Diverging Expectations and Perceptions of Peacebuilding? Local Owners’ and External Actors’ Interactions in Guinea-Bissau's Security Sector Reforms
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12903752 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christoph Kohl (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 334-352 |
| Publication date | 2015-07-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1750-2977 • E-ISSN: 1750-2985 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17502977.2015.1070023 |
| OpenAlex | W1847790396 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 28 |
For almost ten years, the West African country of Guinea-Bissau has been subject to security sector reform as part of international peacebuilding interventions. As in other peacebuilding and peacekeeping interventions elsewhere, 'Global North'-borne perceptions, interpretations, images, and normative structures ('peacebuilding mindsets') have dominated the reform. They have been discursively reproduced in Guinea-Bissau's 'peacebuilding economy', encompassing spaces such as specific restaurants, hotels, recreation sites etc. Such 'neutral' venues or 'uncommitted spaces' have facilitated informal exchanges between discordant international organizations and actors, but contributed to the exclusion of local actors and voices. The article argues that the peacebuilding economy contributes both to the reproduction of 'Global North' patterns of perception and interpretation, and to the failure of peacebuilding initiatives. This is unsurprising considering that both locals and internationals engaged in the peacebuilding arena may benefit from job and rent opportunities in supposedly better designed follow-up projects
Development economics · Economics · Normative · Peacebuilding · Peacekeeping · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Psychological intervention · Security Sector Reform · Sierra leone · Sociology · International Development and Aid · Law · Peacebuilding and International Security · Political Conflict and Governance · Psychology · Public Administration
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| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2025 (11) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |