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In recent literature on international peacekeeping and peacebuilding interventions, attention has been drawn increasingly to local level dynamics and the reciprocal relationships with national conflict dynamics. This article places local social structures and networks at the centre of analysis and action, while unpacking the category of the 'external actor'. Through a case study of UN civilian peacekeeping support to local peacebuilding in South Sudan, it argues that there are important efforts being made to contextualise peacebuilding activities for local circumstances, notwithstanding significant institutional obstacles limiting the impact of these efforts. It also argues for further empirical scrutiny of if and how international peacebuilders are engaging with the local dynamics of conflict, seeking to improve the understanding of the heterogeneity of and interaction between actors at these levels.

In this landmark collection, the voices of pathmakers and innovators in peacebuilding evaluation are assembled to provide new direction for the field. Stock is taken of the development and challenges of engaging in the real-time learning that evaluation requires. Best practices for overcoming challenges are discussed and critiqued, as well as some of the basic assumptions guiding the field. New means of gathering information and understanding conflict processes are offered and examined. To continue to evolve and strengthen peacebuilding practices and professionalism, multiple calls are issued for collaborative learning and a field-wide effort at community inquiry.

Chapter 1: Introduction: Peacebuilding's Predicament: A Dark Mood among the Experts.-PART I: Why Peacebuilding Appears Moribund -- Chapter 2: Peacebuilding's Origins and History -- Chapter 3: Revisiting the Local Turn in Peacebuilding -- Chapter 4: Domestic Religion: Why Interreligious Dialogue in Kenya Conserves Rather than Disrupts Power -- PART II: How Peacebuilding Takes Shape in the Margins -- Chapter 5: The Missing Link in Hybrid Peacebuilding: Localized Peace Trajectories and Endogenous Knowledge -- Chapter 6: Old and New Peace in El Salvador. How Peace Strategies Emerge, Disappear, and Transform -- Chapter 7: Land and Peacebuilding: The Case of the Peacebuilding Process in Colombia through the Peasant Reserve Zones -- Chapter 8: Peacebuilding and Resistance: Inequality, Empowerment, Refusal -- PART III: Can Peacebuilding Be Recreated at the Centre? -- Chapter 9: Achieving a Feminist Peace by Blurring Boundaries between Private and Public -- Chapter 10: The Fraught Development of an International Peace Architecture.

Examines UN missions which combine both civilian and military responsibilities that engage a variety of agencies within the UN system; focus on El Salvador.

Women and Peacebuilding in Africa / Anna Chitando -- Women in Peacebuilding: Influencing Africa's Peace and Security Architecture / Lukong Stella Shulika and Janet Muthoni Muthuki -- Women's Participation in Peacebuilding in Africa / Esther Tawiah -- Young Women and Peacebuilding / Maureen Guma -- Building Sustainable Peace in Post Conflict Settings in Africa: A Case Study of Liberia / Pearl Karuhanga Atuhaire -- Women and Peacebuilding in Madagascar / Gaby Razafrindrakoto -- Women as Religious Citizens and Peacebuilding in Kenya / Loreen Maseno -- Women as Agents of Peace in the Midlands Province, Zimbabwe: Towards Sustainable Peace and Development / Sophia Chirongoma and Mpumelelo Moyo -- Women with Disability, Peacebuilding and Development in Adamawa State, Nigeria / Jessie Fubara-Manuel and Justina Mike Ngwobia -- Peacebuilding through health work: Opportunities and challenges for women community health volunteers in Kenya / Roseanne Njiru -- Women, Artisanal Mining and Peacebuilding in Africa / Maame Esi Eshun -- A Role Analysis of Women in the Fight against Terrorism in Nigeria / Grace Atim -- 'Not all heroes Wear Caps': Women and Peacebuilding in the Public Sphere in Zambia through a Narrative of Susan Sikaneta / Nelly Mwale -- 'Swimming Against the Current': Queen Labotsibeni, the Epitome of Effective Peacebuilding in Eswatini / Sonene Nyawo -- "Pray the Devil Back to Hell" as a Resource for Appreciating African Women's Contribution to Peacebuilding / Anna Chitando.