Reclaiming Everyday Peace

Local Voices in Measurement and Evaluation After War

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ID19904140
AuthorsPamina Firchow (0000-0002-7890-9586, George Mason University, corresponding author)
Year2018
Publication date2018-09-20
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueReclaiming Everyday Peace (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/9781108236140
OpenAlexW4211025640
Open LibraryOL34743321M
ISBN9781108236140
LanguageEN
Citations received87
References cited171

Bringing armed conflicts to an end is difficult; restoring a lasting peace can be considerably harder. Reclaiming Everyday Peace addresses the effectiveness and impact of local level interventions on communities affected by war. Using an innovative methodology to generate participatory numbers, Pamina Firchow finds that communities saturated with external interventions after war do not have substantive higher levels of peacefulness according to community-defined indicators of peace than those with lower levels of interventions. These findings suggest that current international peacebuilding efforts are not very effective at achieving peace by local standards because disproportionate attention is paid to reconstruction, governance and development assistance with little attention paid to community ties and healing. Firchow argues that a more bottom up approach to measuring the effectiveness of peacebuilding is required. By finding ways to effectively communicate local community needs and priorities to the international community, efforts to create an atmosphere for an enduring peace are possible

Business · Citizen journalism · Corporate governance · Economics · International community · Local community · Management · Peacebuilding · Political science · Politics · Psychological intervention · Public relations · Sociology · International Development and Aid · Law · Peacebuilding and International Security · Political Conflict and Governance · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East · Psychology · Public Administration · Case studies · Conflict management · Peace · Peace-building

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