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OverviewThis book aims to outline and promote an ethnographic approach to evaluating international peacebuilding interventions in transitional states. While the evaluation of peacebuilding and transitional justice efforts has been a growing concern in recent years, too often evaluations assess projects based on locally irrelevant measures, reinforce the status quo distribution of power in transitional situations, and uncritically accept the implicit conceptions of the funders, planners, and administrators of such projects. This book argues that evaluating the effects of peacebuilding interventions demands an understanding of the local and culturally variable context of intervention. Throughout the book, the author draws on real world examples from extensive fieldwork in Sierra Leone to argue that local experiences should be considered the primary measure of a peacebuilding project’s success. An ethnographic approach recognizes diversity in conceptions of peace, justice, development and reconciliation and takes local approaches and local critiques of the international agenda seriously. It can help to empower local actors, hold the international peacebuilding industry accountable to its supposed beneficiaries, and challenge the Western centric ideas of what peace entails and how peacebuilding is achieved. This book will be of much interest to students and scholars of peacebuilding, peace and conflict studies, transitional justice, African politics, ethnography, International Relations and security studies, as well as practitioners working in the field. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Gearoid MillarPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.540kg ISBN: 9780415870351ISBN 10: 0415870356 Pages: 208 Publication Date: 06 May 2014 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsMillar's well thought through and structured study fulfils the important task of translating many previous theoretical insights and critiques into potential practices. Oliver P. Richmond, University of Manchester Millar's constructive criticism of quantitative approaches to peacebuilding design and assessment, complemented by his offer of practical tools, allows critical peacebuilding studies to transform into operative knowledge. This is what makes An ethnographic approach to peacebuilding mandatory reading for anyone - scholar or practitioner - involved or interested, at any rate, in peacebuilding fieldwork. - Stefano Ruzza, University of Turin, ERIS - European Review of International Studies Millar's well thought through and structured study fulfils the important task of translating many previous theoretical insights and critiques into potential practices. Oliver P. Richmond, University of Manchester Author InformationGearoid Millar is Lecturer in Sociology at the Institute for Conflict, Transition, and Peace Research (ICTPR) at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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