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The ‘local turn’ in peacebuilding: a literature review of effective and emancipatory local peacebuilding

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  • Hanna Leonardsson
  • Gustav Rudd

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This article is a literature review of the current local turn in peacebuilding. After a short introduction on the origins of ‘the local’ in peacebuilding, it gives an overview of current research and policy debates on the issue along two different lines. First, it emphasises the local in peacebuilding as a measure to increase peacebuilding effectiveness, as explored in the literature on the benefits of decentralisation and local governments for peace, as well as in the debates on local capacity and ownership as essential parts of peacebuilding policy. Second, it focuses on the local in peacebuilding as a means of emancipation and inclusion of local agency, expressed partly through the emphasis on voices from below and partly within the critical approaches to how the local has been interpreted in peacebuilding so far, arguing for a peacebuilding that is essentially local.

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  • Hanna Leonardsson & Gustav Rudd, 2015. "The ‘local turn’ in peacebuilding: a literature review of effective and emancipatory local peacebuilding," Third World Quarterly, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 36(5), pages 825-839, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ctwqxx:v:36:y:2015:i:5:p:825-839
    DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2015.1029905
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    1. Almohamad, Selman & Kirchschlager, Markus & Kurtenbach, Sabine, 2020. "Peacebuilding after war and violence - Neighbourhood matters," GIGA Working Papers 324, GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies.

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