Problematising UN-local Civil Society Engagement in Peacebuilding: Towards Non-modern Epistemes Through Relationality

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Abstract

This article seeks to argue that the problematic engagement between United Nations peacebuilding and local civil society reveals an ontological tension between different forms of conceiving of actors and processes in peacebuilding contexts. Relationality is introduced as a potential analytical breakthrough. The article problematises UN static categorisations as failing to capture the complexity of local civil society and imposing a highly technical form of engagement. Unaware of these limitations, the UN seeks to instrumentalise local civil society to engage it in peacebuilding settings. This pattern is critically presented here as a totalising process through which the UN attempts to secure modernity.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)618-637
Number of pages20
JournalJournal of Intervention and Statebuilding
Volume13
Issue number5
Early online date21 May 2019
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 20 Oct 2019

Keywords

  • United Nations, peacebuilding, local civil society, relationality, non-modern epistemes
  • peacebuilding
  • local civil society
  • United Nations
  • relationality
  • non-modern epistemes

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