| ID | 090204 |
| Title Proper | Evolution of post-conflict recovery |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Barakat, Sultan ; Zyck, Steven A |
| Publication | 2009. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Recent history has been marked by the rise of post-conflict intervention as a component of military and foreign policy, as a form of humanitarianism and as a challenge to Westphalian notions of state sovereignty. The terms of debate, the history of the discipline and the evolution of scholarship and practice remain relatively under-examined, particularly in the post-9/11 period in which post-conflict recovery came to be construed as an extension of conflict and as a domain concerned principally with the national security of predominantly Western countries. The subsequent politicisation of post-conflict recovery and entry of post-conflict assistance into the political economy of conflict have fundamentally changed policy making and practice. The authors argue that research into post-conflict recovery, which must become increasingly rigorous and theoretically grounded, should detach itself from the myriad political agendas which have sought to impose themselves upon war-torn countries. The de-politicisation of post-conflict recovery, the authors conclude, may benefit from an increasingly structured 'architecture of integrated, directed recovery'. |
| `In' analytical Note | Third World Quarterly Vol. 30, No. 6; 2009: p1069-1086 |
| Journal Source | Third World Quarterly Vol. 30, No. 6; 2009: p1069-1086 |
| Key Words | Post-Conflict Recovery ; Post-Conflict Intervention - History ; Post-Conflict Assistance ; Conflict - Military Assistance |