Local ownership in international peacebuilding
Subtitle: key theoretical and practical issues
By: edited by Sung Yong Lee and Alpaslan Özerdem
Series: Studies in conflict, development and peacebuilding
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2015
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9781138787544; 9781315766386
Subjects: Peace-building; Case studies; International Security; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Peace; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / International Security; POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General
Description: "This edited volume empirically examines key theoretical and practical issues relevant to the promotion of local ownership in contemporary international peacebuilding. This book attempts to provide comprehensive understanding of the issue of local ownership in international peacebuilding. By providing an empirical analysis of nine contemporary peacebuilding case studies, the volume aims to supplement contemporary academic discussions on local ownership, which have thus far mainly focused on its normative or theoretical dimensions. The case studies included here examine the peace operations in a wide range of countries - Afghanistan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Cambodia, Cyprus, Kenya, Uganda, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, and Sri Lanka. The book seeks to address the weaknesses of conventional studies by: (1) clarifying the key concepts of local ownership; and (2) analysing the liberal peace ideas that prevent the emergence of locally based peacebuilding ideas. The volume concludes by presenting practical proposals for addressing the limitations of contemporary local ownership promotion. Through these means, the book aims to explore a key research question from both theoretical and empirical perspectives: How can international peacebuilding facilitate effective, active local community participation? This volume will be of much interest to students of peacebuilding, development studies, global governance, peace and conflict studies, security studies and IR"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.