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This article offers a critical analysis of aid programmes aimed at supporting local civil societies in post-conflict peacebuilding (PCPB). Such programmes are often seen to carry the best hopes for a genuine democratic counterweight to existing power-brokers and to hold the key to the building of a ‘new’ society. But, in their interventions, outsiders tend to forget the large diversity of local civil societies, creating many counter-effects in the way international programmes purport to support or empower local people. The resulting consequences affect the ways in which international and local actors interact in post-conflict contexts and, accordingly, the ways in which actual ‘civil society’ may contribute to PCPB. A close analysis of these elements reveals larger political ambiguities present in PCPB strategies and actions. The article ends with a series of recommendations to support a better understanding and acknowledgment of local processes and resources in any aid programme, as well as greater accountability on the part of outsiders.
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Volume I: Ideas and Foundations
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1. The Evolution of Peacebuilding
Stephen Ryan
2013
Handbook on Peacebuilding
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2. An Agenda for Peace Preventive Diplomacy, Peacemaking and Peace-Keeping
UN Report of Secretary-General
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3. Social Forces, States and World Orders: Beyond International Relations Theory
Robert Cox
1981
Millennium – Journal of International Studies
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4. The Problem-Solving and Critical Paradigms
Michael Pugh
2013
Routledge Handbook on Peacebuilding
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5. Peace Research and Politics
Herman Schmid
1968
Journal of Peace Research
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6. Small Peace
Paul Smoker
1981
Journal of Peace Research
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7. Peace and Development: Towards a New Synthesis
Jon Barnett
2008
Journal of Peace Research
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8. Peace Culture and Social Action
Elise Boulding
2001
Peace Review: A Journal of Social Justice
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9. Civil War Settlements and the Implementation of Military Power-Sharing Arrangements
Matthew Hoddie | Caroline Hartzell
2003
Journal of Peace Research
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10. International Peacebuilding: A Theoretical and Quantitative Analysis
Michael Doyle | Nicholas Sambanis
2000
American Political Science Review
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11. Civil War Peace Agreement Implementation and State Capacity
Karl DeRouen | Mark Ferguson | Samuel Norton | Young Park | Jenna Lea | Ashley Streat-Bartlett
2010
Journal of Peace Research
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12. International Peacebuilding and the ‘Mission Civilisatrice’
Roland Paris
2002
Review of International Studies
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13. The False Promise of Peacebuilding
Ian Spears
2012
International Journal: Canada's Journal of Foreign Policy Analysis
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14. A Genealogy of Peacemaking: The Creation and Re-Creation of Order
Oliver Richmond
2001
Alternatives: Global, Local, Political
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15. Do the Root Causes of Civil War Matter? On Using Knowledge to Improve Peacebuilding Interventions
Susan Woodward
2007
Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding
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16. Peacebuilding Does Not Build Peace
Tobias Denskus
2007
Development in Practice
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17. The Granting of Forgiveness in an Intergroup Context: African and Asian Social Representations
Etienne Mullet | Stéphanie Nann | Joachim Kadiangandu | Félix Neto | María da Conceição Pinto
2010
Social Science Information
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18. The Limits of Peacebuilding Theory
Gerald Steinberg
2013
Routledge Handbook on Peacebuilding
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19. The Concealed Violence of Modern Peace(-Making)
Jörg Meyer
2008
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20. Indigenous Peace-Making versus the Liberal Peace
Roger Mac Ginty
2008
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Volume II: Actors
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21. Reinventing Governments: The Promise and Perils of United Nations Peace Building
Eva Bertram
1995
Journal of Conflict Resolution
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22. Imagining Democracy, Building Unsustainable Institutions: The UN Peacekeeping Operation in Haiti
Laura Zanotti
2008
Security Dialogue
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23. The West and Contemporary Peace Operations
Alex Bellamy | Paul Williams
2009
Journal of Peace Research
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24. Does Peacebuilding Build Peace? Liberal (Mis)steps in the Peace Process
Charles-Philippe David
1999
Security Dialogue
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25. The Role of the African Union in Continental Peace and Security Governance
John Moolakkattu
2010
India Quarterly: A Journal of International Affairs
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26. A Changing Asia: Prospects for War, Peace, Cooperation and Order
Muthiah Alagappa
2011
Political Science
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Doga Eralp | Nimet Beriker
2005
Eralp and Nimet Beriker Security Dialogue
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28. Engendering (In)security in Peace Support Operations
Paul Higate | Marsha Henry
2004
Security Dialogue
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29. Religion and Peacemaking: A Conceptualization
John Brewer | Gareth Higgins | Francis Teeney
2010
Sociology
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30. Examining Peace-Oriented Media in Areas of Violent Conflict
Vladimir Braticć
2008
The International Communication Gazette
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31. The Future of the Peace Corps
Harris Wofford
1966
The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
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Béatrice Pouligny
2005
Security Dialogue
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33. Civil Society and Peacebuilding in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Roberto Belloni
2001
Journal of Peace Research
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34. The People's Peace? Peace Agreements, Civil Society, and Participatory Democracy
Christine Bell | Catherine O'Rourke
2007
International Political Science Review
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35. Potential Cornerstone of Infrastructures for Peace? How Local Peace Committees Can Make a Difference
Paul van Tongeren
2013
Peacebuilding
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36. ‘Heart of Darkness’: Current Images of the DRC and their Theoretical Underpinning
Patience Kabamba
2010
Anthropological Theory
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37. Disempowerment and Marginalisation of Peace NGOs: Exposing Peace Gaps in Israel and Palestine
Karin Aggestam | Lisa Strömbom
2013
Peacebuilding
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38. Civilian Peacebuilding: Peace by Bureaucratic Means?
