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This book aims to understand the processes and outcomes that arise
from frictional encounters in peacebuilding, when global and local
forces meet. Building a sustainable peace after violent conflict is
a process that entails competing ideas, political contestation and
transformation of power relations. This volume develops the concept
of 'friction' to better analyse the interplay between global ideas,
actors, and practices, and their local counterparts. The chapters
examine efforts undertaken to promote sustainable peace in a
variety of locations, such as Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, and
Sierra Leone. These case analyses provide a nuanced understanding
not simply of local processes, or of the hybrid or mixed agencies,
ideas, and processes that are generated, but of the complex
interactions that unfold between all of these elements in the
context of peacebuilding intervention. The analyses demonstrate how
the ambivalent relationship between global and local actors leads
to unintended and sometimes counterproductive results of
peacebuilding interventions. The approach of this book, with its
focus on friction as a conceptual tool, advances the peacebuilding
research agenda and adds to two ongoing debates in the
peacebuilding field; the debate on hybridity, and the debate on
local agency and local ownership. In analysing frictional
encounters this volume prepares the ground for a better
understanding of the mixed impact peace initiatives have on
post-conflict societies. This book will be of much interest to
students of peacebuilding, conflict resolution, security studies,
and international relations in general.
This book aims to understand the processes and outcomes that arise
from frictional encounters in peacebuilding, when global and local
forces meet. Building a sustainable peace after violent conflict is
a process that entails competing ideas, political contestation and
transformation of power relations. This volume develops the concept
of 'friction' to better analyse the interplay between global ideas,
actors, and practices, and their local counterparts. The chapters
examine efforts undertaken to promote sustainable peace in a
variety of locations, such as Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, and
Sierra Leone. These case analyses provide a nuanced understanding
not simply of local processes, or of the hybrid or mixed agencies,
ideas, and processes that are generated, but of the complex
interactions that unfold between all of these elements in the
context of peacebuilding intervention. The analyses demonstrate how
the ambivalent relationship between global and local actors leads
to unintended and sometimes counterproductive results of
peacebuilding interventions. The approach of this book, with its
focus on friction as a conceptual tool, advances the peacebuilding
research agenda and adds to two ongoing debates in the
peacebuilding field; the debate on hybridity, and the debate on
local agency and local ownership. In analysing frictional
encounters this volume prepares the ground for a better
understanding of the mixed impact peace initiatives have on
post-conflict societies. This book will be of much interest to
students of peacebuilding, conflict resolution, security studies,
and international relations in general.
The Spatiality of Violence in Post-war Cities analyses violence in
post-war cities from different perspectives and in different parts
of the world, with a shared attention to space and how it affects
violent dynamics. The world is urbanising rapidly and cities are
increasingly held as the most important arenas for sustainable
development. Cities emerging from war are no exception, but across
the globe, many post-war cities are ravaged by residual or renewed
violence, which threatens progress towards peace and stability.
This volume addresses why such violence happens, where and how it
manifests, and how it can be prevented. It includes contributions
that are informed by both post-war logics and urban
particularities, that take intra-city dynamics into account, and
that adopt a spatial analysis of the city. They focus on cases
around the world, including Medellin (Colombia), Johannesburg
(South Africa) and Mitrovica (Kosovo). The volume makes a threefold
contribution to the research agenda on violence in post-war cities.
First, the contributions nuance our understanding of the causes and
forms of the uneven spatial distribution of violence, insecurities,
and trauma within and across post-war cities. Second, the
collection demonstrates how urban planning and the built
environment shape and generate different forms of violence in
post-war cities. Third, the contributions explore the challenges,
opportunities, and potential unintended consequences of conflict
resolution in violent urban settings. Providing novel insights into
the causes and dynamics of violence in post-war cities, and
challenges and opportunities for violence reduction, The Spatiality
of Violence in Post-war Cities will be of great interest to
scholars of peace, violence, conflict and its resolution, urban
studies, built environment and planning. The chapters were
originally published as a special issue of Third World Thematics.
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