Power or peace? Restoration or emancipation through peace processes

Richmond, Oliver P.; Mac Ginty, Roger; Pogodda, Sandra; Visoka, Gëzim

doi:10.1080/21647259.2021.1911916

Power or peace? Restoration or emancipation through peace processes

Richmond, Oliver P.; Mac Ginty, Roger; Pogodda, Sandra; Visoka, Gëzim

Authors

Oliver P. Richmond

Professor Roger Mac Ginty roger.macginty@durham.ac.uk
Professor

Sandra Pogodda

Gëzim Visoka

Abstract

Recent critical academic work in Peace and Conflict Studies has concentrated on the agential aspects of peace but has somewhat neglected structural issues and the different types of power that may be an obstacle to peace. Yet, for peace to take root, to be emancipatory and truly transformative, it seems that issues of hard power, geo-politics and the structures of states, societies and economies need to be re-addressed in a new set of contexts. This special issue concentrates on how peace scholarship and agendas can be furthered in an era of realism, hard power, the primacy of geopolitics, nationalism, authoritarianism and unfettered capitalism. This article explores the fluid and multifaceted relationship between power and peace, while also introducing the contributions to this special issue.

Citation

Richmond, O. P., Mac Ginty, R., Pogodda, S., & Visoka, G. (2021). Power or peace? Restoration or emancipation through peace processes. Peacebuilding, 9(3), 243-257. https://doi.org/10.1080/21647259.2021.1911916

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Mar 30, 2021
Online Publication Date	May 4, 2021
Publication Date	2021
Deposit Date	Jan 14, 2022
Publicly Available Date	Nov 4, 2022
Journal	Peacebuilding
Print ISSN	2164-7259
Electronic ISSN	2164-7267
Publisher	Taylor and Francis Group
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	9
Issue	3
Pages	243-257
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1080/21647259.2021.1911916

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This is an Accepted Manuscript version of the following article, accepted for publication in Peacebuilding. Richmond, Oliver P., Mac Ginty, Roger, Pogodda, Sandra & Visoka, Gëzim (2021). Power or peace? Restoration or emancipation through peace processes. Peacebuilding 9(3): 243-257. It is deposited under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.