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Advancing Peacebuilding from the Ground up
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Institut für Friedensforschung und Sicherheitspolitik an der Universität Hamburg (IFSH)
Abstract
For many years, scholars and practitioners have been struggling with problems of local ownership in international organizations-led peacebuilding. Despite the discourse surrounding giving ownership to local communities, top-down approaches prevail in practice and often lead to counterproductive outc... view more
For many years, scholars and practitioners have been struggling with problems of local ownership in international organizations-led peacebuilding. Despite the discourse surrounding giving ownership to local communities, top-down approaches prevail in practice and often lead to counterproductive outcomes. Ethnographic fieldwork has proven that international organizsations could achieve a better understanding of local experiential perspectives on conflict and peace. Here, we point to key features of local peace and suggest how international organizations could better incorporate peaceful local agency, cope with power imbalances and advance strategies for peacebuilding from the ground up.... view less
Keywords
international organization; conflict management; peace process; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; peacekeeping; field research; Central Asia
Classification
Peace and Conflict Research, International Conflicts, Security Policy
Free Keywords
Peacebuilding; Konfliktbearbeitung; internationales Konfliktmanagement
Document language
English
Publication Year
2021
City
Hamburg
Page/Pages
4 p.
Series
IFSH Policy Brief, 04/21
Status
Published Version; reviewed