Bjorkdahl / Kappler Peacebuilding and Spatial Transformation

Peace, Space and Place
Erscheinungsjahr 2017
ISBN: 978-1-317-40941-0
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 166 Seiten

Reihe: Studies in Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding

"This impressive book is the most significant contribution thus far to the growing literature on ‘the spatial turn’ in peace and conflict studies. Because conflict and peace take place in particular spaces, peacemaking is an inherently spatial project. Yet too often geography has been assumed as the inert stage for (supposedly) more fundamental processes. Drawing on fieldwork from around the world, Annika Björkdahl and Stefanie Kappler demonstrate how spatiality is crucial to understanding the role of agency in peacebuilding. Their sophisticated analysis of how this occurs at the intersections of space and place is required reading for anyone wanting to understand how violent places can be transformed into peaceful ones – and why attempts to do this so often fail."

Nick Megoran, Newcastle University, UK



"Annika Björkdahl and Stefanie Kappler have made me look at the rebuilt historic bridge in Mostar afresh, so I now can see that it is a place that has been turned into a space for stoking on-going distrust. This book also, though,shows how even modest physical places can be transformed, by commitment and creativity, into spaces where post-war tensions can be reduced."

Cynthia Enloe, Clark University, USA

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bjorkdahl, Annika

Kappler, Stefanie

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Friedens- und Konfliktforschung
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Space, Place and Agency: Mapping Peace Across Sites

1. Space, place and agency

2. Cyprus: Contesting the Island

3. Kosovo: Emplacing the State and Peace(s)

4. Bosnia-Herzegovina: The Ethnic Peace

5. Northern Ireland: The "Maze of Peace"

6. South Africa: Perpetuating Spatial Apartheid?

Conclusion: Reading the Politics of Peace and Conflict Spatially

Über Autor(innen)

Annika Björkdahl is Professor of Political Science, Lund University, Sweden, and is author/editor of numerous titles, including Peacebuilding and Friction (Routledge 2016) and Urban Peacebuilding in Divided Cities (2015).

Stefanie Kappler is Lecturer in Conflict Resolution and Peace Building, Durham University, UK, and is author of Local Agency and Peacebuilding (2014).