TY  - JOUR
AU  - Ejdus, Filip
PY  - 2018
UR  - http://rfpn.fpn.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/681
AB  - While some Foucault-inspired studies construe local ownership in international interventions as a form of liberal governmentality that aims to govern through freedom, others lambast it as an illiberal governmentality that is likely to be resisted because it undermines local autonomy. However, we still do not know what is the rationality behind local ownership, how it is being operationalized, and why a principle that aims to govern through freedom ends up curtailing it. I argue that local ownership, echoing the colonial principle of indirect rule, is driven by the rationality of advanced democracies on how best to govern global insecurities at a distance. Consequently, ownership is operationalized as responsibilization for externally designed objectives. This often gives rise to local resistance which undermines international efforts to achieve ownership. I illustrate my arguments with evidence from the EU Mission on Regional Maritime Capacity Building in the Horn of Africa (EUCAP Nestor).
PB  - Routledge Taylor & Francis Group
T2  - Contemporary Security Policy
T1  - Local ownership as international governmentality: Evidence from the EU mission in the Horn of Africa
EP  - 50
IS  - 1
SP  - 28
VL  - 39
DO  - 10.1080/13523260.2017.1384231
ER  - 

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Ejdus, F.. (2018). Local ownership as international governmentality: Evidence from the EU mission in the Horn of Africa. in Contemporary Security Policy
Routledge Taylor & Francis Group., 39(1), 28-50.
https://doi.org/10.1080/13523260.2017.1384231

Ejdus F. Local ownership as international governmentality: Evidence from the EU mission in the Horn of Africa. in Contemporary Security Policy. 2018;39(1):28-50.
doi:10.1080/13523260.2017.1384231 .

Ejdus, Filip, "Local ownership as international governmentality: Evidence from the EU mission in the Horn of Africa" in Contemporary Security Policy, 39, no. 1 (2018):28-50,
https://doi.org/10.1080/13523260.2017.1384231 . .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Ejdus, Filip
AU  - Juncos, Ana E.
PY  - 2018
UR  - http://rfpn.fpn.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/680
AB  - Since the early 2000s, the "local turn" has thoroughly transformed the field of peacebuilding. The European Union (EU) policy discourse on peacebuilding has also aligned with this trend, with an increasing number of EU policy statements insisting on the importance of "the local." However, most studies on EU peacebuilding still adopt a top-down approach and focus on institutions, capabilities, and decision-making at the EU level. This special issue contributes to the literature by focusing on bottom-up and local dynamics of EU peacebuilding. After outlining the rationale and the scope of the special issue, this article discusses the local turn in international peacebuilding and identifies several interrelated concepts relevant to theorizing the role of the local, specifically those of effectiveness, ownership, and resistance. In the conclusion, we summarize the key contributions of this special issue and suggest some avenues for further research.
PB  - Routledge Taylor & Francis Group
T2  - Contemporary Security Policy
T1  - Reclaiming the local in EU peacebuilding: Effectiveness, ownership, and resistance
EP  - 27
IS  - 1
SP  - 4
VL  - 39
DO  - 10.1080/13523260.2017.1407176
ER  - 

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year = "2018",
abstract = "Since the early 2000s, the "local turn" has thoroughly transformed the field of peacebuilding. The European Union (EU) policy discourse on peacebuilding has also aligned with this trend, with an increasing number of EU policy statements insisting on the importance of "the local." However, most studies on EU peacebuilding still adopt a top-down approach and focus on institutions, capabilities, and decision-making at the EU level. This special issue contributes to the literature by focusing on bottom-up and local dynamics of EU peacebuilding. After outlining the rationale and the scope of the special issue, this article discusses the local turn in international peacebuilding and identifies several interrelated concepts relevant to theorizing the role of the local, specifically those of effectiveness, ownership, and resistance. In the conclusion, we summarize the key contributions of this special issue and suggest some avenues for further research.",
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Ejdus, F.,& Juncos, A. E.. (2018). Reclaiming the local in EU peacebuilding: Effectiveness, ownership, and resistance. in Contemporary Security Policy
Routledge Taylor & Francis Group., 39(1), 4-27.
https://doi.org/10.1080/13523260.2017.1407176

Ejdus F, Juncos AE. Reclaiming the local in EU peacebuilding: Effectiveness, ownership, and resistance. in Contemporary Security Policy. 2018;39(1):4-27.
doi:10.1080/13523260.2017.1407176 .

Ejdus, Filip, Juncos, Ana E., "Reclaiming the local in EU peacebuilding: Effectiveness, ownership, and resistance" in Contemporary Security Policy, 39, no. 1 (2018):4-27,
https://doi.org/10.1080/13523260.2017.1407176 . .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Tartir, Alaa
AU  - Ejdus, Filip
PY  - 2018
UR  - http://rfpn.fpn.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/683
AB  - The European Union Police Mission for the Palestinian Territories (EUPOL COPPS) was established in 2006 to contribute to the establishment of effective policing in support of an independent and democratic Palestinian state. EUPOL COPPS is often commended for its contribution to the professionalization of the Palestinian security sector under local ownership. Drawing on 40 interviews, we argue that the mission can be considered effective and locally owned only from a narrow technocratic perspective, which denies the political reality of continued occupation and absence of democracy. A broader analysis, which includes the voices of ordinary Palestinians, reveals that EUPOL COPPS contributed to the professionalization of authoritarian policing under continued Israeli occupation. Our findings show the limits of technocratic approaches to peacebuilding interventions and call for a stronger engagement with the ultimate beneficiaries of peacebuilding missions.
PB  - Routledge Taylor & Francis Group
T2  - Contemporary Security Policy
T1  - Effective? Locally owned? Beyond the technocratic perspective on the European Union Police Mission for the Palestinian Territories
EP  - 165
IS  - 1
SP  - 142
VL  - 39
DO  - 10.1080/13523260.2017.1407486
ER  - 

