The struggle versus the song - the local turn in peacebuilding: an introduction
Hughes, Caroline Ojendal, J. Schierenbeck, I.
Hughes, Caroline
Ojendal, J.
Schierenbeck, I.
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This introduction presents how views on ‘the local turn’ in peacebuilding has evolved into a significant discourse. Currently, it has ‘its moment’ and is widely used by theorists and practitioners alike, by normative localists as well as by liberal policy-makers, albeit for different reasons and with differing intensions. We suggest that international interventions for the purpose of peacebuilding cannot be justified a priori, but requires resonance at the ‘receiving end’, which the local dimension potentially offers. It is however an elusive and contested concept that requires thorough scrutiny and critical assessment. Here a collection of conceptual and empirical articles is contextualised and introduced, painting a broad state-of-the-art of the pros and cons of the local turn.
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Hughes C, Ojendal J and Schierenbeck I (2015) The struggle versus the song - the local turn in peacebuilding: an introduction. Third World Quarterly. 36(5): 817-824.
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