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ID160736
Title ProperResilience in peacebuilding: Contesting uncertainty, ambiguity, and complexity
LanguageENG
AuthorJuncos, Ana E
Summary / Abstract (Note)With the failure of liberal peace strategies in the Global South, resilience has recently become the risk management strategy par excellence in peacebuilding. Since it is not possible to predict when the next crisis will take place, peacebuilders must invest in bottom-up adaptive capacities to cope with external shocks. This article moves away from governmentality accounts of resilience which are overtly deterministic and depoliticizing. Instead, it posits that the uncertainty, ambiguity, and complexity associated with resilience mean that we should expect opportunities for contestation and institutional agency. This argument will be illustrated by drawing upon the European Union’s adoption of the resilience approach in its peacebuilding and security policies. The article argues that while uncertainty, ambiguity, and complexity constitute the ontological conditions that underpin the rise of resilience in peacebuilding, they are also likely to lead to its potential demise.
`In' analytical NoteContemporary Security Policy Vol.39, No.4; Oct 2018: p. 559-574
Journal SourceContemporary Security Policy Vol: 39 No 4
Key WordsPeacebuilding ;  Uncertainty ;  Complexity ;  Resilience ;  Ambiguity ;  Contestation


 
 
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