Navigating the Local: Politics of Peacebuilding in Lebanese Municipalities

Navigating the Local: Politics of Peacebuilding in Lebanese Municipalities

by Hanna Leonardsson
Navigating the Local: Politics of Peacebuilding in Lebanese Municipalities

Navigating the Local: Politics of Peacebuilding in Lebanese Municipalities

by Hanna Leonardsson

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Overview

How is peace built at the local level? Covering three Lebanese municipalities with striking sectarian diversity, Saida, Bourj Hammoud and Tyre, this book investigates the ways in which local service delivery, local interactions and vertical relationships matter in building peace. Using the stories and experiences of municipal councillors, employees and civil society actors, it illustrates how local activities and agencies are performed and what it means for local peace in Lebanon. Through its analysis, the book illustrates what the practice of peacebuilding can look like at the local level and the wider lessons - both practical and theoretical - that can be drawn from it.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781529224276
Publisher: Bristol University Press
Publication date: 05/21/2024
Series: Spaces of Peace, Security and Development
Edition description: First Edition
Pages: 178
Product dimensions: 6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x (d)

About the Author

Hanna Leonardsson is Senior lecturer in the School of Global Studies at the University of Gothenburg.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Theorizing Local Peacebuilding 2. Lebanese Municipalities, Centralized Peacebuilding and Possibilities for Change 3. Service Delivery: Providing for Local Needs 4. Local Interactions: Formal and Informal Everyday Interactions 5. Vertical Relationships: Connecting the Local to the National and Global Conclusion

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“This is an important and innovative contribution to the field, spearheading a new wave of research on the ‘local turn’ in peacebuilding. It is empirically rich and theoretically innovative.” Nicolas Lemay-Hébert, Australian National University

“This book marks Hanna Leonardsson as an important voice in the ongoing conversation about peacebuilding’s ‘local turn’; her study is timely, theoretically sophisticated and empirically rich.” Timothy Donais, Wilfrid Laurier University

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