Routledge Handbook of Peacebuilding / edited by Roger Mac Ginty.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mac Ginty, Roger, 1970- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Interpersonal relations.

Peace-building.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (669 pages)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, England ; New York : Routledge, [2025]

Summary:

This updated and revised second edition of the Routledge Handbook of Peacebuilding contains cutting-edge analyses of contemporary attempts to reach and sustain peace.

Contents:

Intro

Endorsements

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Contributors

Abbreviations

Introduction

Trends in Peacebuilding

Institutional Growth but Lowering Political Interest

Rise of Authoritarian Conflict Management

Fewer Comprehensive Peace Accords

A Broadening Scope of Peacebuilding

A Growing Understanding of the Links Between Conflict Drivers

Greater Emphasis on Mediation

A Recognition of the Importance of Inclusion in Peacebuilding

A Greater Emphasis on Measuring Peacebuilding

A Rising Interest in PeaceTech

The Organisation of the Book

References

Part I: Peacebuilding Architecture and Actors

1. The Evolution of Peacebuilding

The Origin and Evolution of the Concept of Peacebuilding

The Evolution of Peacebuilding Turns

The Liberal Turn

The Hybrid Turn

The Local Turn

Other Interdisciplinary Turns

The Evolution of Peacebuilding Nexuses

The Peacebuilding, Security, and Development Nexus

Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding Nexus

Women, Peace, and Security Nexus

Climate Change, Peace, and Security Nexus

Conclusion

2. The International Architecture of Peacebuilding

The Actors of International Peacebuilding

The Coordination Challenge

The Peacebuilding Architecture and Doctrine: Beyond Coordination

Building Peace or International Security?

Sustainable Peace

3. Women, Peace, and Security

WPS and Participation

WPS and Protection

WPS and Prevention

WPS and Relief and Recovery

Shortcomings and Future Directions

4. Civil Society and Peacebuilding

Political Origins and the Evolution of (a) Civil Society

Civil Society and Liberal Peacebuilding

Civil Society and Critical Peacebuilding.

Case Study: Peacebuilding and Civil Society in Post-Conflict Sierra Leone

5. 'Illiberal Peacebuilding' and Authoritarian Conflict Management

Significance

Critiques

6. Unusual Peacebuilders

Theorizing Unofficial and Unusual Actors in Peacebuilding

Which Actors?

Journalists

Religious Leaders

Businesspeople

Diaspora Members

Women Activists

Former Leaders

Academics

The Debate

Conclusions

Note

Part II: Reading Peacebuilding

7. Problem-Solving and Critical Approaches

The Significance of Critique

Problem-Solving Modes in Peacebuilding Debates

UNDP Breaking the Mold?

Institution-Building

Managing Neoliberal Pathways

Peace Architecture

Contours of Peacebuilding and Global Distress

8. The Limits of Peacebuilding

Liberal International Paths to Peace and Their Limitations

Limitations in Applying Social-Psychology to Peacebuilding

Origins: Allport's Contact Hypothesis

Pre-negotiation and Transformation of Elite Perception

Bottom-up Approaches and People-to-People (P2P) Programs

Reconciliation, Forgiveness, and Peacebuilding

Restoring Political Realism to Peacebuilding

9. A Postcolonial Reading of "Peace from Below

Towards Postcolonial Peace

Postcolonial Critiques of Traditional Peace Studies

Gandhi and Champaran: From "Local" to "National

Bacha Khan: The Nonviolent Pashtun Peacemaker

Postcolonial Futures of Peace

10. African Perspectives on Peacebuilding

Shifting Dynamics of Liberal and Critical Paradigms

African Perspectives to Peacebuilding: Nearer or Further from Homegrown Paradigm(s)?.

Conclusion: What Prospects for a "Homegrown" African Peacebuilding Paradigm?

Notes

11. Agonistic Peacebuilding

Transformation as Agonistic Praxis

Ontological (In)security

Agonistic Recognition

Agonistic Dialogue

Embodied Practices of Transforming

Agonistic Peacebuilders

Part III: Issues and Approaches

12. Sustaining Peace through Social Contracts

Sustaining Peace

Competing Perspectives on Sustaining Peace

Sustaining Peace and the UN - Old Wine in a New Bottle?

