Screen LibraryGlobal governance and local peace : accountability and performance in international peacebuilding /
Why do international peacebuilding organizations sometimes succeed and sometimes fail, even within the same country? Bridging the gaps between the peacekeeping, peacebuilding, and global governance scholarship, this book argues that international peacebuilding organizations repeatedly fail because t...
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Cambridge University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, United Kingdom : |
| Publication Dates: | 2018. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Why do international peacebuilding organizations sometimes succeed and sometimes fail, even within the same country? Bridging the gaps between the peacekeeping, peacebuilding, and global governance scholarship, this book argues that international peacebuilding organizations repeatedly fail because they are accountable to global actors, not to local institutions or people. International peacebuilding organizations can succeed only when country-based staff bypass existing accountability structures and empower local stakeholders to hold their global organizations accountable for achieving local |
| Carrier Form: | xv, 292 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 264-287) and index. |
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9781108418652 1108418651 |
| Index Number: | JZ5538 |
| CLC: | D068 |
| Call Number: | D068/C191 |
| Contents: | Local peacebuilding and global accountability -- The country context -- Burundi from 1999 to 2014 -- Ingos in peacebuilding -- globally unaccountable, locally adaptive -- International organizations in peacebuilding -- globally accountable, locally constrained -- Bilateral development donors -- accountable for global targets, not local change. |