An ethnographic approach to peacebuilding : understanding local experiences in transitional states / Gearoid Millar.
"This book aims to outline and promote an ethnographic approach to evaluating international peacebuilding interventions in transitional states. While the evaluation of peacebuilding and transitional justice efforts has been a growing concern in recent years, too often evaluations assess project...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Routledge, Taylor & Francis,
2014.
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| Series: | Studies in conflict, development and peacebuilding.
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| Summary: | "This book aims to outline and promote an ethnographic approach to evaluating international peacebuilding interventions in transitional states. While the evaluation of peacebuilding and transitional justice efforts has been a growing concern in recent years, too often evaluations assess projects based on locally irrelevant measures, reinforce the status quo distribution of power in transitional situations, and uncritically accept the implicit conceptions of the funders, planners, and administrators of such projects. This book argues that evaluating the effects of peacebuilding interventions demands an understanding of the local and culturally variable context of intervention"--Product description. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781136011207 113601120X 130670751X 9781306707510 9780415870351 0415870356 9780203701270 0203701275 |