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Peacebuilding in the United Nations

Coming into Life

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  • © 2019

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Authors:
  1. Fernando Cavalcante

    1. United Nations, Kabul, Afghanistan

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  • Sheds new light onto the origins and meaning of peacebuilding in the UN in the aftermath of the cold war
  • Constructs a theoretically informed narrative about the manifestations of peacebuilding since the early 1990s
  • Explores the limits and shortcomings of UN peacebuilding from the analysis of underlying ideational and bureaucratic aspects affecting the conceptualisation and design of peacebuilding strategies and policies, rather than the implementation of activities in the field

Part of the book series: Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies (RCS)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    • Fernando Cavalcante
    Pages 1-27

  3. On the Influence of Ideational Aspects in World Politics

    • Fernando Cavalcante
    Pages 29-56

  4. Framework for Analysis

    • Fernando Cavalcante
    Pages 57-85

  5. The Origins of UN Peacebuilding (I): The Academic Roots

    • Fernando Cavalcante
    Pages 87-118

  6. The Origins of UN Peacebuilding (II): The Liberal Democratic Peace in the UN Milieu

    • Fernando Cavalcante
    Pages 119-152

  7. Towards UN Liberal Democratic Peacebuilding(s)

    • Fernando Cavalcante
    Pages 153-193

  8. The Limits of Liberal Democratic Peacebuilding(s) and the Peacebuilding Architecture

    • Fernando Cavalcante
    Pages 195-229

  9. The Functioning of the ‘New Elements’ of the UN Peacebuilding Architecture

    • Fernando Cavalcante
    Pages 231-271

  10. Conclusion

    • Fernando Cavalcante
    Pages 273-283

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 285-323
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About this book

This book traces the trajectory and different meanings of the concept of peacebuilding in the United Nations since the early 1990s. It analyses how that concept gained life in a particular context and the implications of this process for the Organisation’s support to societies affected by armed conflict in general and for peace operations in particular. Departing from tenets about the influence of ideas in world politics and engaging with the critique of the liberal peace scholarship, the book provides a theoretically informed narrative of how peacebuilding acquired different meanings while remaining largely motivated, justified, legitimated and informed by a proactive and top-down agenda of promoting liberal democratic institutions, norms and values as a remedy to the challenges faced by societies affected by armed conflict. The book will appeal to scholars, policymakers and practitioners in peacebuilding and post-conflict development.

Reviews

“Have reports of peacebuilding’s demise been ‘greatly exaggerated’, as Mark Twain wrote about his own death after the premature publication of his obituary in the press? This is one of the many questions raised by these fascinating, important, and different books. When it comes to peacebuilding, time matters … . the two books complement each other.” (Herman T. Salton, International Peacekeeping, November 6, 2023)

Authors and Affiliations

  • United Nations, Kabul, Afghanistan

    Fernando Cavalcante

About the author

Fernando Cavalcante is Political Affairs Officer at the United Nations, currently serving in Afghanistan. Dr. Cavalcante’s research in peace and conflict studies focuses on political, policy and institutional aspects relating to UN peace operations.

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