Is local beautiful? : peacebuilding between international interventions and locally led initiatives / Sara Hellmuller, Martina Santschi, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hellmüller, Sara, editor.

Santschi, Martina, editor.

swisspeace (Organization). Conference (2012 : Bern, Switzerland)

Series:

SpringerBriefs in environment, security, development and peace ; v.11.

SpringerBriefs in environment, security, development and peace. Peace and security studies ; volume 11

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Peace-building.

Physical Description:

xx, 107 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer, 2014.

Summary:

Based on the swisspeace annual conference 2012, the publication examines the delicate balance between external interventions and locally-led initiatives. It addresses the question of what local means in the peacebuilding and development context; which actors on the ground actually represent the local level and how external actors choose their partners from amongst them. Moreover, it examines how local ownership - emerging as key criteria for any external intervention - is constituted: does this concept only imply local participation or is local control from the outset a must? Finally, it assesses the potential of locally-led initiatives and local conflict resolution mechanisms and their interaction with external interventions. Several authors provide insights on these questions and nuance our thinking about both local ownership and external interventions. As such, the publication aims to encourage critical reflections on this topical debate in peacebuilding and development.

Contents:

Part I. Conceptual contributions

Owners or partners? A critical analysis of the concept of local ownership / Sara Hellmüller

Local ownership and the settlement of civil wars : external intervention in internal armed conflicts : arguments for a conceptual framework of 'political ownership' / Peter Schumann

Shooting Bambi? Critical reflections on international approaches to local ownership / Marco Pfister

Part II. Case studies

Traditional authorities, local justice and local conflict resolution mechanisms in South Sudan / Martina Santschi

Maximizing the potential of locally led peacebuilding in conflict affected states / Carolyn Hayman

Peacebuilding : Switzerland's approach to local ownership / Ambassador Claude Wild

Partners for peace : a case study of local-international cooperation / Rachel Gasser and Ja Nan Lahtaw.

Notes:

Based on conference proceedings.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9783319003054

3319003054

OCLC:

878822309