Theorizing Postcolonial Deliberation and Deliberative Peacebuilding

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ID12903296
AuthorsYoshito Nakagawa (0000-0002-5610-1316, Russian State Agrarian Correspondence University, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume12
Issue2
Pages253-275
Publication date2018-04-03
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Intervention and Statebuilding (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1750-2977 • E-ISSN: 1750-2985
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17502977.2018.1464353
OpenAlexW2800234907
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited63

Given a legitimation problem of vertical (state vs society) and horizontal (modernity vs tradition) inequalities and differences as a historical and cultural cause of conflict, deliberation is instrumental in addressing this legitimation problem and transforming conflict into peace in the postcolonial, post-conflict context. Although deliberation has gained academic attention as a means of addressing the legitimation crisis in Western liberal democracies, its application to contemporary peacebuilding remains under-researched. This article thus aims to theorize postcolonial deliberation and deliberative peacebuilding, highlighting postcolonial history and culture and the critical role that agencies have played in deliberation to re-legitimize the non-Western polity and transform conflict into peace. It then deduces a hypothetical mechanism of the different paths to peace either with or without the external intervention that signifies how agencies deliberate

Context (archaeology · Deliberation · Deliberative democracy · Democracy · Epistemology · Legitimation · Peacebuilding · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Law · Peace and Human Rights Education · Peacebuilding and International Security · Philosophy · Political Conflict and Governance

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