Using the case studies of Afghanistan, Iraq, Bosnia, Lebanon and Northern Ireland this book dissects internationally-supported peace interventions. Looking at issues of security, statebuilding, civil society and economic and constitutional reform, it proposes using the concept of hybridity to unders
International Peacebuilding and Local Resistance: Hybrid Forms of Peace (Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies)
β Scribed by Roger Mac Ginty
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 253
- Series
- Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
Using the case studies of Afghanistan, Iraq, Bosnia, Lebanon and Northern Ireland this book dissects internationally-supported peace interventions. Looking at issues of security, statebuilding, civil society and economic and constitutional reform, it proposes using the concept of hybridity to understand the dynamics of societies in transition.
β¦ Table of Contents
Cover......Page 1
Series......Page 2
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Dedication......Page 6
Contents......Page 8
Illustrations......Page 9
Abbreviations......Page 10
Acknowledgements......Page 11
Introduction......Page 14
1 The Liberal Peace......Page 32
2 Indigenous Peacebuilding......Page 60
3 Hybridity......Page 81
4 Hybrid Security: Afghanistan......Page 104
5 Hybrid Economy: Iraq......Page 128
6 Hybrid Statebuilding: Bosnia......Page 147
7 Hybrid Governance: Lebanon......Page 171
8 Hybrid Civil Society: Northern Ireland......Page 196
Conclusion......Page 220
References......Page 226
Index......Page 250
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