages 99-130. - Operational Friction. - Pages 131-157. - Conclusion. - Pages 159-168

Theoretical inspiration : three key authors -- From Sarajevo to San Francisco -- The Cold War -- From the end of the Cold War to the end of the Global War on Terror -- From the dissolution of the Soviet Union toward the annexation of Crimea

Emergence of the conflict in Northern Uganda -- Mystification of the conflict in Northern Uganda -- Regionalization of the lRA insurgency -- Internationalization of the conflict in Northern Uganda -- De-escalation of the lRA insurgency -- Modus operandi of lRA I -- Modus operandi of lRA II -- Longevity and termination of the lRA insurgency -- Conclusion

Cover -- Inhalt -- Prolog -- Lied eines afghanischen Geschichtenerzhlers -- Einleitung: Frieden repolitisieren und dekolonialisieren -- FORSCHUNG DEKOLONIALISIEREN -- Die Notwendigkeit und die Schwierigkeit, dekolonial zu forschen -- Produzierte Nichtexistenz von Wissen

Introduction. - 1. Rethinking the peacebuilding puzzle. - 2. Political order in post-conflict states: a theoretical framework. - 3. From violent conflict to elite settlement. - 4. International intervention and elite incentives. - 5. Neopatrimonial post-conflict order. - Conclusion