This fear and insecurity goes beyond the individual and becomes embedded in social practices. Violence becomes part of the 'normal' and the 'sense of reality' becomes guided by a new 'set of limits' of what is socially acceptable behaviour. Some research indicates that for individuals who have experienced violence and depravation it can take 15-20 years for problems even to surface. Even less research is available indicating how long it takes for communities and societies to begin to heal. Moreover, little is known about the impact peacekeepers have on the people they are sent to 'help.
Peacekeeping continues to be a high use, high profile option for the international community.
The potential of peacekeeping as a means of moving beyond ineffectual conflict management towards facilitating transformation, by emphasising the long term and multi-faceted recovery of societies damaged by war, has been little exploited. Left out of the many analyses of peacekeeping are transformative perspectives which look to base activity in warzones on the needs of the people who live there. International Forum on Globalization Info. Undergraduate credit and internship opportunities through Peace and Justice Studies, Tufts University. Application deadline, April 1 .