Towards more effective peace building: a conversation with Roland Paris

Author(s)
Rocha Menocal, Alina
Kilpatrick, Kate
Editor(s)
Menocal, Alina Rocha
Publication date
2005-11-01
Subject
Conflict and disasters
Approach and methodology
Keywords
Conflict
Development methods
Disasters
Protection

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Publisher(s)
Oxfam GB
Routledge
Journal
Development in Practice
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10546/130728
DOI
10.1080/09614520500296666
Document type
Journal article
Language
English
Description
Since the early 1990s, the international community has become increasingly involved in efforts to (re-)build states that have been torn by war and violent conflict. Today, the United Nations alone is engaged in more than ten political and peace-building missions around the world. Roland Paris's most recent work, At War's End: Building Peace after Civil Conflict (2004) examines 14 of the major UN peace-building missions launched between 1989 and 1999. In particular, Paris questions whether the predominant models of peacekeeping, with their emphasis on rapid democratisation and market liberalisation, are appropriate in fragile post-conflict contexts. In this interview, Roland Paris shares what can learned from the peace-building record about its effectiveness as a means of preventing the recurrence of violence in post-conflict situations.
Pages
11
ISSN
0961-4524
EISSN
1364-9213
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