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Lives Amid Violence - Transforming Development in the Wake of Conflict (Hardcover)
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Lives Amid Violence - Transforming Development in the Wake of Conflict (Hardcover)
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Violent conflict and its aftermath are pressing problems,
particularly for international development initiatives. However,
the results of development in conflict contexts have generally been
disappointing and their preventative potential thus questionable.
Available Open Access, Lives Amid Violence argues that this is
because practitioners adhere to a mental model that emphasises
linearity, certainty, and causality, assuming that violence is best
addressed through work plans that deliver state-building,
stabilisation and services. Based on ten years of multi-method
research from, in, and on conflict-affected countries, this book
challenges this approach. Drawing on a significant collaborative
body of scholarship, this work puts forward original and
generalizable conclusions about how lives amid violence persist,
offering an invitation to abandon restricting mental models and to
embrace creative ways of thinking and working. These include paying
attention to the long-term effects of conflict on individual
behaviour and decision-making, the social realities of economic
life, the role service delivery plays in negotiations between
citizens and states, and to creating meaningful relationships.
Transformation also requires reflection and therefore the book
concludes with constructive suggestions on how to practice these
insights to better support those whose lives are shaped by
violence. More details are available at
www.transformingdevelopment.org The eBook editions of this book are
available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 licence on
bloomsburycollections.com.
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