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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453237503321

Titolo

Building peace, creating conflict? [[electronic resource] ] : conflictual dimensions of local and international peace-building / / edited by Hanne Fjelde & Kristine Höglund

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lund [Sweden], : Nordic Academic Press, 2011

ISBN

91-87121-06-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

FjeldeHanne

HöglundKristine

Disciplina

341.584

Soggetti

Peace-building

Conflict management

Interpersonal conflict

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; 1. Building peace, creating conflict? Hanne Fjelde & Kristine Höglund; 2. Just peace postponed Unending peace processes and frozen conflicts Karin Aggestam & Annika Björkdahl; 3. Peacekeeping and transitions to democracy Birger Heldt; 4. Interveners and intervened upon The missing link in building peace and avoiding conflict Linnéa Gelot & Fredrik Söderbaum; 5. Local ownership of peace Hobbes, Rousseau and international support for state-building in Afghanistan Louise Olsson & Anna K. Jarstad

6. Education through regulation? External intervention in domestic politics in post-Dayton Bosnia and Herzegovina Roland Kostic 7. Individual justice and collective innocence The role of the ICTY in a Bosnian town Johanna Mannergren Selimovic; 8. Humanitarian assistance and the politics of gender equality A study of refugee camps on the Thai-Burma border Elisabeth Olivius; References; About the authors

Sommario/riassunto

One of the most significant challenges facing the international community today is how to stabilize and rebuild societies emerging from civil wars, and this book, which includes both theoretical



discussions and empirical applications, considers the various factors of peace building. As it addresses several pertinent academic debates-relating to international interventions and local ownership, international and local conceptions of gender equality, and the legal aspects of peace implementation-this account demonstrates how some postwar countries