The study of international norms from a social constructivist perspective has been one of the
major conceptual innovations to the discipline of international relations (IR) over the past …

Focusing on the disconnect between mainstream “liberal” peacebuilding and the discourses
and practices of “new” and “alternative” peacebuilding actors, this article develops a …

The International Relations (IR) literature has strongly criticised the invasive and top-down
nature of liberal peace, facilitating a reinterpretation of the practice of international …

This book explores the last 25 years of international peacebuilding and recasts them as a
growing crisis of confidence in universal ideas of peacebuilding and self-government. Since …

Within the architecture of the United Nations (UN), formal recognition of the contributions of
historically marginalised individuals and communities to peacebuilding denotes a positive …

This paper integrates peacebuilding components into sustainability impact assessment (SIA)
for application in geographies vulnerable to, recovering from, or experiencing conflict. Based …

In his book, Dr. Michal Smetana of Charles University Prague develops a complex theory of
deviation in international society around the concept of stigma politics. He completes work …

Critical scholarship on peace has coined the term liberal peacebuilding and proven that it is
unsuccessful, even counterproductive, in achieving that what it sets out to do—foster peace …

The postwar condition–the period where war is over yet the socio-political ordering of any
given postwar entity remains contested and an unchallenged peace has still to be reached …

Whereas practitioners and mainstream approaches to intervention are concerned about the
inability to manage difference in a way that is conducive to peace, critical scholars worry …