1st Edition

Local Peacebuilding and Legitimacy Interactions between National and Local Levels

Edited By Landon E. Hancock, Christopher Mitchell Copyright 2018
258 Pages
by Routledge

258 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

258 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This volume searches for pragmatic answers to the problems that continue to beset peacebuilding efforts at all levels of society, with a singular focus on the role of legitimacy. Many peacebuilding efforts are hampered by their inability to gain the support of those they are trying to help at the local level, or those at regional, national or international levels; whose support is necessary... Read more


    1. By What Right? Competing Sources of Legitimacy in Intractable Conflicts.
    Christopher Mitchell. 2. Legitimate Agents of Peacebuilding: Deliberative Governance in Zones of Peace Landon E. Hancock. 3. Between Shadow Citizenship and Civil Resistance: Shifting Local Orders in a Colombian War-Torn Community. Annette Idler, Cécile Mouly and Maria Belén Garrido. 4. Civilian Noncooperation as a Source of Legitimacy: Innovative Youth Reactions in the Face of Local Violence. Juan Masullo.  5. External Peacebuilders and the Search for Legitimacy: The Institute for Multi-Track Diplomacy in Kashmir. Rajit H. Das. 6. Legitimacy, International Accompaniment, and Land Reform in Colombia. Catherine Ammen and Christopher Mitchell. 7. Harnessing Legitimacy through Networks: Civilian-Led, Closed Virtual Communities as a New Type of Zone of Peace. Laura Villanueva. 8. Targets of Violence, Zones of Peace: The Child and School as Post-Conflict Spaces. Patricia A. Maulden. 9. Peace as a Tool of War: Non-State Armed Actors and Humanitarian Agreements. Sweta Sen. 10. Twisted Legitimacy? Leadership, Representation and Status in Traditional and Fragile Societies
    Jacqueline Wilson. 11. Hybrid Sources of Legitimacy: Peacebuilding and Statebuilding in Somaliland. Mary Hope Schwoebel. 12. Legitimacy, Peace and Peacebuilding
    Landon E. Hancock and Christopher Mitchell







     

    Biography

    Landon Hancock is Associate Professor in the School of Peace and Conflict Studies at Kent State University, USA.





    Christopher Mitchell is Professor Emeritus of Conflict Analysis and Resolution and a Fellow of the Center for Peacemaking Practice at George Mason University, Virginia USA.