A Liberal Peace? : The Problems and Practices of Peacebuilding

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Moving beyond the binary argument between those who buy into the aims of creating liberal democratic states grounded in free markets and rule of law, and those who critique and oppose them, this timely and much-needed critical volume takes a fresh look at the liberal peace debate. In doing so, it examines the validity of this critique in contemporary peacebuilding and statebuilding practice through a multitude of case studies - from Afghanistan to Somalia, Sri Lanka to Kosovo. Going further, it investigates the underlying theoretical assumptions of liberal peacebuilding and statebuilding, as well as providing new theoretical propositions for understanding current interventions. Written by some of the most prominent scholars in the field, alongside several new scholars making cutting edge contributions, this is an essential contribution to a rapidly growing interdisciplinary area of study. About the Editors About the Contributors Introduction: The Politics of Liberal Peace Chapter Breakdown Conclusion Bibliography PART I Introducing the Debate 1 The Liberal Peace? An Intellectual History of International Conflict Management, 1990–2010 UN Peacebuilding, the Early Years: From Social Justice to State Collapse Managing Global Chaos? The Emergence of a Field Institutionalisation: The Turn to Governance, Responsibility and Transitional Administration Turbulent Peace? Reconciliation and Healing in the Wake of Conflict Questioning the Liberal Peace: Ideology, Hegemony and (Dys)functions Leashing the Dogs of War! 9/11 and Statebuilding Reloaded The ‘Liberal Peace’ Debate as Meta-critique Conclusion: Looking Back and Thinking Ahead Notes Bibliography 2 Critiques of Liberal Peace Introduction The Pendulum Swing: From Exuberance to Denigration Critiquing the Critiques Conclusion Notes Bibliography PART II Not Such a ‘Liberal’ Peace? Rethinking Intervention 3 The Effects of Peacebuilding: Sovereignty, Patronage and Power Introduction Omnipotent External Actors? Sovereignty, Patronage and Power Conclusion Bibliography 4 The Liberal Peace: A Tough Sell? Introduction Table 4.1 Major multinational peacebuilding missions after 1989 and post-war democratic transitions Notes Bibliography 5 Routine Learning? How Peacebuilding Organisations Prevent Liberal Peace Introduction Constructive Critiques and the Importance of Organisational Adaptation and Learning The Complexity of Adaptation and Learning Conclusion Notes Bibliography 6 Promoting Women’s Rights in Afghanistan: The Ambiguous Footprint of the West Introduction Background The Ambiguous Western Footprint Empowering Anti-liberal Forces Accountability to ‘Home’ Audiences vs. Afghan Activists Polarisation of the Political Climate The Impact of the Aid System: NGOisation and Fragmentation of Lawmaking Conclusion Notes Bibliography 7 Neither Liberal nor Peaceful? Practices of ‘Global Justice’ by the ICC Introduction The Domestic Analogy and the ICC The Inapplicability of the Domestic Analogy The ICC in Practice: The Uganda Case What the ICC Does Not Do Notes Bibliography 8 Civil Society beyond the Liberal Peace and its Critique Introduction Liberal Peace and Civil Society Civil Society as Seen by the Critics of the Liberal Peace Table 8.1 Comparing civil society functions in statebuilding and peacebuilding Conclusions: Civil Society beyond the Liberal Peace and its Critics Notes Bibliography PART III Rethinking the Critique: What Next? 9 Alternatives to Liberal Peace? Introduction Liberals in Disguise? Is There an Alternative to Liberal Peacebuilding? Conclusion: Saving Liberal Peacebuilding Notes Bibliography 10 The Uncritical Critique of ‘Liberal Peace’ Introduction The ‘Power-based’ Critique The ‘Ideas-based’ Critique A ‘Critical’ Consensus? International Statebuilding and the Critique of Liberalism Too Liberal? Beyond the Critique of the Liberal Peace? Conclusion Notes Bibliography 11 A Reality Check for the Critique of the Liberal Peace Introduction Critiques of the Liberal Peace and their Limitations Liberal Peacebuilding or State Transformation? Intervention and the Consolidation of Authoritarian Rule in Cambodia Conclusion Bibliography 12 Hybrid Peace: How Does Hybrid Peace Come About? Introduction Hybridity Hybridisation Hybridisation in Action Concluding Discussion Bibliography 13 Resistance and the Post-Liberal Peace Introduction Sites of Knowledge for Peace The Implications of the Everyday Resistance and Post-liberal Peace Conclusion: The Infrapolitics of Peacebuilding Notes Bibliography 14 Situated Critiques of Intervention: Mozambique and the Diverse Politics of Response Introduction Critiques of the (Neo)liberal Peace Situated Revolt: Intellectual Inversion, Immanent Critique and Creativity in Anti-colonial Protest Exploring the Case of Mozambique and the ‘Liberal Peace’ Situating Critiques in Mozambique Conclusions Notes Bibliography Index