Peacebuilding in Deeply Divided Societies: Toward Social Cohesion?

ISBN-13: 9783319844718 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 346 str.

Fletcher D. Cox; Timothy D. Sisk

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Acknowledgements

 

                        Introduction

                        Fletcher D. Cox and Timothy D. Sisk

 

Chapter 1        Peacebuilding: A Social Cohesion Approach

                        Fletcher D. Cox and Timothy D. Sisk

 

Chapter 2        Guatemala: National Fragmentation, Local Cohesion

                        Otto Argueta and Sabine Kurtenbach

 

Chapter 3        Kenya: Identity and Insecurity in a Modernizing State

      Fletcher D. Cox, James Ndung’u, and Esther Njuguna

 

Chapter 4        Lebanon: Confessionalism, Consociationalism, and Social Cohesion

                        Joy Aoun and Marie-Joëlle Zahar

 

Chapter 5        Myanmar: Religion, Identity, and Conflict in a Democratic Transition

                        Nicholas Farrelly

 

Chapter 6        Nepal: Identity Politics in a Turbulent Transition

Subindra Bogati, Fletcher D. Cox, Sachchi Karki, and Timothy D. Sisk

 

Chapter 7        Nigeria: Frustration, Polarization, and Violence

Yahaya Hashim, Darren Kew, and Judith Ann Walker

 

Chapter 8        Sri Lanka: Social Cohesion… In the Eye of the Beholder                           

                        Susan Hayward and Mirak Raheem

 

Chapter 9        Peacebuilding for Social Cohesion: Findings and Implications

                        Fletcher D. Cox, Catherine Orsborn, and Timothy D. Sisk

 

Chapter 10                  Conclusion

                        Fletcher D. Cox and Timothy D. Sisk

 

Contributors

 

Bibliography

 

Index

O autorze

Fletcher D. Cox is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at William Jewell College, and a Research Associate of the Sié Chéou Kang Center for International Security and Diplomacy. He specializes in the study of civil wars and political violence, and has managed relief, development, and peacebuilding programs in multiple disaster and conflict-affected countries.

Timothy D. Sisk is Professor of International and Comparative Politics at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver. Professor Sisk has conducted extensive research on the role of international and regional organizations, particularly the United Nations, in peace operations, peacemaking, and peacebuilding.

Blurb

This book explores a critical question: in the wake of identity-based violence, what can internal and international peacebuilders do to help “deeply divided societies” rediscover a sense of living together? In 2016, ethnic, religious, and sectarian violence in Syria and Iraq, the Central African Republic, Myanmar, and Burundi grab headlines and present worrying scenarios of mass atrocities. The principal concern which this volume addresses is “social cohesion” - relations within society and across deep divisions, and the relationship of individuals and groups with the state.  For global peacebuilding networks, the social cohesion concept is a leitmotif for assessment of social dynamics and a strategic goal of interventions to promote resilience following violent conflict. In this volume, case studies by leading international scholars paired with local researchers yield in-depth analyses of social cohesion and related peacebuilding efforts in seven countries: Guatemala, Kenya, Lebanon, Nepal, Nigeria, Myanmar, and Sri Lanka.