The Rise And Fall Of Peacebuilding In The Balkans (Rethinking Peace And Conflict Studies)

This book examines the evolution of liberal peacebuilding in the Balkans since the mid-1990s. After more than two decades of peacebuilding intervention, widespread popular disappointment by local communities is increasingly visible. Since the early 2010s, difficult conditions have spurred a wave of protest throughout the region. Citizens have variously denounced the political system, political elites, corruption and mismanagement. Rather than re-evaluating their strategy in light of mounting local discontent, international peacebuilding officials have increasingly adopted cynical calculations about stability. This book explains this evolution from the optimism of the mid-1990s to the current state through the analysis of three main phases, moving from the initial ‘rise’, to a later condition of ‘stalemate’ and then ‘fall’ of peacebuilding.

• | Author: Roberto Belloni
• | Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• | Publication Date: May 15, 2019
• | Number of Pages: 260 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 3030144232
• | ISBN-13: 9783030144234