Peacebuilding As Politics
Subtitle: Cultivating Peace in Fragile Societies
Contributors: Elizabeth M. Cousens (Editor); Chetan Kumar (Editor); Karin Wermester (Editor)
Publisher: Lynne Rienner Pub
Published: October 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9781555879464
Subjects: Peace studies; Peacekeeping operations; World history: postwar, from c 1945 -; c 1990 to c 2000; International Relations - General; Civil war; Political Science; Politics/International Relations; Bosnia-Herzegovina; Cambodia; El Salvador; Haiti; Somalia; Peace-building; Case studies; Economic assistance; Humanitarian assistance
Description: "This volume examines the successes and failures of large-scale interventions to build peace in El Salvador, Cambodia, Haiti, Somalia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina.".

"The authors shed light on the unique conditions for and constraints on peacebuilding in each country and examine the quality and coherence of international responses.

Arguing that the defining priority of peacebuilding initiatives should be the development of authoritative, legitimate political mechanisms to resolve internal conflicts without violence, they present "peacebuilding as politics" as an effective organizing principle for determining the best range, timing, and priorities of international action."--BOOK JACKET.