Civil society and peacebuilding

Responding to the burgeoning interest in the role of Civil society in peace processes, this ground-breaking collaborative effort identifies the constructive functions of Civil society in support of peace building both during and in the aftermath of armed conflict. The authors also highlight the factors that support those functions and the obstacles to their fulfilment. A comprehensive analytical framework is applied to 11 country cases, not only allowing comparative analysis, but also providing a new tool for further research. table of Contents what we already know understanding Civil society Civil society and the State Civil society and peace building a comprehensive analytical framework case studies: applying the framework Guatemala: a dependent and fragmented Civil society northern Ireland: Civil society and the slow building of peace Bosnia-Herzegovina: Civil society in a semi protectorate Turkey: the Kurdish question and the coercive state Cyprus: a divided Civil society in stalemate Israel and Palestine: Civil societies in despair Afghanistan: Civil society between modernity and tradition Nepal: from conflict to consolidating a fragile peace Sri Lanka: peace activists and nationalists Somalia: Civil society in a collapsed state Nigeria: dilemmas of co-optation in the Niger Delta what we have learned what Civil society can contribute to peace building enabling and disenabling factors for Civil society peace building conclusion..