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A Human Security Peace-Building Agenda

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International peace building in post-conflict societies has helped to bring armed conflicts to an end and reduced the recurrence of war. According to some scholars, peace building has therefore contributed to the apparent downward trend of major intra-state conflict in recent years. However, the liberal institutionalist values which underpin international peace building—emphasising democracy, free market economics and the liberal state—have raised a range of criticisms and challenges from scholars as well as local stakeholders in the societies in which peace-building programmes are deployed. In particular, the prevailing approaches to peace-building give insufficient attention to basic and everyday human needs, and promote externally conceived models of state institutions which are not always appropriate. This article explores the problems of contemporary peace building and argues that an alternative vision which draws upon the concept of human security and gives greater emphasis to welfare, livelihoods and local engagement can make peace building more legitimate and sustainable.

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  • Edward Newman, 2011. "A Human Security Peace-Building Agenda," Third World Quarterly, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 32(10), pages 1737-1756.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ctwqxx:v:32:y:2011:i:10:p:1737-1756
    DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2011.610568
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    1. Krampe, Florian & Hegazi, Farah & VanDeveer, Stacy D., 2021. "Sustaining peace through better resource governance: Three potential mechanisms for environmental peacebuilding," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 144(C).
    2. Kirsten Howarth, 2014. "Connecting the dots: Liberal peace and post-conflict violence and crime," Progress in Development Studies, , vol. 14(3), pages 261-273, July.

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