Contesting Peace in the Postwar City
Subtitle: Belfast, Mitrovica and Mostar
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: Dec 03, 2019
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 298
ISBN-13: 9783030280901
Description: "This book explores why the postwar city reinforces rather than transcends its continuities of war in peace. It theorises war-to-peace transitions as conflicts over how to socio-politically order society and then analyses different urban conflicts over peace(s) in postwar Belfast (Northern Ireland), Mitrovica (Kosovo) and Mostar (Bosnia-Herzegovina). Focusing on themes such as educational segregation, clientelism, fear, paramilitaries, and infrastructure, it shows how conflict lines from war are perpetuated in and by the postwar city. Yet it also discovers instances where antagonisms are bridged by utilising the postwar city's transcending potential. While written in the nexus between peace research and urban studies, this book also speaks to political geography, international relations, anthropology, and planning"--Back cover.
Notes: Source title: Contesting Peace in the Postwar City: Belfast, Mitrovica and Mostar (Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies)