Peacebuilding and Spatial Transformation
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Peacebuilding and Spatial Transformation

Peace, Space and Place

  1. 150 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Peacebuilding and Spatial Transformation

Peace, Space and Place

About this book

This book investigates peacebuilding in post-conflict scenarios by analysing the link between peace, space and place.

By focusing on the case studies of Cyprus, Kosovo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Northern Ireland and South Africa, the book provides a spatial reading of agency in peacebuilding contexts. It conceptualises peacebuilding agency in post-conflict landscapes as situated between place (material locality) and space (the imaginary counterpart of place), analysing the ways in which peacebuilding agency can be read as a spatial practice. Investigating a number of post-conflict cases, this book outlines infrastructures of power and agency as they are manifested in spatial practice. It demonstrates how spatial agency can take the form of conflict and exclusion on the one hand, but also of transformation towards peace over time on the other hand. Against this background, the book argues that agency drives place-making and space-making processes. Therefore, transformative processes in post-conflict societies can be understood as materialising through the active use and transformation of space and place.

This book will be of interest to students of peacebuilding, peace and conflict studies, human geography and IR in general.

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Yes, you can access Peacebuilding and Spatial Transformation by Annika Bjorkdahl,Stefanie Kappler in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Politics & International Relations & Military & Maritime History. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication
  6. Table of Contents
  7. List of figures
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. Foreword
  10. Abbreviations
  11. Introduction : Space, Place and Agency – Mapping Peace Across Sites
  12. 1. Space, Place and Agency
  13. 2. Cyprus: Contesting the Island
  14. 3. Kosovo: Emplacing the State and Peace(s)
  15. 4. Bosnia-Herzegovina: The Ethnic Peace
  16. 5. Northern Ireland: The ‘Maze of Peace’
  17. 6. South Africa: Perpetuating Spatial Apartheid?
  18. Conclusion: Reading the Politics of Peace and Conflict Spatially
  19. Index