Peacebuilding in Practice

Peacebuilding in Practice
Author: Adam Moore
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2013-08-15
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0801469554

In November 2007 Adam Moore was conducting fieldwork in Mostar when the southern Bosnian city was rocked by two days of violent clashes between Croat and Bosniak youth. It was not the city’s only experience of ethnic conflict in recent years. Indeed, Mostar’s problems are often cited as emblematic of the failure of international efforts to overcome deep divisions that continue to stymie the postwar peace process in Bosnia. Yet not all of Bosnia has been plagued by such troubles. Mostar remains mired in distrust and division, but the Brčko District in the northeast corner of the country has become a model of what Bosnia could be. Its multiethnic institutions operate well compared to other municipalities, and are broadly supported by those who live there; it also boasts the only fully integrated school system in the country. What accounts for the striking divergence in postwar peacebuilding in these two towns? Moore argues that a conjunction of four factors explains the contrast in peacebuilding outcomes in Mostar and Brčko: The design of political institutions, the sequencing of political and economic reforms, local and regional legacies from the war, and the practice and organization of international peacebuilding efforts in the two towns. Differences in the latter, in particular, have profoundly shaped relations between local political elites and international officials. Through a grounded analysis of localized peacebuilding dynamics in these two cities Moore generates a powerful argument concerning the need to rethink how peacebuilding is done—that is, a shift in the habitus or culture that governs international peacebuilding activities and priorities today.

Peace Watch

Peace Watch
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 460
Release: 1994
Genre: International relations
ISBN:

Women in War and Peace

Women in War and Peace
Author: Donna Ramsey Marshall
Publisher:
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2000
Genre: Conflict management
ISBN:

From the John Holmes Library collection.

De Facto States

De Facto States
Author: Tozun Bahcheli
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 570
Release: 2004-09-09
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1135771200

In this new century, the relentless appeal of national self-determination has moved beyond decolonisation. A large group of de facto states, would-be sovereignties, now seek international recognition. In some cases these 'nations in waiting' have already established the exclusivity of their writ on the ground and wait only for the outside world to come to terms with the realities of their existence. In others, there are powerful external players who could undermine their claims on one hand or ensure their success on the other. The cases described in this book are to be found throughout the world: Abkhazia and Chechnya in the Caucasus; Kosovo, Montenegro, Republika Srpska, and Transnistria in eastern Europe; Palestine and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus in the Middle East; Somaliland in Africa; and Bougainville in the Pacific. Are these isolated voices or a harbinger of things to come? Their demands for separate statehood have breached the orthodoxies of territorial integrity and eroded the taboos of secession. Other large states, such as Indonesia, Nigeria, and the Sudan, also teeter on the brink of disintegration.

Peaceworks

Peaceworks
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 422
Release: 1995
Genre: International relations
ISBN:

Balkan Idols

Balkan Idols
Author: Vjekoslav Perica
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 374
Release: 2002
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780195174298

This text explores the political role and influence of Serbian Orthodox, Croatian Catholic, and Yugoslav Muslim religious organizations in the Balkans during 20th century. The author rejects the notion that a 'clash of civilizations' has played a central role in fomenting aggression.