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OverviewThis book explores the meaning of local ownership in peacebuilding and examines the ways in which it has been, and could be, operationalized in post-conflict environments. In the context of post-conflict peacebuilding, the idea of local ownership is based upon the premise that no peace process is sustainable in the absence of a meaningful degree of local involvement. Despite growing recognition of the importance of local ownership, however, relatively little attention has been paid to specifying what precisely the concept means or how it might be implemented. This volume contributes to the ongoing debate on the future of liberal peacebuilding through a critical investigation of the notion of local ownership, and challenges conventional assumptions about who the relevant locals are and what they are expected to own. Drawing on case studies from Bosnia, Afghanistan and Haiti, the text argues that local ownership can only be fostered through a long-term consensus-building process, which involves all levels of the conflict-affected society. This book will be of great interest to students of peacebuilding, peace and conflict studies, development studies, security studies and IR. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Timothy Donais (York University, Toronto, Canada)Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.520kg ISBN: 9780415588744ISBN 10: 041558874 Pages: 192 Publication Date: 12 April 2012 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 Contents1. Making Sense of Local Ownership in Peacebuilding Contexts 2. The Liberal Peace and the Ownership Question 3. Elite Ownership: Elections and Beyond 4. Civil Society as Societal Ownership 5. Bosnia: Ownership through Imposition? 6. Afghanistan: Peacebuilding, Political Culture, and the Limits of Social Engineering 7. Haiti: Ownership and the Political Economy of Peacebuilding 8. Conclusion: Towards Peacebuilding as Consensus-BuildingReviewsAuthor InformationTimothy Donais is Associate Professor of Global Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Canada. His current research focuses on post-conflict peacebuilding. He is the author of The Political Economy of Peacebuilding in Post-Dayton Bosnia (Routledge, 2005) and, more recently, the editor of Local Ownership and Security Sector Reform (Lit Verlag, 2008). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |