Peacebuilding in Crisis

Tobias Debiel is Professor for International Relations and Development Policy, at the University of Duisburg-Essen, where he is the Director of the Institute for Development and Peace as well as Director of the Käte Hamburger Kolleg/Centre for Global Cooperation Research, Germany.Thomas Held is the Managing Director, German Foundation for Peace Research (DSF) which was founded in 2000 to strengthen peace research in Germany.Ulrich Schneckener is Professor of International Relations and Peace & Conflict Studies,University of Osnabrück, and Director of the University’s Center for Democracy and Peace Research as well as Member of the Governing Board of the German Foundation for Peace Research, Germany.

[Peacebuilding in Crisis: Rethinking paradigms and process of transnational cooperation] provides a detailed and precise overview of the abundance of literature which has mostly been published in the Anglo-Saxon region. ... The strength of the publication lies in its critical analysis. It presents the current status of academic discussion in a persuasive way. ... Not only the practice of peacekeeping, but also the academic debate depicts the challenges and shortcomings of international commitment to cope with crises and conflicts. This contribution is undoubtedly vital and makes the publication well worth reading. - Translated from the German, W&F Wissenschaft und Frieden, 3/16, 55-56

• 1. Peacebuilding in Crisis? Debating peacebuilding paradigms and practices Part 1 Reflecting Peacebuilding Paradigms 2. Peacebuilding and Paternalism 3. The Future of Peacebuilding 4. Relational Peacebuilding: Promise beyond crisis Part 2 Revisiting Peacebuilding Practices 5. Peacebuilding and Democracy Promotion: What current challenges to the latter might tell us for rethinking the former 6. Adapted instead of Imported: Peacebuilding by power-sharing 7. Transitional Justice and Reconciliation in Research and Practice: Achievements and shortcomings 8. Truth Commissions, Human Rights and Gender: Normative changes in transitional moments 9. Reforming the Security Sector and Rule of Law: The hidden transcripts of local resistance 10. Corporate Peace: Crisis in economic peacebuilding Part 3 Rethinking Promises and Pitfalls of ‘the Local’ 11. What do we mean when we use the term ‘local’? Imagining and framing the local and the international in relation to peace and order 12. Understanding the "local" in Peacebuilding: Conceptual discourses and empirical realities 13. False Promise: ‘Local ownership’ and the denial of self-government 14. Rethinking the Local in Peacebuilding: Moving away from the liberal/post-liberal divide