Local Ownership in Asian Peacebuilding: Development of Local Peacebuilding Models

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This book examines how local agencies in Cambodia and Mindanao (the Philippines) have developed their own models of peacebuilding under the strong influence and advocacy of external intervention. It identifies four distinct patterns in the development of local peacebuilders’ ownership: ownership inheritance from external advocates, management of external reliance, friction-avoiding approaches, and utilisation of religious/traditional leadership. This book then analyses each pattern, focusing on its operational features, its significance and limitations as a local peacebuilding model. This study makes theoretical contributions to the academic debates on the ‘local turn’, local ownership, hybrid peace and everyday peace. Particularly, it engages in and further develops four specific lines of discussion: norm diffusions into local communities, patterns of local-external interaction, concepts of ownership, dual structure of power, and multiplicity in the identities of local. Front Matter ....Pages i-xv Introduction (SungYong Lee)....Pages 1-26 Peacebuilding and Local Peacebuilders in Cambodia and Mindanao (SungYong Lee)....Pages 27-59 Ownership Inheritance from External Advocate (SungYong Lee)....Pages 61-83 Management of External Reliance (SungYong Lee)....Pages 85-107 Friction-Avoiding Approaches (SungYong Lee)....Pages 109-131 Utilisation of Religious/Traditional Leadership (SungYong Lee)....Pages 133-160 Conclusion (SungYong Lee)....Pages 161-187 Back Matter ....Pages 189-197