CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2013
| Author | Myrberg, Miranda Ylva Olivia |
|---|---|
| Title | REVISITING THE LIBERAL PEACE AND THE FOURTH GENERATION OF PEACE AND CONFLICT SCHOLARSHIP IN THE CONTEXT OF SOMALIA AND AFGHANISTAN |
| Summary | In approaching the question how peace and statebuilding can be made more sustainable and just, this thesis revisits Oliver Richmond’s typologies of the liberal peace and subsequently engages with the ontological, normative and practical shortcomings of the ‘conservative’ and ‘orthodox’ models of the liberal peace as well as post-liberal and hybrid forms of peace with reference to Somalia and Afghanistan. Here it will be argued that for more sustainable and just peace to be built, concepts of emancipation, empowerment and local ownership requires to be rethought, both by practitioners and scholars. Although emancipation, local ownership and empowerment have come to serve as justificatory buzzwords cloaking projects of war and violence in verbal commitment to peace and justice, it will be argued that emancipation and empowerment still has a place in normative reformulations of external engagements in complex emergencies. However, rather than employing liberal, universalist notions of justice, peace, the state and the good life, emancipatory approaches ought to endeavour deconstruction of the same concepts, ask who the peace is for and instead of monopolising these concepts, should seek to open up the discursive space for a greater spectrum of speakers and actors in the pursuit of peace and statebuilding. Enhancing the conditions for dialogue and involving previously excluded groups from peacebuilding does however not qualify as fully emancipatory unless the overarching global power structures of knowledge, power and access to resources is radically transformed. |
| Supervisor | Roe, Paul and Kovacs, Maria M. |
| Department | Nationalism Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2013/myrberg_miranda.pdf |
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