Local Agency and Peacebuilding [electronic resource] : EU and International Engagement in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Cyprus and South Africa /
Kappler, S.author.
Investigating local responses to EU peacebuilding, this book develops a relational and spatial concept of agency, helping to understand the processes in which peacebuilding actors engage and interact with one another. The focus on cultural actors reveals the contested nature of local agency and its potential to challenge institutional policies.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 The Framing of Peacebuilding Agency - From a Monodimensional Towards a Spatial Understanding of Agency; 3 Why Culture?; 4 The EU's Spaces of Agency in the Bosnian Peacebuilding Context; 5 Local Spaces of Agency in Bosnia; 6 Spaces of Agency to Analyse Political Transformation: Cyprus and South Africa; 7 Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Investigating local responses to EU peacebuilding, this book develops a relational and spatial concept of agency, helping to understand the processes in which peacebuilding actors engage and interact with one another. The focus on cultural actors reveals the contested nature of local agency and its potential to challenge institutional policies.
Peace.
International relations.
European Union.
Political science.
Comparative politics.
Conflict Studies.
International Relations.
European Union Politics.
Political Science.
Comparative Politics.
Peace Studies.