"In this book, a wide array of scholars explore the challenges presented in the current age to conventional understandings of what is required for peace and provide insights that are both practical and constructive to a world in urgent need of conceiving new ways forward"--
In 2011, South Sudan was welcomed into the United Nations as the world's newest nation. Celebrations on the ground reflected palpable relief after more than 20 years of violent struggle. With unprecedented goodwill and optimism, the UN deployed 7,000 soldiers and another 2,000 police and civilian peacekeepers to the country to support its transition to independence. However, the mission failed and within less than three years South Sudan was plunged into a catastrophic civil war. Using firsthand accounts from senior UN officials and referencing hitherto unseen UN documents, this book explores the role of the peacekeeping mission in that failure. It challenges the resignation with which many in academia and the media greeted the underperformance of the peacekeepers. It suggests that, even while under-resourced, they could have done much more to prevent bloodshed in the new country and protected civilians from the chaos of the first years of the conflict. The UN has thus far avoided a thorough and public examination of its actions in South Sudan. It has avoided accountability and instead rewarded failed decision-makers. This book is an attempt to re-assess the legacy of that mission and to detail how its many mistakes can and should be avoided in the future.
This book focuses on how Indigenous knowledge and methodologies can contribute towards the decolonisation of peace and conflict studies (PACS). It shows how Indigenous knowledge is essential to ensure that PACS research is relevant, respectful, accurate, and non-exploitative of Indigenous Peoples, in an effort to reposition Indigenous perspectives and contexts through Indigenous experiences, voices, and research processes, to provide balance to the power structures within this discipline. It includes critiques of ethnocentrism within PACS scholarship, and how both research areas can be brought together to challenge the violence of colonialism, and the colonialism of the institutions and structures within which decolonising researchers are working. Contributions in the book cover Indigenous research in Aotearoa, Australia, The Caribbean, Hawai'i, Israel, Mexico, Nigeria, Palestine, Philippines, Samoa, USA, and West Papua. Dr. Kelli Te Maihāroa (Waitaha, Ngāti Rārua, Te Ātiawa) has held leadership roles at the Otago Polytechnic as Tumuaki: Rakahau Māori / Director of Māori Research and Kaihautū: Te Kāhui Whetū Lead / Capable Māori, working with Iwi Māori throughout Aotearoa, New Zealand. She is an active member within her whānau, Iwi and local Māori community. She is a mokopuna of Te Maihāroa, the last southern Māori prophet and tohuka (expert tribal specialist). Dr. Michael Fusi Ligaliga is a lecturer and researcher in the School of Māori and Pacific Indigenous Studies at the University of Otago in Dunedin, Aotearoa, New Zealand. He teaches Pacific Island issues, indigenous leadership and peace and conflict in the Pacific. He has acted as Interim Director of the David O. McKay Centre for Intercultural Understanding at Brightham Young University Hawai'i. Dr. Heather Devere is Director of Practice at the Te Ao o Rongomaraeroa/The National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Otago in Aotearoa, New Zealand. She has written widely on issues related to the politics of friendship, Indigenous peace traditions and peacebuilding, peace journalism, restorative justice, and social justice. She is Secretary of Parihaka Network: Ngā Manu Korihi, involved in community mediation, refugee settlement, human rights, and social justice issues.
This book contributes to bridge the gap between different scholarly communities interested in the entanglements of culture and politics in the international arena. It sheds light on existing connections in their parallel evolution with a thorough literature review, complemented by several case studies showing the fruitful character of their interdisciplinary mobilisation. Through the notions of cultural relations, intellectual cooperation and cultural diplomacy, the book draws on a soft power perspective to offer a shared, novel, and interdisciplinary theoretical framework to approach cultural institutions and organisations that have been previously examined as isolated objects: for example, cultural institutes, international organisations, literary magazines, and literary contests. The interdisciplinary nature of this volume justifies the relevance of its content for scholars working in the history of international relations, international cultural relations and intellectual history, comparative literature, sociology of literature and global literary studies.
Anthrohistory of the Santos Government -- Peace, Politics, and Public Opinion under Juan Manuel Santos, 2010- -- The Rationality Drive: The Development of Government Peace Pedagogy, 2012- -- The Anti-politics of Cultural Liberalism -- Ethnography of Peace Pedagogy in Action -- Interface: The Enactment of Legitimacy by Explanation -- State-Consciousness: Three Layers of Responsibility and Trust -- Rendering Political: The Affective Labor of Liaising with the FARC et al. -- The Entangled Face: International Implication in Government Responsibility.
