International Peacebuilding and Local Resistance: Hybrid Forms of Peace (Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies) - Softcover

Loparo, Kenneth A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1137572043 ISBN 13: 9781137572042

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011

Synopsis

International Peacebuilding and Local Resistance adds to the active debates and critiques of internationally-supported peace interventions. Using the case studies of Afghanistan, Iraq, Bosnia, Lebanon and Northern Ireland, Roger Mac Ginty dissects peace interventions along the themes of security, statebuilding and civil society as well as economic and constitutional reform. He proposes using the concepts of hybridity and hybridization to understand the dynamics in societies undergoing transition. Particular attention is paid to the ability of local communities to resist, subvert and exploit international actors. This book is part of a developing and radical critique of aspects of international peacebuilding. It argues that peace should not be discussed timidly, and that local, traditional or indigenous approaches to peacemaking should not be romanticised.

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Review:

'MacGinty's analysis is deceptively simple but it is much the better for all that.' -Andrew J. Williams, University of St. Andrews, The Round Table

About the Author:

ROGER MAC GINTY is a Reader in the School of International Relations, University of St Andrews, UK. His previous books have included No War, No Peace: The rejuvenation of stalled peace processes and peace accords, (Palgrave Macmillan, 2006) and Contemporary Peacemaking (Palgrave Macmillan, 2002 with John Darby). He edits the Palgrave Rethinking Political Violence book series.

About this edition

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1137572043
• ISBN 13: 9781137572042
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 251