Economies of Peace: Economy Formation Processes in Conflict-Affected Societies
- Submitting institution
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The University of Manchester
- Unit of assessment
- 25 - Area Studies
- Output identifier
- 85379501
- Type
- B - Edited book
- DOI
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10.1080/13698249.2018.1500164
- Publisher
- Routledge
- ISBN
- 0000000000
- Open access status
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- Month of publication
- August
- Year of publication
- 2018
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
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- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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2
- Research group(s)
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A - SALC
- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- This special issue, co-edited by Vogel who also contributed an article and co-authored the introduction, examines the processes and outcomes of the interactions among economic reforms, socio-economic peacebuilding programmes, and international interventions in the lived realities of people in conflict-affected societies. Together, the articles in this Civil Wars Special Issue, anchored by the introduction, shift the debate from the dominance of a macro-economic focus to that of the local level. In the process, they illustrate the importance of peace economies as integral to sustainable peace.
To date, most research on (post-conflict) economic interventions has been conducted on the impact of market liberalisation and structural adjustment programmes at the macro level. The assumption is that free markets create productive competition and cooperation, and thereby decrease the possibility of future conflicts. The contributions in this issue demonstrate that disregarding socio-economic aspects of peace, and how they relate to the everyday, leaves a vacuum in the understanding of the formation of post-conflict economies.
To address this gap, the special issue outlines and deploys the concept of ‘post-conflict economy formation’ and sets out a new agenda related to the economics of peace and conflict research. The contributions engage with existing state-building and peacebuilding debates, while bringing to bear critical political economy perspectives that engage with the everyday. The articles contribute to the above agenda by examining struggles for basic livelihoods by different segments of society, such as workers and women in the context of a non-functioning welfare system. They also explore the socio-economic consequences of the presence of international actors on local markets and community relationships. The issue demonstrates that sustainable peace requires the formation of peace economies: meaning, economies that work towards reducing structural inequalities and grievances of the (pre-) conflict period and address the livelihood concerns of citizens.
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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