International Peacebuilding and Local Resistance

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Introduction

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   Pages 1-18

3. The Liberal Peace

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   Pages 19-46

4. Indigenous Peacebuilding

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   Pages 47-67

5. Hybridity

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   Pages 68-90

6. Hybrid Security: Afghanistan

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   Pages 91-114

7. Hybrid Economy: Iraq

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   Pages 115-133

8. Hybrid Statebuilding: Bosnia

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   Pages 134-157

9. Hybrid Governance: Lebanon

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   Pages 158-182

10. Hybrid Civil Society: Northern Ireland

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    Pages 183-206

11. Conclusion

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    Pages 207-212

12. Back Matter

    Pages 213-240

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Using the case studies of Afghanistan, Iraq, Bosnia, Lebanon and Northern Ireland this book dissects internationally-supported peace interventions. Looking at issues of security, statebuilding, civil society and economic and constitutional reform, it proposes using the concept of hybridity to understand the dynamics of societies in transition.

• Peace
• Peacebuilding
• Conflict Resolution
• Afghanistan
• Iraq
• Bosnia
• Lebanon
• Northern Ireland
• Statebuilding
• constitution
• Governance
• intervention
• reform

'MacGinty's analysis is deceptively simple but it is much the better for all that.' -Andrew J. Williams, University of St. Andrews, The Round Table

• School of International Relations, University of St Andrews, UK

  Roger Mac Ginty

ROGER MAC GINTY is a Reader in the School of International Relations, University of St Andrews, UK. His previous books have included No War, No Peace: The rejuvenation of stalled peace processes and peace accords, (Palgrave Macmillan, 2006) and Contemporary Peacemaking (Palgrave Macmillan, 2002 with John Darby). He edits the Palgrave Rethinking Political Violence book series.

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