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Post-Conflict Peacebuilding A Lexicon

Author: Vincent Chetail
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199568154
Published In: March 2009
Format: Hardback
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First book to clarify and illuminate all the key aspects of post-conflict peacebuilding
Clear layout with a general introduction on the concept of post-conflict peacebuilding, followed by twenty-six essays on its key components, including capacity-building, security sector reform, and transitional justice
Contributions by thirty international experts in the field of peacebuilding
Post-Conflict Peacebuilding comes at a critical time for post-conflict peacebuilding. Its rapid move towards the top of the international political agenda has been accompanied by added scrutiny, as the international community seeks to meet the multi-dimensional challenges of building a just and sustainable peace in societies ravaged by war. Beyond the strictly operational dimension, there is considerable ambiguity in the concepts and terminology used to discuss post-conflict peacebuilding. This ambiguity undermines efforts to agree on common understandings of how peace can be most effectively 'built', thereby impeding swift, coherent action. Accordingly, this lexicon aims to clarify and illuminate the multiple facets of post-conflict peacebuilding, by presenting its major themes and trends from an analytical perspective.

To this end, the book opens with a general introduction on the concept of post-conflict peacebuilding, followed by twenty-six essays on its key elements (including capacity-building, conflict transformation, reconciliation, recovery, rule of law, security sector reform, and transitional justice). Written by international experts from a range of disciplines, including political science and international relations, international law, economics, and sociology, these essays cover the whole spectrum of post-conflict peacebuilding. In reflecting a diversity of perspectives the lexicon sheds light on many different challenges associated with post-conflict peacebuilding. For each key concept a generic definition is proposed, which is then expanded through discussion of three main areas: the meaning and origin of the concept; its content and essential components; and its means of implementation, including lessons learned from past practice.

Readership: Students, scholars and practitioners interested in peacebuilding (decision-makers, diplomats, civil servants, military officers, members of NGOs, UN, ministries of foreign affairs, development agencies, field officers, donors etc).

Vincent Chetail: Introduction: Post-Conflict Peacebuilding- Ambiguity and Identity
Volker Türk: Capacity-building
Thierry Tardy: Civil-military Interface
Thania Paffenholz: Civil Society
Achim Wennmann: Conflict Economies
Laurent Goetschel: Conflict Transformation
Rama Mani and Jana Krause: Democratic Governance
Robert Muggah: Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration
Victor-Yves Ghebali: Free and Fair Elections
Keith Krause: Human Security
Louise Doswald-Beck: International Crimes
Béatrice Pouligny: Local Ownership
Davide Orifici and Suzanne Damman: Mine Action
Andrew Clapham: Non-state Actors
Nigel White: Peace Operations
Bertrand G. Ramcharan: Peace Process
Gilles Carbonnier: Private Sector
Pierre Hazan: Reconciliation
Riccardo Bocco, Pierre Harrisson and Lucas Oesch: Recovery
Marco Sassòli: Reparation
Daniel Warner and Gilles Giacca: Responsibility to Protect
Vicky Tennant: Return and Reintegration
Vera Gowlland-Debbas and Vassilis Pergantis: Rule of Law
Heiner Hänggi: Security Sector Reform
Marwa Daoudy: State-building
Richard Caplan: Transitional Administration
Anne-Marie La Rosa and Xavier Philippe: Transitional Justice

Edited by Vincent Chetail, Associate Professor in Public International Law, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (Geneva), Research Director, Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights

Dr Vincent Chetail is Associate Professor in Public International Law at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva and Research Director at the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights. He is also Editor-in-Chief of Refugee Survey Quarterly and has been consultant for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for several years.

Contributors:

Riccardo Bocco - Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
Richard Caplan - Linacre College, Oxford
Gilles Carbonnier - Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
Vincent Chetail - Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
Andrew Clapham - Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
Suzanne Damman - Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, Geneva
Marwa Daoudy - Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
Louise Doswald-Beck - Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
Victor-Yves Ghebali - Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
Gilles Giacca - Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
Laurent Goetschel - University of Basel
Vera Gowlland-Debbas - Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
Heiner Hänggi - Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces
Pierre Harrisson - Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
Pierre Hazan - Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
Jana Krause - Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
Keith Krause - Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
Anne-Marie La Rosa - International Committee of the Red Cross
Rama Mani - formerly of the International Centre for Ethnic Studies, Colombo
Robert Muggah - Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
Lucas Oesch - Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
Davide Orifici - formerly of the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining
Thania Paffenholz - Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
Vassilis Pergantis - Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
Xavier Philippe - University Paul Cézanne - Aix-Marseille III
Béatrice Pouligny - Centre for International Studies and Research, Paris
Bertrand Ramcharan - Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
Marco Sassòli - University of Geneva
Thierry Tardy - Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
Vicky Tennant - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Volker Türk - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Daniel Warner - Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
Achim Wennmann - Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
Nigel White - University of Sheffield

"There is no question that the volume will help address a serious gap in peacebuilding research. The coverage of this book is impressive and many distinguished scholars involved in peacebuilding, particularly those who work on the legal aspects of peacemaking around the world, have contributed articles...The <i>Lexicon</i> provides a useful introduction to a complex and changing subject area in a lucid and engaging way. The book should be read widely." - Nana K. Poku, International Peacekeeping Journal 16 (4), 2009

"...a critical, clear-sighted work of research...the book deserves a wide readership among all sorts of peacebuilders in order to enable them to balance the sensitive elements of peacebuilding" - Ursula Blanke-Kießling, German Yearbook of International Law