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New perspectives on liberal peacebuilding

Roland Paris ; Oliver P. Richmond ; Edward Newman

Buch

englisch

Richmond, Oliver P. (Ed.) DNB
Newman, Edward (Ed.) DNB
Paris, Roland (Ed.) DNB

United Nations Univ. Press

Tokyo [u.a.]

2009

XI, 392 p.

978-92-808-1174-2

includes bibliographical references and index

case study
africa
bosnia herzegovina
afghanistan
liberalism

Summary: Peacebuilding in conflict-prone or post-conflict countries -- such as East Timor, Bosnia, Afghanistan and Sierra Leone -- aims to prevent the re-emergence or escalation of violent conflict and establish a durable peace. This volume explores and critiques the ’liberal’ premise of contemporary peacebuilding: the promotion of democracy, market-based economic reforms and a range of other institutions associated with ’modern’ states as a driving force for building peace. Whilst focusing mainly upon cases of major UN peacebuilding, it also considers the implications and record of liberal peacebuilding through a wider range of experiences. It goes beyond the narrow focus on democracy and market economics by interrogating a wider area of peacebuilding activities, including the (re)construction of state institutions.--Publisher’s description.
Africa; Sierra Leone; Afghanistan; Bosnia-Herzegovina; Timor-Leste; Sri Lanka; Palestine; Israel; United Nations; Lebanon; Cambodia; Central America.

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