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Type: | Book chapter |
Title: | The social construction of peace |
Author: | Wallis, J. |
Citation: | The Oxford Handbook of Peacebuilding, Statebuilding, and Peace Formation, 2021 / Richmond, O., Visoka, G. (ed./s), Ch.5, pp.77-90 |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
Publisher Place: | United States of America |
Issue Date: | 2021 |
ISBN: | 9780190904418 |
Editor: | Richmond, O. Visoka, G. |
Statement of Responsibility: | Joanne Wallis |
Abstract: | Peace is socially constructed; it is the product of human agency, and ideas and practices relating to peace are constituted and instantiated within intersubjective social contexts. A constructivist analysis of peace takes a reflexive approach to analyzing peace in order to rethink the tacit ontological assumptions on which dominant international analyses of peace are premised. It suggests that we need to make less certain, more dynamic, contingent, and flexible ontological assumptions regarding how peace is understood and practiced in conflict-affected societies. While acknowledging the ethical issues involved in seeking to know local knowledge, this suggests that we should expand our analysis to consider the everyday lived experiences, beliefs, feelings, ideas, and understandings of those affected by conflict. |
Rights: | © Oxford University Press 2021. All rights reserved. |
DOI: | 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190904418.013.3 |
Grant ID: | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP160104692 |
Published version: | https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-oxford-handbook-of-peacebuilding-statebuilding-and-peace-formation-9780190904418?cc=au&lang=en& |
Appears in Collections: | Politics publications |
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