Chapter One: Structural Barriers to Grassroots Women Peace Builders -- Chapter Two: Gender-Based Othering and The Threat of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence -- Chapter Three: Motherhood and Faith Identities: Legitimacy or Moral Authority in Peacebuilding -- Chapter Four: Rituals of Healing and Reconciliation -- Chapter Five: Spiritual Practices of Sharing -- Chapter Six: Women's Security and Protection -- Chapter Seven: Women's Narratives of Gender-Transformative Peace.
Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences, business and law, expertly written by the world's leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas. This Advanced Introduction establishes the study of peace processes as part of the mainstream of sociology, a position consistent with the new moral re-enchantment of the social sciences. It advances a sociological view of peace that goes beyond vague notions of reconciliation, to constitute the restoration of moral sensibility, from which flows social solidarity, sociability and social justice. These concepts form the basis for a moral framework outlining what peace means sociologically. Key Features: Establishing the study of peace and peace processes within the core of the sociological imagination A sociological approach to post-conflict emotions, compromise, everyday life peacebuilding, and personal trauma An innovative analysis that highlights recent developments and key areas of interest for researchers Invigorating and timely, this will be a critical read for undergraduate and postgraduate students of peace studies, the sociology of conflict, and the sociology of war and violence. It will also appeal to higher level students and researchers in these areas.
Why are certain regions of the world mired in conflict? And how did some regions in Eurasia emerge from the Cold War as peaceful and resilient? Why do conflicts ignite in Bosnia, Donbas, and Damascus—once on the peripheries of mighty empires—yet other postimperial peripheries like the Baltics or Central Europe enjoy quiet stability? Anna Ohanyan argues for the salience of the neighborhood effect: the complex regional connectivity among ethnic-religious communities that can form resilient regions. In an account of Eurasian regional formation that stretches back long before the nation-state, Ohanyan refutes the notion that stable regions are the luxury of prosperous, stable, democratic states. She examines case studies from regions once on the fringes of the Habsburg, Ottoman, and Russian Empires to find the often-overlooked patterns of bonding and bridging, or clustering and isolation of political power and social resources, that are associated with regional resilience or fracture in those regions today. With comparative examples from Latin America and Africa, The Neighborhood Effect offers a new explanation for the conflicts we are likely to see emerge as the unipolar US-led order dissolves, making the fractures in regional neighborhoods painfully evident. And it points the way to the future of peacebuilding: making space for the smaller links and connections that comprise a stable neighborhood
Wann ist Gewaltlosigkeit richtig und wann ist es zulässig oder sogar geboten, mit Gegengewalt zu reagieren? Welche Maßstäbe gelten für das Anwenden legitimer Gegengewalt? Diese und weitere komplizierte Fragen zum Thema Frieden und bewaffneter Konflikt werden in diesem Buch aus ethischer Sicht unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der christlichen Tradition diskutiert. Der Autor behandelt dabei zum einen die sozialethischen Grundlagen und führt historisch an das Thema heran, zum anderen skizziert er eine gegenwärtige Konzeption von Friedens- und Konfliktethik im Bereich der politischen Ethik und den Umgang mit ethischen Herausforderungen. Er stellt damit das erste kompakte Lehrbuch zur Friedens- und Konfliktethik vor – in einer Zeit, in der dieses Thema wieder eine zunehmende Bedeutung hat.
Untapped Power provides extensive insight into why and how to advance diversity, equity and inclusion when promoting development, and addressing fragility and violent conflict. Urgent challenges relating to diversity and inclusion are universal. The global #MeToo and #BlackLivesMatter movements as well as the push for LGBTQ+ rights are all emblematic of a growing interest in and focus on how to better embrace and capitalize on diversity. Yet these social movements exist alongside renewed efforts to constrain minority rights and stem immigration around the world. In Untapped Power, Carla Koppell has assembled a leading group of scholars, policy makers, researchers, and activists to provide a comprehensive overview for understanding and navigating these countervailing forces, so that we can build a more peaceful and inclusive world. This book synthesizes theory, research, and analysis to show why an enduring global commitment to diversity and inclusion is essential, and how to advance that agenda in practical terms. It considers major scholarly theories and analytical frameworks underlying the case for a focus on diversity and inclusion; analyzes diversity trends and movements for inclusion; outlines specific strategies and approaches for promoting inclusion throughout peacebuilding and development processes; and discusses priorities to advance the agenda through research, advocacy, financial investments, and programming. A guide to one of the most pressing issues in world politics, this book will be essential for anyone working in the fields of global development, conflict resolution, or peace building.
Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Theoretical and Analytical Framework -- Chapter 3: From Eruption of the Conflict to Its Management -- Chapter 4: Assessment of the Implementation Status of the CHT Peace Agreement -- Chapter 5: State Actors and the CHT Peace Agreement Implementation -- Chapter 6: Empirical Study at both CHT-based Local Level and International Level -- Chapter 7: Analysis and Findings of the Book. Chapter 8: Analysis and Findings -- Chapter 9: Conclusion.
