1st Edition

Alternative and bottom-up peace indicators

Edited By Roger Mac Ginty Copyright 2015
124 Pages
by Routledge

122 Pages
by Routledge

128 Pages
by Routledge

There is widespread dissatisfaction with the current suite of evaluation and monitoring tools available to peacebuilders and those responding to conflict. Yet, despite this dissatisfaction, there are few concrete moves to investigate alternative methods of gauging the success or failure of peace initiatives. This volume explores alternative methods of assessing peace. These methods tend to be... Read more

1. Introduction: The Transcripts of Peace: Public, Hidden or Non-obvious?  2. The Limits of Formal Metrics during Conflict and Post-conflict Transition: Exploring Opportunities for Qualitative Assessment in Sri Lanka  3. How to Assess Social Reintegration of Ex-Combatants  4. Narrative Therapy and Peacebuilding  5. ‘High Resolution’ Indicators in Peacebuilding: The Utility of Political Memory  6. Need a Hand? No Thanks! Media Representations and Peace Building Indicators: The Case of UK Foreign Aid Programmes in Colombia

Biography

Roger Mac Ginty is Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies at the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute, and the Department of Politics, University of Manchester. He edits the journal Peacebuilding. His latest books are International Peacebuilding and Local Resistance (2012), and the edited volumes Sage Major Work on Peacebuilding (2013) and Routledge Handbook on Peacebuilding (2013).