Abstract
European Union (EU) interventions in conflict countries tend to focus on governance reforms of political and economic frameworks instead of the geopolitical context or the underlying power asymmetries that fuel conflict. They follow a liberal pattern often associated with northern donors and the UN system more generally. The EU's approach diverges from prevalent governance paradigms mainly in its engagement with social, identity and socio-economic exclusion. This article examines the EU's ‘peace-as-governance’ model in Cyprus, Georgia, Palestine and Bosnia and Herzegovina. These cases indicate that a tense and contradictory strategic situation may arise from an insufficient redress of underlying conflict issues.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 227-249 |
| Number of pages | 23 |
| Journal | European Security |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue number | 3 |
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| State | Published - 2014 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:We would like to thank the European Union for sponsoring this research. This article is based on research carried out for a project entitled ‘The Role of Governance in the Resolution of Socioeconomic and Political Conflict in India and Europe’ (CORE). It has been funded by the Socio-economic Sciences & Humanities in the European Community's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement n° 266931.
Funding Information:
We would like to thank the European Union for sponsoring this research. This article is based on research carried out for a project entitled ?The Role of Governance in the Resolution of Socioeconomic and Political Conflict in India and Europe? (CORE). It has been funded by the Socio-economic Sciences & Humanities in the European Community's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement n? 266931.
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© 2014 Taylor & Francis.
Keywords
- conflict resolution
- development
- EU governance
- institution building
- peacebuilding