The scholarly ambition, conceptual innovation, and intellectual energy of this Handbook make it a helpful tool on which to ride the vast expanses of knowledge on peacebuilding and statebuilding...this open-ended...finale is an apt reminder that peacebuilding's greatest strength-namely, its heterogeneity and the variety of approaches it generates-can also be its biggest weakness.
Oliver P. Richmond is a Research Professor in International Relations, Peace and Conflict Studies in the Department of Politics at the University of Manchester, UK. He is International Research Professor at Dublin City University, Ireland; Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of Tubingen, Germany; and a Visiting Professor at the University of Coimbra, Portugal. His publications include Grand Design: The Evolution of the International Peace Architecture, Peace Formation and Political Order in Conflict Affected Societies, and Failed Statebuilding. He is editor of the Palgrave book series Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies and co-editor of the journal Peacebuilding.
Gëzim Visoka is Associate Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies in the School of Law and Government at Dublin City University. His research focuses on post-conflict peacebuilding and statebuilding, transitional justice, global governance, foreign policy, and diplomatic recognition. He is
the co-author of Normalization in World Politics (with Nicolas Lemay-Hébert), and lead co-editor of the Routledge Handbook of State Recognition (with John Doyle and Edward Newman). He is editor of Routledge Studies in Statehood and deputy editor of the journal Peacebuilding.