Building States, Building Peace

Global and Regional Involvement in Sri Lanka and Myanmar
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-349-44553-0
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 277 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 376 g

Reihe: Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies

Sánchez-Cacicedo provides a critique of liberal peacebuilding approaches and of international interventions in statebuilding processes, questioning how 'global' these initiatives are, using case studies from the Asian region including Sri Lanka and Myanmar.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sánchez-Cacicedo, A.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Friedens- und Konfliktforschung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART I: A CRITICAL VIEW ON 'GLOBAL' LIBERAL PEACEBUILDING AND STATEBUILDING 1. Introduction: The Way of Terrain I 2. Challenging Liberal Peacebuilding as Part of Liberal Internationalism PART II: LESSONS FROM THE SRI LANKAN CASE: 2002-09 3. Evolution of the Sri Lankan Conflict up to 2002 4. Sri Lanka's Recent Peace Process and a Military Termination to the Conflict 5. External Involvement in Sri Lanka's 2002 Peace Process PART III: THE REGION TO THE FORE: EXTERNAL INVOLVEMENT IN ASIA 6. Regional Power Shifts in Asia: External Involvement in Intra-State Conflicts 7. The Case of Myanmar: What Role for the Region? PART IV: CONCLUSION 8. Conclusion: What Indeed is Good and Appropriate

Über Autor(innen)

Amaia Sánchez-Cacicedo is a scholar in the field of peacebuilding, international intervention and statebuilding, with a regional focus on Asia. She has conducted research on the evolution and internationalization of ethno-political conflicts, with a particular interest in Sri Lanka and Myanmar. She is developing a growing research agenda in the field of diaspora and transnational studies. Amaia holds a BSc in International Business Administration from the Universidad Pontificia de Comillas in Madrid, an MSc in International Affairs from Georgetown University and a PhD from the School of Oriental & African Studies (SOAS), University of London. She is currently a part-time lecturer at the International University in Geneva and has previously worked for several local NGOs in India, and for the UNHCR in Costa Rica, Kenya and Sri Lanka.