Understanding Quality Peace: Peacebuilding After Civil War
February 2018
Publisher: RoutledgeISBN: 9781138307681
Authors:
Madhav Joshi
University of Notre Dame
Peter Wallensteen
Uppsala University
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This book provides an analytical framework for understanding how the concept of quality peace can be used to evaluate post-conflict peacebuilding, using social science, statistics, and case studies. Including contributions from more than 20 researchers and practitioners, it argues that the quality of the peace in a post-conflict state relates to the extent to which peace accords are implemented, the agreed-upon mechanism for the non-violent resolution of the conflict, and the available social space for civil and political actors. To arrive at the concept of 'quality peace', the authors evaluate the existing literature and identify a lack of a satisfactory means of measuring outcomes, and consequently how these might be researched comparatively. The volume problematizes the 'quality peace' concept as a way to understand the origins of armed conflict as well as problems deriving from the conflict dynamics and the need for social, political, and economic changes in the post-conflict periods. The book emphasizes five dimensions as crucial for quality peace in a post-accord society. Negotiations and agreements not only aim at avoiding the return of war but also seek to: (1) promote reconciliation, (2) develop mechanisms for resolving future disputes, (3) provide for reliable security, (4) open economic opportunities for marginalized segments of the population, and (5) generate space for civil society. These five dimensions together provide for quality peace after war. They are studied in the context of internal armed conflicts in which multiple parties have signed a peace agreement. This book will be of great interest to students of peace and conflict studies, civil wars, global governance, security studies, and International Relations in general.
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... The conceptualisation of the quality of peace is based on the thrust of successful peace processes that bring about social, political, and economic changes in post-accord society and sustain the existence of peace itself, not only by systematically addressing the commonly understood root causes of the armed conflict, but also by addressing the problems caused by the armed conflict, such as security issues and issues related to governance (Joshi & Wallensteen, 2018). ...
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... Scholars have long recognized that peace is more than the absence of war (see, e.g., Galtung 1969;Richmond 2008;Wallensteen 2015;Diehl 2016;Campbell, Findley, and Kikuta 2017;Guarrieri, Drury, and Murdie 2017;Joshi and Wallensteen 2018;Goertz 2020), yet questions still remain as to how appropriately define and study the phenomenon of peace. Clarity in terms of definitions makes a huge difference when we want to determine the breadth and width of a phenomenon, as well as when we want to explain its variation. ...
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