| ID | 114981 |
| Title Proper | Quality/control |
| Other Title Information | international peace interventions and the everyday |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Mitchell, Audra |
| Publication | 2011. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Current discourses about the everyday in relation to international peace interventions focus on two main aspects. First, the perceived quality or qualities of everyday life tend to be attributed to 'local' organisations or actors and assessed positively. Second, the control of life (including bio-political control and governance) tends to be associated with 'international' actors and viewed negatively. This article challenges these key assumptions by contextualising them in social and political theories of the everyday and in two key examples: 'affective' peacebuilding in Bosnia-Herzegovina, and 'threatworks' in Northern Ireland. It also calls for an approach to the 'everyday' in international interventions which moves beyond local/international power dynamics and is attentive to the pluralities of power and practice that emerge in these settings. |
| `In' analytical Note | Review of International Studies Vol. 37, No.4; Oct 2011: p.1623-1645 |
| Journal Source | Review of International Studies Vol. 37, No.4; Oct 2011: p.1623-1645 |
| Key Words | International Peace Interventions ; Quality/Control ; Governance ; Bosnia - Herzegovina ; Northern Ireland ; International Peace |