1. Inspiration from a Father: Johan Galtung Interviewed by Henrik Urdal -- 2. Uniting Nations for Peace: Ingrid Eide Interviewed by Stein Tønnesson -- 3. Organizing for Peace: Mari Holmboe Ruge Interviewed by Kristian Berg Harpviken -- 4. Pioneer and Patron of Social Science and Peace Research: A Portrait of Erik Rinde (1919–1994) by Lars Even Andersen -- 5. A Social Democratic Peace: Nils Petter Gleditsch Interviewed by Hilde Henriksen Waage -- 6 . Peace with a Human Rights Perspective: Asbjørn Eide Interviewed by Helge Øystein Pharo -- 7. The Lifelong Peace Advocate: A Portrait of Marek Thee (1918–1999) by Marta Bivand Erdal -- 8. Congo and Structural Violence: Helge Hveem Interviewed by Per Olav Reinton -- 9. The First Steps in the PRIO-Uppsala Connection: Peter Wallensteen Interviewed by Siri Aas Rustad -- 10. From Anarchy to Enlightened Absolutism? Sverre Lodgaard Interviewed by Hilde Henriksen Waage -- 11. The Peace Policy Maker: Dan Smith Interviewed by Stein Tønnesson -- 12. Truth and Logic for a More Peaceful World: Kristian Berg Harpviken in Conversation with Arne Strand -- 13. On the Road to Peace: Wenche Iren Hauge Interviewed by Åshild Kolås -- 14. PRIO's State Feminist: Helga Hernes Interviewed by Kristian Berg Harpviken -- 15.Searching the Archives for a Missing Peace: Hilde Henriksen Waage Interviewed by Henrik Syse -- 16.Fresh Grounded Peace Research: Åshild Kolås Interviewed by Wenche Iren Hauge -- 17. The Democratic Civil Peace and Beyond: Scott Gates Interviewed by Nils Petter Gleditsch -- 18. A Historian's Paths to Peace: Reflections from Stein Tønnesson -- 19. Managing Peace Researchers: Lene Kristin Borg and Grete Thingelstad in Conversation with Stein Tønnesson -- 20. Peace Is More Than the Absence of War: Inger Skjelsbæk Interviewed by Cindy Horst -- 21. A Migrant in the Common European House: Pavel Baev Interviewed by Stein Tønnesson -- 22. Non-Pacifist Philosophy in Good Faith: Henrik Syse Interviewed by Trond Bakkevig -- 23. Creating a Third Space in the Cyprus Conflict: Mete Hatay Interviewed by Cindy Horst -- 24. Johan Galtung at 90: His Enduring Legacy to Peace Research in Oslo.
Ch 1 Introduction -- Ch 2 The construction of Colombia as a 'problematic country' -- Ch 3 The success and its 'monsters' -- Ch 4 The circuit, the 'military professional' and the limits of the discourse of modernization -- Ch 5 Counterinsurgency and the 'expert-soldier' -- Ch 6 The Transnational making of military savoirs -- Ch 7 Conclusion.
This book analyses and furthers the academic debates on post-liberal peacebuilding, through a number of conceptual, theoretical and empirical research outputs. Part I includes a review of how the recent discourse on peacebuilding has evolved, and three conceptual/theoretical perspectives relevant to post-liberal peacebuilding. In particular, the editors propose the concept of bespoke peacebuilding to articulate key features of new peacebuilding models. Part II introduces five case studies that present how alternative peacebuilding models are being shaped (or can be shaped) in practice. Essential reading for scholars and students in Peace and Conflict Studies, International Relations, and International Security Studies. Chapter 8 is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com. Mark S. Cogan is Associate Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies at Kansai Gaidai University, Japan. He is a former communications specialist with the United Nations, serving in Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East. His research interests are vast, including security studies, peacebuilding, human rights, and the broader Indo-Pacific region. In addition to his research, he has published more than 120 commentaries and policy papers in major newspapers and think tanks, including the Observer Research Foundation (ORF), Bangkok Post, South China Morning Post, Southeast Asia Globe, the Diplomat Magazine, Geopolitical Monitor, Pacific Forum and more. Hidekazu Sakai is Professor at Kansai Gaidai University, Japan. His research interests include international relations theory, international security, peacebuilding, and Indo-Pacific politics. His publications include Re-rising Japan: Its Strategic Power in International Relations (New York: Peter Lang, 2017), co-edited with Yoichiro Sato, and The US-Japan Security Community: Theoretical Understanding of Transpacific Relationships (London: Routledge, 2018).