Overview

Countries emerging from civil war or protracted violence often face the daunting challenge of rebuilding their economy while simultaneously creating the political and social conditions for a stable peace. The implicit assumption in the international community that rapid political democratisation along with economic liberalisation holds the key to sustainable peace is belied by the experiences of countries such as Iraq and Afghanistan. Often, the challenges of post-conflict reconstruction revolve around the timing and sequencing of different reform that may have contradictory implications. Drawing on a range of thematic studies and empirical cases, this book examines how post-conflict reconstruction policies can be better sequenced in order to promote sustainable peace. The book provides evidence that many reforms that are often thought to be imperative in post-conflict societies may be better considered as long-term objectives, and that the immediate imperative for such societies should be 'people-centred' policies.

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Author:   Arnim Langer (, Director, Centre for Research on Peace and Development (CRPD), KU Leuven) ,  Graham K. Brown (, Professor of International Development and Head of Social Sciences, University of Western Australia)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 3.10cm , Length: 24.80cm
Weight:   0.982kg
ISBN:  

9780198757276

ISBN 10:   0198757271
Pages:   498
Publication Date:   23 June 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Geert Bourgeois: Foreword 1: Arnim Langer, Graham K. Brown, and Hanne Albers: Introduction: Timing and Sequencing of Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Peacebuilding PART I: ISSUES AND DYNAMICS 2: Roger Mac Ginty: Political versus Sociological Time: The Fraught World of Timelines and Deadlines 3: Tony Addison, Rachel Gisselquist, Miguel Niño-Zarazúa, and Saurabh Singhal: Needs versus Expediency: Poverty Reduction and Social Development in Post-Conflict 4: Graciana del Castillo: Economic Reconstruction and Reforms in Post-Conflict Countries 5: Benjamin Reilly: Timing and Sequencing in Post-Conflict Elections 6: Anna Jarstad: Democratization After Civil War: Timing and Sequencing of Peacebuilding Reforms 7: Graham K. Brown: Civil Society Building in Post-Conflict Countries 8: Robert Muggah and Chris O'Donnell: Sequencing Next Generation Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration in Peace Processes 9: Léonce Ndikumana: The Role of Foreign Aid in Post-Conflict Countries 10: Laurie Anne Pearlman and Ervin Staub: Sequencing Trauma Recovery and Reconciliation Interventions in Post-Conflict Settings 11: Lynn Davies: The Politics of Peace Education in Post-Conflict Countries 12: Jamie Rowen: Reconciliation in Divided Societies: Considerations for Timing and Sequencing PART II: COUNTRY EXPERIENCES 13: Janvier D. Nkurunziza: Timing and Sequencing of Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Peacebuilding in Burundi 14: Sara Hellmüller: Timing and Sequencing of Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Peacebuilding Efforts in DR Congo 15: Ukoha Ukiwo: Timing and Sequencing in Peacebuilding: The Case of Nigeria's Niger Delta Amnesty Programme 16: David J. Francis: Timing and Sequencing of Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Peacebuilding Efforts in South Sudan 17: Mark Kersten: Transitional Justice without a Peaceful Transition-The Case of Post-Gaddafi Libya 18: Jennifer Todd: Northern Ireland: Timing and Sequencing of Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Peacebuilding 19: Francisco Gutiérrez Sanín: Agrarian Debates in the Colombian Peace Process: Complex Issues, Unlikely Reformers, Unexpected Enablers 20: María Eugenia Ulfe: Neoliberal Reforms, Reparations, and Transitional Justice Measures in Torn-Apart Peru, 1980-2015 21: Damien Kingsbury: Timing and Sequencing Peace in Aceh 22: Mahendra Lawoti: Prolonged Transition and Setback in Reforms: Timing, Sequencing, and Contestations over Reforms in Post-Conflict Nepal 23: Oliver Walton: Timing and Sequencing of Post-Conflict Reconstruction and Peacebuilding in Sri Lanka PART III: CONCLUSIONS AND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS 24: Graham K. Brown and Arnim Langer: Timing and Sequencing of Peacebuilding Policies: People-Centred Prioritization and Post-Conflict Peacebuilding

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Arnim Langer is Director of the Centre for Research on Peace and Development (CRPD), Associate Professor in International Relations and Chair Holder of the UNESCO Chair in Building Sustainable Peace at the University of Leuven (KU Leuven) in Belgium. He is also a Research Associate at the Oxford Department of International Development (ODID) at the University of Oxford and a Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Development Studies (CDS) at the University of Bath. His research focuses on group behaviour and identity formation, the causes and consequences of violent conflict, the dynamics and persistence of horizontal inequalities, post-conflict economic reconstruction, DDR processes, and sustainable peace building and peace education in post-conflict countries. He has conducted extensive field research and is running large research projects on these topics in a range of African countries, in particular in Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, Uganda, Kenya, and DR Congo. Graham K. Brown is Professor of International Development and Head of School at the School of Social Sciences, UWA. Trained as a political scientist, Professor Brown works at the intersection of political science and development economics, with key interests in inequality, identity, and political mobilisation. He has worked extensively in Southeast Asia, particularly in Malaysia and Indonesia. He is Research Associate at the Universities of Oxford, Leuven, and Auckland, and has held visiting research positions at Stanford University and the National University of Singapore.

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