Contemporary practices of international peacebuilding and post-conflict reconstruction do often not work to satisfaction. There is now a growing awareness of the significance of democratic local governments as an integrated part of peacebuilding in order to improve quality and enhance precision of interventions. In spite of this, the local is rarely a key factor in peacebuilding, hence everyday peace is hardly achieved. The aim of this volume is threefold: firstly it illuminates the substantial reasons for working with a more localised approach in politically volatile contexts. Secondly it...