Post-Liberal Peace Transitions: Between Peace Formation and State Formation

by Oliver P. Richmond and Sandra Pogodda

Book Overview

Why is it that states emerging from intervention, peacebuilding and statebuilding over the last 25 years appear to be 'failed by design'? This study explores the interplay of local peace agency with the (neo)liberal peacebuilding project. And it looks at how far can local 'peace formation' dynamics can go to counteract the forces of violence and play a role in rebuilding the state, consolidate peace processes and induce a more progressive form...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1474428401
• ISBN13: 9781474428408
• Release Date: August 2017
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"