Pillars and shadows : statebuilding as peacebuilding in Solomon Islands / John Braithwaite [and four others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Braithwaite, John, author.

Contributor:

Braithwaite, John.

Series:

Peacebuilding compared

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnic conflict--Solomon Islands.

Ethnic conflict.

Peace-building--Solomon Islands.

Peace-building.

Solomon Islands--History.

Solomon Islands.

Solomon Islands--Politics and government.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (212 pages) : illustrations (some colour), map; digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Canberra, ACT, Australia : ANU E Press, [2010]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This volume of the Peacebuilding Compared Project examines the sources of the armed conflict and coup in the Solomon Islands before and after the turn of the millennium. The Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI) has been an intensive peacekeeping operation, concentrating on building 'core pillars' of the modern state. It did not take adequate notice of a variety of shadow sources of power in the Solomon Islands, for example logging and business interests, that continue to undermine the state's democratic foundations. At first RAMSI's state building was neither very responsive to local voices nor to root causes of the conflict, but it slowly changed tack to a more responsive form of peacebuilding. The craft of peace as learned in the Solomon Islands is about enabling spaces for dialogue that define where the mission should pull back to allow local actors to expand the horizons of their peacebuilding ambition.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CC BY-NC-ND

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781921666780

1921666781

9781921666797

192166679X

OCLC:

664521259

Publisher Number:

10.26530/OAPEN_459442