No War, No Peace: The Rejuvenation of Stalled Peace Processes and Peace Accords (Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies)

Many Of The Peace Processes And Peace Accords Over The Past Decade Have Ushered In Poor Quality Of Peace That Makes Little Difference To The Security And Standard Of Living Of Citizens In Post-peace Accord Societies. This Book Investigates Stalled And Dysfunctional Peace Processes And Peace Accords In Societies Experiencing Civil Wars. Using A Critical And Comparative Perspective, It Offers Strategies For Rejuvenating And Re-orientating Stalled Peace Processes And Peace Accords So That They Are More Able To Foster Sustainable And Inclusive Peace. Peace -- Liberal Democratic Peace -- Conflict -- Critical Peace Assessment -- Peace Accords Thwarted By Violence -- The Elusive Peace Dividend -- Peace Prevented By External Actors -- Conclusion: What Works? Roger Mac Ginty. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 215-228) And Index. "Mac Ginty's question - why do so many peace processes fail? - is the right one to ask. His analysis and prescriptions about necessary changes in peacemaking are likely to make a very significant impact on the discussion on peace processes."--Professor John Darby, Kroc Institute for International Peace, University of Notre Dame, USA 'This is a very well-informed seminal, sceptical monograph which asks why 'peace' is so elusive? Its timely revisionist treatise constitutes competition for Mark Duffield, Will Reno and Co!' - Professor Tim Shaw, Director of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London, UK '[T]his is the first book of importance which attempts to situate the practices of 'peace' within a critical and comparative perspective. The author pulls few punches. Peace - he argues - rarely delivers on what it promises. And it is hardly ever about reconciliation. This is the tough, welcome, and necessary message delivered by Roger Mac Ginty in this path-breaking book. An indispensable volume that is bound to shape all future discussion on the subject.' - Professor Michael Cox, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK '[A] major addition to a field that has attracted much recent public and specialist attention - that of what happens after the guns fall silent ... The book will be of great interest to those interested in post-conflict violence. Mac Ginty brings a much needed perspective that is both ethically sound and also eminently pragmatic.' - Professor Andrew Williams, University of Kent, UK This book investigates stalled and dysfunctional peace processes and peace accords in societies experiencing civil wars. Using a critical and comparative perspective, it offers strategies for rejuvenating and re-orientating stalled peace processes and peace accords so that they are more able to foster sustainable and inclusive peace. Most peace accords reached in civil wars over the past decade have resulted in extremely dysfunctional peace: a grudging and exhausted hiatus in conflict rather than a process that results in sustainable peace and reconciliation between antagonistic groups. Despite the local and international peace-support energy expended in Bosnia, Israel-Palestine, Cambodia, Northern Ireland, Democratic Republic of Congo and elsewhere, the quality of peace experienced by citizens in post-war locations is often appalling. This book adopts a critical perspective to investigate the stalled, tense and fragile peace that often follows orthodox peace processes and peace accords supported by the international community. It identifies the 'liberal democratic peace' as the increasingly standardized version of peace promoted by leading states, international organizations and international financial institutions. Based on extensive observations in societies emerging from civil wars, No War, No Peaceoffers guidance on rejuvenation and reorientation of stalled and dysfunctional peace accords Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 8 List of Tables and Figures......Page 9 List of Abbreviations......Page 10 About the Author......Page 11 Acknowledgements......Page 12 Introduction......Page 14 1 Peace......Page 25 2 Liberal Democratic Peace......Page 46 3 Conflict......Page 71 4 Critical Peace Assessment......Page 94 5 Peace Accords Thwarted by Violence......Page 121 6 The Elusive Peace Dividend......Page 145 7 Peace Prevented by External Actors......Page 167 Conclusion: What Works?......Page 187 Notes......Page 205 Bibliography......Page 228 J......Page 242 W......Page 243 Investigates stalled and dysfunctional peace processes and peace accords in societies experiencing civil wars. Using a critical and comparative perspective, this book offers strategies for rejuvenating and re-orientating stalled peace processes and peace accords so that they are more able to foster sustainable and inclusive peace