Laurent Goetschel | Tobias Hagmann
2009
Conflict, Security & Development
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Volume III: Issues
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39. Reconciliation with Al Qaeda?
Judith Renner | Alexander Spencer
2012
Peace Review: A Journal of Social Justice
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Diana Francis
2013
Peace Review: A Journal of Social Justice
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41. On Democratization and Peacebuilding
Charles Call | Susan Cook
2003
Global Governance: A Review of Multilateralism and International Organizations
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Mark Knight | Alpaslan Özerdem
2004
Journal of Peace Research
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43. Politicizing Indiscriminate Terror: Imagining an Inclusive Framework for the Anti-Landmines Movement
Asmeret Berhe
2005
Berhe The Journal of Environment & Development
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44. Gender Empowerment and United Nations Peacebuilding
Theodora-Ismene Gizelis
2009
Journal of Peace Research
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45. Feminist Responses to International Security Studies
J. Tickner
2004
Peace Review: A Journal of Social Justice
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46. Can States Buy Peace? Social Welfare Spending and Civil Conflicts
Zeynep Taydas | Dursun Peksen
2012
Journal of Peace Research
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47. Women Opposing U.S. Militarism in East Asia
Gwyn Kirk | Margo Okazawa-Rey
2004
Peace Review: A Journal of Social Justice
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Marianne Dahl | Bjørn Høyland
2012
Journal of Peace Research
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49. Sharing the Wealth: A Pathway to Peace or a Trail to Nowhere?
Helga Binningsbø | Siri Rustad
2012
Binningsbø and Siri Aas Rustad Conflict Management and Peace Science
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Stuart Kaufman
2006
Journal of Peace Research
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51. Truth-Seeking, Truth-Telling, and Postconflict Peacebuilding: Curb the Enthusiasm?
David Mendeloff
2004
International Studies Review
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52. Trust and the Problem of National Reconciliation
Trudy Govier | Wilhelm Verwoerd
2002
Philosophy of the Social Sciences
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53. Genocide and the Legal Process in Rwanda: From Genocide Amnesty to the New Rule of Law
Augustine Brannigan | Nicholas Jones
2009
International Criminal Justice Review
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54. The Demand for Reparations: Grievance, Risk, and the Pursuit of Justice in Civil War Settlement
Prakash Adhikari | Wendy Hansen | Kathy Powers
2012
Journal of Conflict Resolution
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Ifat Maoz
2011
Journal of Peace Research
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56. Peace Education in Societies Involved in Intractable Conflicts: Direct and Indirect Models
Daniel Bar-Tal | Yigal Rosen
2009
Review of Educational Research
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Volume IV: Contexts
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Stephanie Westlund
2010
Global Change, Peace & Security
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58. ‘Norway is a Peace Nation’: A Discourse Analytic Reading of the Norwegian Peace Engagement
Øystein Skånland
2010
Skånland Cooperation and Conflict
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59. Peace Building in Violent Conflict: Israeli-Palestinian Post-Oslo People-to-People Activities
Ifat Maoz
2004
International Journal of Politics, Culture and Society
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Paul Kingston
2012
International Journal: Canada's Journal of Global Policy Analysis
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61. Creating ‘Partners for Peace’: The Palestinian Authority and the International Statebuilding Agenda
Mandy Turner
2011
Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding
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62. Women, Violence and Nonviolent Resistance in East Timor
Christine Mason
2005
Journal of Peace Research
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63. Peacebuilding and State Formation in Post-Conflict Bougainville
Volker Boege
2009
Peace Review: A Journal of Social Justice
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64. The Construction of Grievance: Natural Resources and Identity in a Separatist Conflict
Edward Aspinall
2007
Journal of Conflict Resolution
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65. Gulu in War … and Peace? The Town as Camp in Northern Uganda
Adam Branch
2013
Urban Studies
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66. The Power of Sweet Words: Local Forms of Intervention with War-Affected Women in Rural Sierra Leone
Denise Doucet | Myriam Denov
2012
International Social Work
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Stephen Lubkemann
2005
Journal of Peace Research
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68. Rwanda: The Perils of Peacemaking
Christopher Clapham
1998
Journal of Peace Research
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69. Local Violence and International Intervention in Sudan
Gunnar Sørbø
2010
Review of African Political Economy
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70. Building Community following Displacement Due to Armed Conflict: A Case Study1
Margarita Frederico | Clifford Picton | Steven Muncy | Luis Ongsiapco | Celia Santos | Vladimir Hernandez
2007
International Social Work
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71. El Salvador: Two Cheers for Democracy?
Matthew Carr
1994
Race & Class
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72. ‘So These Folks Are Aggressive’: An Orientalist Reading of ‘Afghan Warlords’
Keith Stanski
2009
Security Dialogue
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73. The ‘Paradox’ of Tuzla City: Explaining Non-Nationalist Local Politics during the Bosnian War
Ioannis Armakolas
2011
Europe-Asia Studies
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