Legitimacy in Peacebuilding - Rethinking Civil Society Involvement in Peace Negotiations

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. Unpacking legitimacy: An analytical framework of legitimate peace negotiations 3. Peace negotiations in Liberia and Kenya 4. A voice for the voiceless: Civil society activism in Liberia 5. Silencing the choirmasters: The Kenyan National Dialogue and Reconciliation 6. A multidimensional view of legitimacy 7. Emancipatory peacebuilding and civic agency

About the author

Franzisca Zanker is a senior research fellow at the Arnold-Bergstraesser Institute, Germany, and has a PhD in Political Science from Eberhard-Karls University, Tübingen, Germany.

Summary

The book offers a critical analysis of legitimacy in peacebuilding, with a focus on peace negotiations and civil society participation in particular. The aim of this book is to unpack the meaning of legitimacy for the population in peacebuilding processes and the relationship this has with civil society involvement.

Product details

• Authors: Franzisca Zanker, Franzisca (Arnold-Bergstraesser Institute Zanker, Franzisca (Giga Institute of African Affai Zanker, Zanker Franzisca
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.09.2017
• EAN: 9781138685376
• ISBN: 978-1-138-68537-6
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Routledge Studies in Peace and Conflict Resolution; Routledge Studies in Conflict,; Routledge Studies in Peace and Conflict Resolution
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > General, dictionaries; POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Peace, International Relations, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Peace studies & conflict resolution, Armed Conflict, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General