Studies in Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding

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1. The Peace In Between

   Post-War Violence and Peacebuilding

   Edited by Astri Suhrke, Mats Berdal

   Series: Studies in Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding

   This volume examines the causes and purposes of 'post-conflict' violence. The end of a war is generally expected to be followed by an end to collective violence, as the term ‘post-conflict’ that came into general usage in the 1990s signifies. In reality, however, various forms of deadly violence...

   Published July 2nd 2012 by Routledge
2. The Political Economy of Peacemaking

   By Achim Wennmann

   Series: Studies in Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding

   This book focuses on the economic dimensions of peace processes and examines the opportunities and constraints for assisting negotiated exits out of conflict. Various works have addressed the economic characteristics and consequences of armed conflicts over the past two decades, including issues...

   Published June 29th 2012 by Routledge
3. Peacebuilding and Local Ownership

   Post-Conflict Consensus-Building

   By Timothy Donais

   Series: Studies in Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding

   This book explores the meaning of local ownership in peacebuilding and examines the ways in which it has been, and could be, operationalized in post-conflict environments. In the context of post-conflict peacebuilding, the idea of local ownership is based upon the premise that no peace process is...

   Published April 11th 2012 by Routledge
4. Peacebuilding, Memory and Reconciliation

   Bridging Top-Down and Bottom-Up Approaches

   Edited by Bruno Charbonneau, Genevieve Parent

   Series: Studies in Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding

   This book aims to bridge the gap between what are generally referred to as ‘top-down’ and ‘bottom-up’ approaches to peacebuilding. After the experience of a physical and psychological trauma, the period of individual healing and recovery is intertwined with political and social reconciliation. The...

   Published December 6th 2011 by Routledge
5. Local and Global Dynamics of Peacebuilding

   Postconflict reconstruction in Sierra Leone

   By Christine Cubitt

   Series: Studies in Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding

   Local and Global Dynamics of Peacebuilding examines the complex contributing factors which led to war and state collapse in Sierra Leone, and the international peacebuilding and statebuilding operations which followed the cessation of the violence. This book presents nuanced and contextually...

   Published November 15th 2011 by Routledge