Roll, K;
(2016)
The new local: Reappraising peacebuilding from the grassroots.
International Studies Review
, 18
(3)
pp. 542-547.
10.1093/isr/viv012.
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Abstract
Recent scholarship on civil war has identified that conflict is waged on multiple levels. What if we thought about building peace in a similar, multilevel way? This article reviews three recent additions to the literature on peacebuilding and argues that, in distinguishing between local and national conflict dynamics, they mark a useful departure from the dominant treatment of the local in relation to “top-down” peacebuilding. Particular attention is paid to Odendaal’s thoughtful work on local peace committees and Anderson and Wallace’s compelling survey of communities that chose to “opt out” of war. By exploring situations of disjuncture, in which there is consensus for peace on either the local or national level but not both, these authors emphasize the importance of creating cross-level linkages. They also underscore the distinctive capability for peacebuilding, yet also violence and instability, that resides in the local level.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | The new local: Reappraising peacebuilding from the grassroots |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1093/isr/viv012 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1093/isr/viv012 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Local peacebuilding, peace committees, micro-level analysis, NGOs |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Inst for Innovation and Public Purpose |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10074528 |
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