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Record Nr.

UNINA9910141771003321

Autore

Braithwaite John

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

©2010

ISBN

1-921666-78-1

Descrizione fisica

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

Collana

Peacebuilding compared

Altri autori (Persone)

BraithwaiteJohn

Disciplina

303.66

Soggetti

Ethnic conflict - Solomon Islands

Peace-building - Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands History

Solomon Islands Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

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.