Peace after Revolutions

2021 ◽  
pp. 380-399
Author(s):  
Sandra Pogodda
Keyword(s):  
State Formation ◽  
Conflict Studies ◽  
Arab Region ◽  
Arab Uprisings ◽  
Peace And Conflict Studies ◽  
Peace And Conflict ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Liberal Peacebuilding

This chapter investigates how liberal peacebuilding has responded to and intervened in the revolutionary processes that unfolded in the aftermath of the Arab uprisings. In particular, it focuses on the tensions between the liberal peace’s orthodox and emancipatory strands by asking: Which role has liberal peacebuilding been playing in the postuprising period? Does it help or hinder revolutionary agency in the Arab region? By trying to understand different types of continuous revolutionary agency (here called “everyday state formation”), the chapter aims to close a gap in peace and conflict studies’ local turn. It argues that the disjunctures between revolutionary agency and liberal peacebuilding interventions run so deep in some areas that the latter risk appearing as counterrevolutionary practices.

scholarly journals Revolutions and the liberal peace: Peacebuilding as counterrevolutionary practice?

2020 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
pp. 347-364
Author(s):  
Sandra Pogodda
Keyword(s):  
State Formation ◽  
Arab Region ◽  
Arab Uprisings ◽  
Liberal Peace ◽  
Liberal Peacebuilding ◽  
The Relationship

This article explores the relationship between contemporary revolutionary agency, domestic reforms and liberal peacebuilding in the aftermath of the Arab Uprisings. In particular, it focuses on the tensions between the liberal peace’s orthodox and emancipatory strands by asking: Does liberal peacebuilding support or hinder revolutionary emancipation in the Arab region? The article aims to close a gap in PCS scholarship by delivering insights into contemporary revolutionary processes (here called ‘everyday state formation’). After elaborating the disjunctures between revolutionary agency and liberal peacebuilding interventions in the spheres of statebuilding, development and democratisation, many peacebuilding interventions appear as counterrevolutionary practices.

Emancipatory Peace

2021 ◽  
pp. 640-660
Author(s):  
Gëzim Visoka
Keyword(s):  
Critical Theory ◽  
Violent Conflict ◽  
Conflict Studies ◽  
Peace And Conflict Studies ◽  
Local Practices ◽  
Peace And Conflict ◽  
Liberal Peace ◽  
Future Direction ◽  
Liberal Peacebuilding ◽  
Shed Light

The quest for emancipation remains an aspirational project in critical peace and conflict studies. Recently, however, new proposals for emancipatory peace have emerged in conflict-affected societies. This chapter gives an overview of different visions of emancipatory peace and examines their key features. Whereas, for the proponents of liberal peace, local subjects need to be freed from the local practices, identities, habits, and structures that have caused violent conflict in the first place, critical scholars focus their emancipatory project on the importance of not only tackling the root causes of conflict but also unmaking the negative legacies of liberal peacebuilding’s failed attempts to resolve the tier-one suppressive structures. The first part of the chapter briefly outlines the significance of emancipation for different strands of critical theory. The tensions between deconstructive and reconstructive modes of critique will be examined to shed light on the extent to which critical theory can contribute to the development of emancipatory knowledge for social and political change. The discussion then surveys the early critiques of liberal peacebuilding and outlines some of the emerging visions of what emancipatory peace would look like in conflict-affected societies. Finally, the chapter traces some of the critiques of and responses to the visions of an emancipatory peace, and it concludes by exploring the limits of existing work in critical peace and conflict studies and exploring ideas for a future direction.

A culture of peace and leadership education

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 205-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erich P. Schellhammer
Keyword(s):  
Leadership Education ◽  
Leadership Studies ◽  
Conflict Studies ◽  
Content Type ◽  
World Community ◽  
Effective Leaders ◽  
Peace And Conflict Studies ◽  
Peace And Conflict ◽  
Culture Of Peace ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the connections between the principles of a culture of peace and leadership education. It argues that leadership should be informed by the values of a culture of peace. This, in turn, compels leadership education to teach mindsets, values and competencies aligned with a culture of peace. Design/methodology/approach The paper explores the evolution of leadership theory within the context of an increasingly complex world. It then uses United Nations materials to identify principles for a culture of peace as it is now widely acknowledged by the world community. Identifying correspondence between both theoretical realms the paper identifies peace leadership education goals that are supported by established peace organizations and by philosophical and psychological scholarship. Findings The paper establishes a direct link between the values of a culture of peace and leadership that is adequate as well as successful to address the complexity of today’s world. It also identifies key principles that need to be adopted by leadership education to prepare students to become effective leaders. The paper also explores essential educational tools for leadership educators. Practical implications The theoretical framework presented in this paper can be used to adjust leadership education to give practical guidance for aspiring leaders. It is also useful for peace and conflict studies programmes interested in developing peace leaders. Originality/value The interrelationship between leadership studies and peace and conflict studies constitutes a new field of academic inquiry. The present paper is one of the first in the field and is intended to further establish this new disciplinary orientation.

Bridging the gap between cyberwar and cyberpeace

2021 ◽  
Vol 97 (6) ◽  
pp. 1727-1747
Author(s):  
Joe Burton ◽  
George Christou
Keyword(s):  
National Security ◽  
Information And Communications Technology ◽  
Security Studies ◽  
Cyber Warfare ◽  
Communications Technology ◽  
Conflict Studies ◽  
Critical Security Studies ◽  
Peace And Conflict Studies ◽  
Peace And Conflict ◽  
Conceptual Debate

Abstract The conceptual debate around the term cyber warfare has dominated the cybersecurity discipline over the last two decades. Much less attention has been given during this period to an equally important question: what constitutes cyber peace? This article draws on the literatures in peace and conflict studies and on desecuritization in critical security studies, to suggest how we might begin to rearticulate the cybersecurity narrative and shift the debate away from securitization and cyberwar to a more academically grounded focus on desecuritization and cyber peace. It is argued that such a move away from a vicious circle where states frame cybersecurity predominantly within a national security narrative and where they seek to perpetually prepare for cyberwar, to a virtual cycle of positive cyber peace, is not only a desirable, but a necessary outcome going forward. We assert that this is particularly important if we are to avoid (continuing) to construct the very vulnerabilities and insecurities that lead to the prioritization of offence and destruction in cyberspace, rather than transformative, human-centred development in information and communications technology innovation.

Collective Memory After Violent Conflict

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-29
Author(s):  
Markus Breitweg
Keyword(s):  
Collective Memory ◽  
Conflict Studies ◽  
Ideal Types ◽  
Post Conflict ◽  
Effective Interventions ◽  
Peace And Conflict Studies ◽  
Peace And Conflict ◽  
Heuristic Device ◽  
The One ◽  
Violent Conflicts

This chapter develops a framework for the analysis of collective memory in post-conflict settings. It is argued that so far collective memory is not sufficiently theorized within peace and conflict studies, even though in the aftermath of violent conflicts competing memories easily become subject to salient struggles that may even result in yet another outburst of violence. It is these competing representations of the past that researchers should more thoroughly concern themselves with and that they lack an appropriate heuristic device for. Focusing on processual and multidimensional concepts from the fashionable field of memory studies, the author proposes a new framework for analysis that offers categories and ideal-types for practice-oriented research. Based on poststructuralist discourse analysis, the framework allows to link discursive structures and patterns of identity, on the one hand, to actual agency on the other hand, thus facilitating effective interventions.

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