Spatial analysis of peace and conflict is slowly but steadily gaining traction. As a new and
innovative approach, it focuses on the mutual construction of spaces and agency in a field …

This paper investigates if and how cities conceive of festivals staged in outdoor public space
as a means of achieving cultural inclusion policy objectives. The inclusion of culture in the …

Investigating local responses to EU peacebuilding, this book develops a relational and
spatial concept of agency, helping to understand the processes in which peacebuilding …

This book provides a critical understanding of Europeanization and statebuilding in the
Western Balkans, using the notion of everyday practices. This volume argues that it is …

The peacebuilding and academic communities are divided over the issue of local ownership
between problem-solvers who believe that local ownership can 'save liberal …

Conceptually, this paper is about the becoming of states and how such states are a socially
constructed spaces, imagined and performed by those who perceive themselves as …

There is growing demand for an understanding of peace beyond the absence of violence.
As such research focuses increasingly on the issue of state legitimacy as a tool to assess …

Why is it that states emerging from intervention, peacebuilding and statebuilding over the
last 25 years appear to be'failed by design'? This study explores the interplay of local peace …

Civil society (CS) strengthening is central to peacebuilding policies for divided, post-war
societies. However, it has been criticized for creating internationalized organizations without …

This collection of articles contributes to the growing body of research on how technology is
affecting peacebuilding, peace and conflict studies, and research methodologies in the field …