The Complex Relationship Between Peacebuilding and Terrorism Approaches

Towards Post-Terrorism and a Post-Liberal Peace

Bibliographic Data

ID4876953
AuthorsOliver P Richmond, Oliver Richmond (0000-0001-8938-2209, University of St Andrews, corresponding author), Ioannis Tellidis (0000-0002-5091-3735, University of St Andrews)
Year2012
Volume24
Issue1
Pages120-143
Publication date2012-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueTerrorism and Political Violence (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0954-6553 • E-ISSN: 1556-1836
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09546553.2011.628720
OpenAlexW2031122471
LanguageEN
Citations received12

Approaches to terrorism and peacebuilding have a complex relationship with each other, which may be explained according to four categories outlined in this article. These range from blocking each others’ aims, nullifying terrorism, supporting a very limited, or a broader peace process. Each of these categories has implications for the inclusion and reconciliation of a wide range of actors and the hybrid nature of the emerging peace. This relates to the critical approach of using theory to create emancipatory forms of peace, which is used as a basis for the examination of the production of hybridity via the interaction of approaches to terrorism and peacebuilding in five cases in this article. These include Sri Lanka, Kashmir, the Middle East, Nepal, and Northern Ireland. We argue that “post-liberal” possibilities for a hybrid form of peace (which are inherent in such conflicts) offer a “post-terrorist” potential for peace processes

Ethnology · Hybridity · Peacebuilding · Political economy · Political science · Sociology · South asia · Sri lanka · Terrorism · Law · Peacebuilding and International Security · Political Conflict and Governance · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East