In addition to being a major area of research within International
Relations, peacebuilding and statebuilding is a major policy area
within the UN and other international and regional organizations.
It is also a concern of international financial institutions,
including the World Bank, and a significant factor in the foreign
and security policies of many established and emerging democracies.
Peacebuilding and statebuilding are among the main approaches for
preventing, managing, and mitigating global insecurities; dealing
with the humanitarian consequences of civil wars; and expanding
democracy and neoliberal economic regimes. Peace formation is a
relatively new concept, addressing how local actors work in
parallel to international and national projects, and helps shape
the legitimacy of peace processes and state reform. The Oxford
Handbook of Peacebuilding, Statebuilding, and Peace Formation
serves as an essential guide to this vast intellectual and policy
landscape. It offers a systematic overview of conceptual
foundations, political implications, and tensions at the global,
regional, and local levels, as well as key policies, practices,
examples, and discourses underlining all segments of peacebuilding
and statebuilding praxis. Approaching peacebuilding from
disciplinary perspectives across the social sciences, the Handbook
is organized around four major thematic sections. Section one
explores how peacebuilding, statebuilding, and peace formation is
conceived by different disciplines and IR approaches, thus offering
an overview of the conceptual bedrock of major theories and
approaches. Section two situates these approaches among other major
global issues, including globalization, civil society, terrorism,
and technology to illustrate their global, regional, and local
resonance. Section three looks at key themes in the field,
including peace agreements, democratization, security reform, human
rights, environment, and culture. Finally, section four looks at
key features of everyday and civil society peace formation
processes, both in theory and in practice.
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