Reclaiming the local in EU peacebuilding: Effectiveness, ownership, and resistance
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.
Keywords:
European Union / peacebuilding / local turn / effectiveness / ownership / resistanceSource:
Contemporary Security Policy, 2018, 39, 1, 4-27Publisher:
- Routledge Taylor & Francis Group
Funding / projects:
- Preventing and responding to conflict: developing EU CIVilian CAPabilities for a sustainable peace (EU-653227)
- EU and SSR - Local ownership in security sector reform activities within CSDP operations of the EU (EU-656971)
DOI: 10.1080/13523260.2017.1407176
ISSN: 1352-3260
WoS: 000432742300002
Scopus: 2-s2.0-85038352132
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FPNTY - 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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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 . .