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Legitimacy in fragile post-conflict situations – why it matters for peacebuilding and conflict transformation Framing paper for the Berghof project ‘ Addressing legitimacy issues in fragile post-conflict situations to advance conflict transformation and peacebuilding ’ 1
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Copyright Year | 2013 |
| Abstract | Today fragile states and situations are presented as being of major concern for both security and development policies. Conventional wisdom holds that fragility of state institutions and internal as well as transnational violence are closely related. State fragility is seen to lead to violent conflict and violent conflict to enhanced fragility, failure or even collapse of states. Regions of violent conflict and state fragility are perceived as potential breeding grounds and safe havens for transnational terrorism, weapons proliferation and organized crime, thus posing severe security threats, not only for the state and society in question, but also for neighbouring states and the international community at large. In other words: fragile and failed states are ranked as ―one of the most important foreign policy challenges of the contemporary era‖ (Krasner and Pascual 2005, 153). At the same time, this challenge is also of major concern for development policies and development assistance; state fragility and accompanying violent conflicts are major impediments to sustainable development. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://www.berghof-foundation.org/fileadmin/redaktion/Publications/Grantees_Partners/UoQ_Grant_Framing_Paper.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
