Over the last 20 years the local domain has gained widespread attention in the analysis of
peacebuilding. While this debate has contributed to an important review of many …

This chapter reviews the diverse conceptualisations of peace in Peace Studies, with special
attention to the effort to understand 'positive peace'. It discusses the different perspectives of …

In a post-post-cold war setting, the peace studies look at the international system must reflect
the multi-dimensional character of peace and conflict, as not self-excluding. It must also …

This article undertakes a critical assessment of the local turn in critical peacebuilding
scholarship. It comes to the conclusion that the local turn is hampered by a binary and …

This article unpacks the renaissance of interest in 'the local'in peace building. It pays
increased attention to local dimensions of peace in a wider context of increased …

Scholarly debates about how we conceptualise, theorise and measure peace have recently
intensified, yet exactly how peace scholars translate these theoretical innovations into …

This is a literature-reviewing and conceptualizing article introducing a Special Issue that is
addressing the broad field of 'peacebuilding amidst violence'. We take as a point of …

One of the critical aspects of Peace Studies is its normative character. Differently from other
disciplines of social sciences, Peace Studies, since its inception, was driven by the desire to …

From a critical perspective, what might we learn from applying constructivism to
peacebuilding? We analyse a common clash that arises in the context of peacebuilding …

This book examines the adverse impacts of liberal peacebuilding in conflict-affected
societies. It introduces 'peace figuration'as a new analytical framework for studying the …