Illiberal peace-building in Asia: A comparative overview

Claire Q. Smith; Lars Waldorf; Gerard McCarthy; Rajesh Venugopal

doi:10.1080/14678802.2019.1705066

Illiberal peace-building in Asia: A comparative overview

Claire Q. Smith, Lars Waldorf, Gerard McCarthy, Rajesh Venugopal

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Over the past 20 years, there have been significant and historic breakthroughs in resolving protracted ethnic conflicts in restive regions of several states in South and South-East Asia. After decades of violence, Indonesia, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Thailand have all witnessed periods of reduced conflict and increased stability. Peace-building as practiced in these states departs markedly from the liberal and post-liberal models in which Western actors and liberal norms play a key role. Here, by contrast, peace-building is driven by domestic actors applying illiberal norms and practices. In this introductory article, we trace the shift from liberal to post-liberal to illiberal peace-building, define illiberal peace-building, discuss the case studies presented in this special issue, and finally draw out common themes and policy implications.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-15
Number of pages	15
Journal	Conflict, Security and Development
Volume	20
Issue number	1
Early online date	17 Feb 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/14678802.2019.1705066
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 17 Feb 2020

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Comparative Peacebuilding in Asia: Liberal and Illiberal Transitions from Ethnic Conflict and Authoritarianism (GCRF ESRC Strategic Network Grant for £92k)
Smith, C. (Co-investigator), Venugopal, R. (Principal investigator), Farrelly, N. (Co-investigator), WALDORF, L. (Co-investigator) & Azca, N. (Co-investigator)
2/01/17 → 30/06/17
Project: Research project (funded) › Research
How Mass Atrocities End in Indonesia
Smith, C. (Principal investigator)
1/03/13 → 31/12/14
Project: Research project (funded) › Research

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Comparative Peacebuilding in Asia: Liberal and Illiberal Transitions from Ethnic Conflict and Authoritarianism (GCRF ESRC Strategic Network Grant for £92k)

How Mass Atrocities End in Indonesia

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