The Paradoxes of Peacebuilding Post-9/11 - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0774814519 ISBN 13: 9780774814515

Publisher: UBC Press, 2008

Synopsis

What kind of peace is possible in the post-9/11 world? Is sustainable peace an illusion in a world where foreign military interventions are replacing peace negotiations as starting points for postwar reconstruction? What would it take to achieve durable peace in contexts as different as Afghanistan, Mozambique, and Sri Lanka?

This book presents six provocative case studies authored by respected peacebuilding practitioners in their own societies. The studies address two cases of relative success (Guatemala and Mozambique), three cases of renewed but deeply fraught efforts (Afghanistan, Haiti, and the Palestinian Territories), and the case of Sri Lanka, where peacebuilding was aborted but where the outlines of a new peace process can be discerned. The book also includes original analyses of demobilization, disarmament, and reintegration processes in three different contexts, written by teams of Northern and Southern analysts.

The Paradoxes of Peacebuilding Post-9/11 bridges the gap between minimalist and maximalist approaches to peacebuilding, and gives voice to Southern researchers in Northern-dominated debates. It will interest practitioners and students of peace, security, and development studies, as well as policymakers at many levels of government.

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Review:

Grappling with questions of sustainable peace and military intervention in a post-9/11 world, this book presents six provocative case studies authored by respected peacebuilding practitioners in their own societies.

Synopsis:

This is the result of a three-year project asking "What Kind of Peace is Possible?" "The Paradoxes of Peacebuilding Post-9/11" investigates the potential for sustainable peacebuilding around the globe. The volume is divided into four parts: the first looks at relative successes, including a chapter from the former Commissioner for Peace in Guatemala; the second looks at gridlock situations, such as Haiti and the Palestinian territories; the third looks into the future, with a case study on Afghanistan and another on Sri Lanka; and, the final section provides critical reviews of policy and practice on demobilization, disarmament, and reintegration.This timely book bridges the gap between minimalist and maximalist approaches to peacebuilding, and provides policy recommendations for national agents of change. As well, it gives voice to Southern researchers in Northern-dominated debates. It will interest practitioners and students of peace, security and development studies, as well as policymakers at many levels of government.

About this edition

• Publisher: UBC Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0774814519
• ISBN 13: 9780774814515
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 800
• Editor: Baranyi Stephen