Overview

This book presents new theoretical and conceptual perspectives on the problematique of building just and durable peace. Research on peace and justice is widespread in most disciplines ranging from philosophy, politics, and ethics, to religion and economics. Furthermore, linking peace to justice has sparked a lively debate about the dilemmas and trade-offs between justice and peace in many contemporary peace processes. This book presents the state-of-the-art of this debate and contributes to innovative onceptualisations of just peace as well as advancement of the research agenda on justice and peacebuilding. The book provides in-depth and up-to-date analyses based on extensive fieldwork of various peacebuilding efforts in the Middle East and the western Balkans, and the EU's peacebuilding activities in particular are analysed. These empirical insights are used to enhance policy-relevant knowledge regarding the effectiveness of peacebuilding strategies and to evaluate to what extent they may enhance self-sustainable peace. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, which draws on research from such disciplines as political science, international relations, international law, peace and conflict research, the book presents a number of original theoretical and methodological perspectives to the study of just and durable peace. This book will be of much interest to students of peacebuilding, peace and conflict studies, Middle Eastern Politics, European Politics and IR/Security Studies.

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Author:   Karin Aggestam ,  Annika Björkdahl
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.630kg
ISBN:  

9780415525039

ISBN 10:   0415525039
Pages:   252
Publication Date:   12 July 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction: The Study of Just and Durable Peace, Karin Aggestam & Annika Björkdahl Part I: Just Peace in Theory 1. Linking Peace and Justice in Peacemaking, Yaacov Bar-Siman-Tov 2. Seizing the Middle Ground for a Just Peace: The Politics of Recognition and Reconciliation, Karin Aggestam 3. Beyond Justice versus Peace: Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding Strategies, Johanna Herman, Olga Martin-Ortega, and Chandra Lekha Sriram 4. From Peacebuilding as Resistance to Peacebuilding as Liberation, Oliver Richmond 5. Deliberating and Localizing Just Peace, Annika Björkdahl 6. Beyond Eschatology: A Non-Teleological Approach to Security, Justice and Peace, Adrian Hyde-Price 7. Justice Post Bellum and International Law, Inger Österdahl Part II: In Search for Just Peace in Practice 8. Peace Agreements, Justice and Durable Peace, Peter Wallensteen, Erik Melander and Stina Högbladh 9. Social Justice, Restorative Justice, and EU Peacebuilding in the Arab-Islamic World, Hasan Momani and Sarah Ann Rennick 10. Towards a Just Peace? Roles and Dilemmas of EU Peacebuilding in Israel and Palestine, Anders Persson 11. Representations of Peace in the EU Peacebuilding Approach in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Stefanie Kappler 12. Transitional Justice in the Quest for a Just and Durable Peace in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Olga Martin-Ortega Conclusion: The Quest for Just Peace: Rethinking Peacebuilding in Theory and Practice, Karin Aggestam & Annika Björkdahl

Reviews

This book will be of interest to a wide range of students, scholars and practitioners interested in better understanding the notion of 'just peace'. The particulars of the case studies will speak most clearly to scholars and practitioners concerned with Israel-Palestine and Bosnia-Herzegovina, especially those working from within an EU context. However, the theoretical contributions made in the introduction and part 1 of the volume, and the lessons gleaned from part 2, have much broader applicability. This book is therefore important reading for anyone concerned with better understanding the relationship between peace and justice, and the changing nature of contemporary peacebuilding. - Christina Woolner, University of Hargeisa, Somliland

Author Information

Karin Aggestam is associate professor in Political Science and currently the director of Peace and Conflict Studies, Lund University, Sweden. Annika Bjorkdahl is lecturer at Lund University, Sweden.

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