A select digest of debates and scholarship on governance and peacebuilding
19 June 2015
Peacebuilding & Governance
Peacebuilding
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Constitutional Transitions and Territorial Cleavages, Anderson, George, and Sujit Choudhry,
International IDEA Constitution Building Programme, 2015.
Enhancing U.S. Support for Peace Operations in Africa, Williams, Paul D., Council on Foreign
Relations, May 2015.
From Peace Settlement to Political Settlement: State Restructuring and Inclusive Measures for
Marginalised Groups in Nepal, Mabuhang, Balkrishna, Berghof Foundation, 2015.
A Gendered Analysis of Refugee Peacebuilding: Transnational Networks for Peace, Snyder, Anna
C., Review of Social Studies, Spring 2015.
Governing the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process: The European Union Partnership for
Peace, İsleyen, Beste, Security Dialogue, June 2015.
Main Results of 'Broader Participation in Political Negotiations and Implementation' Project 20112015, Paffenholz, Thania, Centre on Conflict, Development and Peacebuilding, 2015.
Mediation in International Conflicts, Beardsley, Kyle, and Nathan Danneman, Chapter in Emerging
Trends in the Social and Behavioral Sciences: An Interdisciplinary, Searchable, and Linkable
Resource, 15 May 2015.
Rethinking Justice and Institutions in African Peacebuilding, Hyden, Goran, Third World Quarterly,
8 June 2015.
The Role of Transitional Justice and Access to Justice in Conflict Resolution and Democratic
Advancement, Moscati, Maria Federica, Democratic Progress Institute, May 2015.
When Talk Trumps Text: The Democratizing Effects of Deliberation During Constitution-Making,
1974-2011, Eisenstadt, Todd, A. Carl LeVan, and Tofigh Maboudi, American Political Science
Review, August 2015.
Governance
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Autonomy as a Possible Solution to Self-Determination Disputes: Does It Really Work?, Abushov,
Kavus, International Journal on Minority and Group Rights, 2015.
Building Democracy to Last: The Turkish Experience in Comparative Perspective, Cinar, Kursat,
and Meral Ugur Cinar, Mediterranean Politics, 2 June 2015.
The Democratic Costs of Constitutionalisation: The European Case, Grimm, Dieter, European
Law Journal, 26 May 2015.
Democratization, Elections, and the 'De Facto State Dilemma': Iraq's Kurdistan Regional
Government, MacQueen, Benjamin, Cooperation and Conflict, 12 May 2015.
Guaranteed Rotation in Office: A New Model of Democracy, Goodin, Robert E., and Chiara
Lepora, The Political Quarterly, 25 May 2015.
Participatory Governance, McNulty, Stephanie L., and Brian Wampler, Chapter in Emerging
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Trends in the Social and Behavioral Sciences: An Interdisciplinary, Searchable, and Linkable
Resource, 15 May 2015.
The Practice of Shared Responsibility in Relation to Internationally Administered Territories, Saul,
Matthew, SHARES Research Paper 65, 2015.
Silencing the Guns: Strengthening Governance to Prevent, Manage, and Resolve Conflicts in
Africa, Khadiagala, Gilbert, International Peace Institute, May 2015.
Rebel Governance and the Politics of Civil War, Péclard, Didier, and Delphine Mechoulan, Swiss
Peace, 2015.
Peacetech
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Constitutional Conventions in the Digital Era: Lessons from Iceland and Ireland, Suteu, Silvia,
Boston College International and Comparative Law Review, 18 May 2015.
Democracy Does Not Live by Tech Alone, Arriaga, Manuel, Foreign Policy, 12 May 2015.
Why Technology Hasn't Delivered More Democracy, Carothers, Thomas, Foreign Policy, 3 June
2015.
Local Peacebuilding & Governance
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Beyond the Local Turn Divide: Lessons Learnt, Relearnt, and Unlearnt, Schierenbeck, Isabell,
Third World Quarterly, 8 June 2015.
Local Engagement with Armed Groups: In the Midst of Violence, Haspeslagh, Sophia, and Zahbia
Yousuf, Accord, May 2015.
Local Perspectives on Inclusive Peacebuilding: A Four-Country Study, Gruener, Sigrid, and
Matilda Hald, Development Dialogue Paper, May 2015.
The 'Local Turn' in Peacebuilding: A Literature Review of Effective and Emancipatory Local
Peacebuilding, Leonardsson, Hanna, and Gustav Rudd, Third World Quarterly, 8 June 2015.
The 'Local Turn' Saving Liberal Peacebuilding? Unpacking Virtual Peace in Cambodia, Ojendal,
Joakim, and Sivhouch Ou, Third World Quarterly, 2015.
Reducing Fragility through Strengthening Local Governance in Guinea, Arandel, Christian, Derick
W. Brinkerhoff, and Marissa M. Bell, Third World Quarterly, 8 June 2015.
Strengthening Community-Level Peacebuilding in Rwanda, Basabose, Jean de Dieu, Insight on
Conflict, 4 June 2015.
Peacebuilding Contexts
Somalia and Somaliland
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Viewpoint: Turkey as a "Political" Actor in Africa - An Assessment of Turkish Involvement in
Somalia, Ozkan, Mehmet, and Serhat Orakci, Journal of Eastern African Studies, 4 June 2015.
South Sudan
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IGAD's Mediation in the Current South Sudan Conflict: Prospects and Challenges, Apuuli, Kasaija
Philip, African Security, 9 June 2015.
In South Sudan, Children on the Battlefield, Wheeler, Skye, Al Jazeera, 5 June 2015.
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Is Khartoum Sending Weapons to Rebels in South Sudan?, O'Grady, Siobhan, Foreign Policy, 2
June 2015.
Kenya Wades into the South Sudan Morass, McCormick, Ty, Foreign Policy, 1 June 2015.
South Sudan Swirls Toward Chaos, Gerson, Michael, Washington Post, 1 June 2015.
South Sudan: What Went Wrong?, Ajak, Peter, and John Hirsch, IPI Global Observatory, 20 May
2015.
Sudan
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Water, Civilization and Power in Sudan: The Political Economy of Military-Islamist State Building.
By Harry Verhoeven, Grafham, Owen, International Affairs, 12 May 2015.
Syria
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Abu Mohammed al-Golani's Aljazeera Interview, Lund, Aron, Syria Comment, 29 May 2015.
The Balance-Sheet of Conflict: Criminal Revenues and Warlords in Syria, Hallaj, Omar Abdulaziz,
NOREF, May 2015.
Iran's Stakes in Syria's Economy, al-Saadi, Salam, Sada, 2 June 2015.
Syria in Limbo: Neither Reunification nor Partition Are yet Possible, Soghom, Vahik, Syria
Comment, 24 May 2015.
The War Over Syria's Gas Fields, Sayigh, Yezid, Syria in Crisis, 8 June 2015.
What if No One Is Winning the War in Syria?, Lund, Aron, Syria in Crisis, 28 May 2015.
Books
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Dialogue and Conflict Resolution: Potential and Limits, Thune, Henrik, 28 July 2015.
Fragile Democracies: Contested Power in the Era of Constitutional Courts, Issacharoff, Samuel,
19 June 2015.
Local Ownership in International Peacebuilding: Key Theoretical and Practical Issues, Lee, Sung
Yong, and Alpaslan Özerdam, 24 April 2015.
Post-Conflict Syrian State and Nation Building: Economic and Political Development, Cakmak,
Cenap, and Murat Ustaoglu, 12 June 2015.
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