The Distinction Of Peace: A Social Analysis Of Peacebuilding (configurations: Critical Studies Of World Politics)
by Catherine Goetze /
2017 / English / PDF
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“Peacebuilding” serves as a catch-all term to describe efforts by
an array of international organizations, nongovernmental
organizations, and agencies of foreign states to restore or
construct a peaceful society in the wake—or even in the midst—of
conflict. Despite this variety, practitioners consider themselves
members of a global profession. In
“Peacebuilding” serves as a catch-all term to describe efforts by
an array of international organizations, nongovernmental
organizations, and agencies of foreign states to restore or
construct a peaceful society in the wake—or even in the midst—of
conflict. Despite this variety, practitioners consider themselves
members of a global profession. InThe Distinction of
Peace
The Distinction of
Peace, Catherine Goetze investigates the genesis of
peacebuilding as a professional field of expertise since the
1960s, its increasing influence, and the ways it reflects global
power structures.
, Catherine Goetze investigates the genesis of
peacebuilding as a professional field of expertise since the
1960s, its increasing influence, and the ways it reflects global
power structures.
Goetze describes how the peacebuilding field came into being, how
it defines who belongs to it and who does not, and what kind of
group culture it has generated. Using an innovative methodology,
she investigates the motivations of individuals who become
peacebuilders, their professional trajectories and networks, and
the “good peacebuilder” as an ideal. For many, working in
peacebuilding in various ways—as an aid worker on the ground, as
a lawyer at the United Nations, or as an academic in a think
tank—has become not merely a livelihood, but also a form of
participation in world politics. As a field, peacebuilding has
developed techniques for incorporating and training new members,
yet its internal politics also create the conditions of exclusion
that often result in practical failures of the peacebuilding
enterprise.
Goetze describes how the peacebuilding field came into being, how
it defines who belongs to it and who does not, and what kind of
group culture it has generated. Using an innovative methodology,
she investigates the motivations of individuals who become
peacebuilders, their professional trajectories and networks, and
the “good peacebuilder” as an ideal. For many, working in
peacebuilding in various ways—as an aid worker on the ground, as
a lawyer at the United Nations, or as an academic in a think
tank—has become not merely a livelihood, but also a form of
participation in world politics. As a field, peacebuilding has
developed techniques for incorporating and training new members,
yet its internal politics also create the conditions of exclusion
that often result in practical failures of the peacebuilding
enterprise.
By providing a critical account of the social mechanisms that
make up the peacebuilding field, Goetze offers deep insights into
the workings of Western domination and global inequalities.
By providing a critical account of the social mechanisms that
make up the peacebuilding field, Goetze offers deep insights into
the workings of Western domination and global inequalities.
