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Furthering relational approaches to peace

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  • Morgan Brigg

    (School of Political Science and International Studies, The University of Queensland, Australia)

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Relational scholarship is burgeoning across the social sciences and gaining ground in peace and conflict studies. But relationalism is prone to misunderstanding. This article demonstrates that the ‘relational’ is an ontological orientation, with foundational implications for how social scientists know the world, rather than a methodological stance oriented to relationships. It offers a threefold framework that clarifies forms of relational-ontological scholarship and the trade-offs among them without prescribing the methods of relational research. It argues that while all forms of relational-ontological scholarship have value, those that give greater emphasis to relations than to entities help to better analyse dynamism and diversity, and that the normative value of relational approaches lies in considering peace as an effect of relations and turning to relations-in-themselves.

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  • Morgan Brigg, 2025. "Furthering relational approaches to peace," Journal of Peace Research, Peace Research Institute Oslo, vol. 62(4), pages 1046-1060, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:joupea:v:62:y:2025:i:4:p:1046-1060
    DOI: 10.1177/00223433241267811
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