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author = "Tartir, Alaa and Ejdus, Filip",
year = "2018",
abstract = "The European Union Police Mission for the Palestinian Territories (EUPOL COPPS) was established in 2006 to contribute to the establishment of effective policing in support of an independent and democratic Palestinian state. EUPOL COPPS is often commended for its contribution to the professionalization of the Palestinian security sector under local ownership. Drawing on 40 interviews, we argue that the mission can be considered effective and locally owned only from a narrow technocratic perspective, which denies the political reality of continued occupation and absence of democracy. A broader analysis, which includes the voices of ordinary Palestinians, reveals that EUPOL COPPS contributed to the professionalization of authoritarian policing under continued Israeli occupation. Our findings show the limits of technocratic approaches to peacebuilding interventions and call for a stronger engagement with the ultimate beneficiaries of peacebuilding missions.",
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Tartir, A.,& Ejdus, F.. (2018). Effective? Locally owned? Beyond the technocratic perspective on the European Union Police Mission for the Palestinian Territories. in Contemporary Security Policy
Routledge Taylor & Francis Group., 39(1), 142-165.
https://doi.org/10.1080/13523260.2017.1407486

Tartir A, Ejdus F. Effective? Locally owned? Beyond the technocratic perspective on the European Union Police Mission for the Palestinian Territories. in Contemporary Security Policy. 2018;39(1):142-165.
doi:10.1080/13523260.2017.1407486 .

Tartir, Alaa, Ejdus, Filip, "Effective? Locally owned? Beyond the technocratic perspective on the European Union Police Mission for the Palestinian Territories" in Contemporary Security Policy, 39, no. 1 (2018):142-165,
https://doi.org/10.1080/13523260.2017.1407486 . .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Ejdus, Filip
PY  - 2017
UR  - http://rfpn.fpn.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/646
AB  - One of the core principles of EU interventions under the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) has been local ownership. While the EU takes pride in fully respecting this principle, the existing research suggests that the implementation has been far from smooth. However, we still know very little how this principle is conceptualised and operationalised, let alone why its implementation has been so difficult. Drawing on document analysis and 27 in-depth interviews, the article makes 3 arguments. First, ownership is increasingly construed in the EU policy rhetoric as a middle ground between imposition and restraint. Second, in practice, ownership is operationalised as an externally driven, top-down endeavour, resulting in the low degree of local participation. Third, in addition to the obstacles normally faced by other peace-builders, the EU's efforts to implement ownership are constrained by the politics and policy-making of CSDP. The arguments are illustrated in a case study of the European Union Mission on Regional Maritime Capacity Building in the Horn of Africa (EUCAP Nestor).
PB  - Routledge Taylor & Francis Group
T2  - European Security
T1  - "Here is your mission, now own it!" The rhetoric and practice of local ownership in EU interventions
EP  - 484
IS  - 4
SP  - 461
VL  - 26
DO  - 10.1080/09662839.2017.1333495
ER  - 

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author = "Ejdus, Filip",
year = "2017",
abstract = "One of the core principles of EU interventions under the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) has been local ownership. While the EU takes pride in fully respecting this principle, the existing research suggests that the implementation has been far from smooth. However, we still know very little how this principle is conceptualised and operationalised, let alone why its implementation has been so difficult. Drawing on document analysis and 27 in-depth interviews, the article makes 3 arguments. First, ownership is increasingly construed in the EU policy rhetoric as a middle ground between imposition and restraint. Second, in practice, ownership is operationalised as an externally driven, top-down endeavour, resulting in the low degree of local participation. Third, in addition to the obstacles normally faced by other peace-builders, the EU's efforts to implement ownership are constrained by the politics and policy-making of CSDP. The arguments are illustrated in a case study of the European Union Mission on Regional Maritime Capacity Building in the Horn of Africa (EUCAP Nestor).",
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Ejdus, F.. (2017). "Here is your mission, now own it!" The rhetoric and practice of local ownership in EU interventions. in European Security
Routledge Taylor & Francis Group., 26(4), 461-484.
https://doi.org/10.1080/09662839.2017.1333495

Ejdus F. "Here is your mission, now own it!" The rhetoric and practice of local ownership in EU interventions. in European Security. 2017;26(4):461-484.
doi:10.1080/09662839.2017.1333495 .

Ejdus, Filip, ""Here is your mission, now own it!" The rhetoric and practice of local ownership in EU interventions" in European Security, 26, no. 4 (2017):461-484,
https://doi.org/10.1080/09662839.2017.1333495 . .