This volume searches for pragmatic answers to the problems that continue to plague peacebuilding efforts at all levels of society, with a singular focus on the role of legitimacy in peacebuilding.

Many peacebuilding efforts are hampered by their inability to gain the support of those they are trying to help at the local level, or those at regional, national or international levels; whose support is necessary either for success at the local level or to translate local successes to wider arenas. There is no one agreed-upon reason for the difficulty in translating peacebuilding from...