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When studying matters of peace and security, most of the practitioner and academic community trains its eye on states and other international actors. Richmond, though, challenges us to approach these matters from the ground up, and consider whether and how local actors are the key for understanding the transformation of conflict-ridden societies that have learned to develop a culture, practices, and institutions of nonviolent dispute resolution. A necessary corrective to standard treatments of peace and security. - Michael Barnett, University Professor of International Relations and Political Science, George Washington University Who and what is peace for? Richmond's latest powerful critique interrogates the failure of peace and peacebuilding to engage with peace movements or protect the rights of populations. His answers challenge the statist, institutionalist and neoliberal conceptions of peace, and hail the tenacious local processes in which the formation of peace, and governing legitimacy reside. - Michael Pugh, Emeritus Professor, University of Bradford, and Visiting Professor, Radboud University Nijmegen Oliver P. Richmond's remarkable study draws on a wide range of interesting empirical cases. The result is a thought-provoking and theoretically sophisticated monograph that breaks new ground in asking how an international system built by local peace actors might look. - Tarja Vayrynen, Professor of Peace and Conflict Research, Tampere Peace Research Institute

When studying matters of peace and security, most of the practitioner and academic community trains its eye on states and other international actors. Richmond, though, challenges us to approach these matters from the ground up, and consider whether and how local actors are the key for understanding the transformation of conflict-ridden societies that have learned to develop a culture, practices, and institutions of nonviolent dispute resolution. A necessary corrective to standard treatments of peace and security. - Michael Barnett, University Professor of International Relations and Political Science, George Washington University Who and what is peace for? Richmond's latest powerful critique interrogates the failure of peace and peacebuilding to engage with peace movements or protect the rights of populations. His answers challenge the statist, institutionalist and neoliberal conceptions of peace, and hail the tenacious local processes in which the formation of peace, and governing legitimacy reside. - Michael Pugh, Emeritus Professor, University of Bradford, and Visiting Professor, Radboud University Nijmegen Oliver P. Richmond's remarkable study draws on a wide range of interesting empirical cases. The result is a thought-provoking and theoretically sophisticated monograph that breaks new ground in asking how an international system built by local peace actors might look. - Tarja Vayrynen, Professor of Peace and Conflict Research, Tampere Peace Research Institute

When studying matters of peace and security, most of the practitioner and academic community trains its eye on states and other international actors. Richmond, though, challenges us to approach these matters from the ground up, and consider whether and how local actors are the key for understanding the transformation of conflict-ridden societies that have learned to develop a culture, practices, and institutions of nonviolent dispute resolution. A necessary corrective to standard treatments of peace and security. - Michael Barnett, University Professor of International Relations and Political Science, George Washington University Who and what is peace for? Richmond's latest powerful critique interrogates the failure of peace and peacebuilding to engage with peace movements or protect the rights of populations. His answers challenge the statist, institutionalist and neoliberal conceptions of peace, and hail the tenacious local processes in which the formation of peace, and governing legitimacy reside. - Michael Pugh, Emeritus Professor, University of Bradford, and Visiting Professor, Radboud University Nijmegen Oliver P. Richmond's remarkable study draws on a wide range of interesting empirical cases. The result is a thought-provoking and theoretically sophisticated monograph that breaks new ground in asking how an international system built by local peace actors might look. - Tarja Vayrynen, Professor of Peace and Conflict Research, Tampere Peace Research Institute When studying matters of peace and security, most of the practitioner and academic community trains its eye on states and other international actors. Richmond, though, challenges us to approach these matters from the ground up, and consider whether and how local actors are the key for understanding the transformation of conflict-ridden societies that have learned to develop a culture, practices, and institutions of nonviolent dispute resolution. A necessary corrective to standard treatments of peace and security. - Michael Barnett, University Professor of International Relations and Political Science, George Washington University Who and what is peace for? Richmond's latest powerful critique interrogates the failure of peace and peacebuilding to engage with peace movements or protect the rights of populations. His answers challenge the statist, institutionalist and neoliberal conceptions of peace, and hail the tenacious local processes in which the formation of peace, and governing legitimacy reside. - Michael Pugh, Emeritus Professor, University of Bradford, and Visiting Professor, Radboud University Nijmegen Oliver P. Richmond's remarkable study draws on a wide range of interesting empirical cases. The result is a thought-provoking and theoretically sophisticated monograph that breaks new ground in asking how an international system built by local peace actors might look. - Tarja Vayrynen, Professor of Peace and Conflict Research, Tampere Peace Research Institute

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Oliver P. Richmond is Research Professor in International Relations and Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Manchester. He is also International Professor, College of International Studies, Kyung Hee University, Korea and a Visiting Professor at the University of Tromso.

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