Social Contracts and Sustaining Peace

Evolution of Critical Social Contract Thought on Social Contracts and Peace

Rising Attention to Contexts Affected by Conflict and Fragility

Social Contract Revival in Policy for 'Better' Social Contracts

Sustaining Peace through Social Contracts: Problem Solving, Critical, Liberal and Beyond

13. Gender and Peacebuilding

Feminist Approaches to International Relations

Gender and War

Gender and Peace

Feminist Responses

Understanding Gendered Agency in War and Peace

Conclusion: Importance of Integrating Gender Justice into Peacebuilding

14. Religion and Peacebuilding

Religion, Conflict and Peacebuilding: Mapping the Field and Main Debates

In Lieu of Conclusion: Religion and Peacebuilding

15. Climate Change and Peacebuilding

The Relationship between Climate Change, Conflict and Peacebuilding

Pathways to Climate-Related Insecurity

Climate Change and Peacebuilding

Environmental Peacebuilding

Adaptive Peacebuilding

16. Emotions, Reconciliation and Peacebuilding

Emotions and Reconciliation.

Emotions as Socio-political Forces

Fear, Anger and Resentment after Conflict

Recasting Emotional Reconciliation

Legitimising Compassion and Empathy

Conclusion: The Ongoing Challenge of Emotional Reconciliation

17. Memory, Politics and Peace

Understanding Collective Memory and Peace

The Politics of Memory and Peace

Acknowledgment of Opposing Narratives: Hegemonic Voices Prevail

Suppressing and Undermining Rituals and Expressions

Vernacular Memory and Peace

18. Storytelling and Peacebuilding

Storytelling: A Research Practice and a Lifestyle

Storytelling and Peacebuilding: Contextual Insights from the South

Storytelling in Post-accord Societies

Storytelling: A Coping Mechanism and Tool for (Re)connection

19. Mediation and Peacebuilding

Mediation's Measurement Challenge

Mediation's Current Global Status

Mediation's Modern Challenges and How It Deals with It

Power

Challenge Described

Current Response

Neutrality

Inclusion

Global North/Global South Division

Conflict Gender Roles and WPS Problems

Professionalization of Mediation

Technology

Areas of Improvement

20. Trauma and Peacebuilding

Defining Peacebuilding and Trauma

Collective Trauma

Responding to Trauma as a Vital Component in Peacebuilding

Responding to Trauma in Peacebuilding

Feminist and Anthropological Positions

Debating the Western Orientation of Trauma Responses.

Stigma and Language of Mental Health Psychosocial Support (MHPSS)

Local Implementation

Integrating Basic Needs

Part IV: Violence and Security

21. Security Sector Reform

The Development of International SSR Frameworks

SSR in Post-Conflict Contexts

Phases in Conducting SSR

Linking SSR to Peacebuilding Processes

The Future of SSR

22. Disarmament, Demobilisation, Rehabilitation, Reintegration and Repatriation in Africa

DDRRR in Complex Environments: Conceptual and Practical Implications

Disarmament

Demobilisation

Rehabilitation

Reintegration

Repatriation

Protection of Civilians

Community Violence Reduction

Transitional Weapons and Ammunition Management

Women, Peace and Security Agenda

Youth, Peace and Security Agenda

23. Violence Reduction and Peacebuilding

Peacebuilding

Violence Prevention

Peacebuilding and Violence Prevention: What Does This All Mean for Our World Today?

24. Zones of Peace

Sanctuary Defined: A ZoPs Typology

In the Midst of Violence

Post-Conflict Peacebuilding

As Peace Implementation

The Struggle for Sanctuary

Internal Challenges

External Realities

Beyond Sanctuary

Peacebuilding and Development

Agency vs. Ownership

Procedural Justice and Legitimacy

25. Community Self-Protection in Colombia

Neither War Nor Peace in Colombia

Self-Protection Strategies During the Armed Conflict and the Transition to Peace in Colombia

Territorial and Spatial Delimitations

Humanitarian Zones, Spaces, and Shelters

Agro-Food Peasant Territories, Peasants, and Biodiverse Reserve Areas.

Territorial Reincorporation Spaces (ETCRs).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781040104408

1040104401

9781003293408

1003293409

9781040104439

1040104436

OCLC:

1442198290