...This chapter introduces the book, explaining its rationale and purpose. It introduces the reader to an understanding of both peacebuilding and community development. In relation to the former there is a discussion about how the concept of peacebuilding has developed (drawing on Galtung, Lederach...

...This chapter concludes the volume and brings together the argument of service-delivery, local interactions and vertical relationships as peacebuilding functions and local governments as actors in long-term local peacebuilding. Picking up on the particularities in the three municipalities...

...This book explores how local peace is built and performed in Lebanon through empirical material from the municipalities of Tyre, Bourj Hammoud and Saida. The book highlights three key points brought forward in the local peacebuilding literature: that peace needs to respond to local needs...

... Study peacebuilding post conflict UNSCR 1325 UN Women cash economy Connell John Curry George N economics of place Georgetown Institute for Women Peace and Security Koczberski Gina relational economies Björkdahl Annika frictions Höglund Kristine peace dividend armed conflict Collier Paul...

... orientation September conflict queer methodology LGBTQ violence fieldwork international relations queering conflict queer peacebuilding queering peacebuilding Amid the growing politicization of LGBTIQ+ identities, ¹ it is now more urgent than ever to bring a queer dimension to conflict...

...This chapter situates the emergence of new forms of community-led participatory peacebuilding in relation to the wider Colombian peace process. During the implementation of the peace agreement, shortcomings with the mechanisms that were designed to enable popular participation became increasingly...

... and beyond Colombia to overcome the conflict(s) that inhibit their ability to live with dignity. Buenaventura Catatumbo extractivist economics neoliberalization participatory peacebuilding Paz total total peace Petro Gustavo ‘total peace’ Afro Colombian communities campesinos DSTs diálogos socio...

... linking traditional and contemporary practice. The chapter discusses what is known about the potential of mediated public diplomacy and online subsidies for peacebuilding, beyond national interests and image building. The arguments put forward are that public diplomacy can be understood...

...Chapter 2 explains the contribution of studies on peacebuilding and space as well as political geography and peacebuilding to the notion of peacebuilding and the proposition that countries and international organizations promote peacebuilding agendas in targeted spaces of intervention. To grasp...

...Chapter 4 summarizes how the USA, Canada, Sweden, United Kingdom, United Nations, European Union, World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank and MAPP/OEA have been involved in peacebuilding efforts in Colombia, drawing from official reports and documentation. The chapter describes the cooperation...

...Chapter 5 focuses on views held locally in Colombia regarding the countries and international organizations whose peacebuilding cooperation is studied in this work. It describes local key stakeholders in Colombia, including FARC, expert commentators and academics writing for the magazine Razón...

...Introducing the book, Navigating the Local: Local Peacebuilding in Lebanese Municipalities, this chapter presents the local peacebuilding debate and the dilemma between promoting locally contextualized peacebuilding strategies and the need for knowledge on peacebuilding beyond isolated events...

...This chapter examines local governance in Lebanon in relation to Lebanese conflicts and peacebuilding. It discusses the Lebanese civil war and its aftermath, emphasizing developments in sectarian and political divides, modes of governance and present-day challenges. In addition, the chapter frames...

... peacebuilding efforts in Colombia between November 2016 and February 2019 through online subsidies, to what extent differing frames regarding space transformation and peacebuilding reflected consensus, complementarity, dissent or dispersion, in the background of two Colombian governments opposed on the peace...

...Chapter 3 compares peacebuilding efforts carried out by the Colombian governments of Juan Manuel Santos and Ivan Duque, based on reports from government and the Office of the Comptroller General and online subsidies from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The chapter also discusses the role...

...This book explores how key countries (US, Canada, Sweden, UK) and international organizations (EU, UN, World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, MAPP/OEA) promoted geographically targeted peacebuilding efforts in Colombia between November 2016 and February 2019 through online subsidies or daily...

...This chapter outlines the analytical framework used for analysing the role of local governments in local peacebuilding. First, the chapter discusses local service delivery, arguing that providing for local needs is central to local legitimacy, which essentially promotes stability and peace. Second...

...This chapter explores service delivery in the municipalities of Tyre, Bourj Hammoud and Saida and how service provision relates to local peacebuilding through responsiveness, inclusiveness, municipal capacity as well as the idea of economic development. Empirically it scrutinizes the municipality’s...

...This chapter discusses local interactions in the municipalities of Tyre, Bourj Hammoud and Saida as a peacebuilding function. The empirical discussions on structures for inclusion, daily interactions and inclusion in service delivery are analysed through the themes of participation, influence...