Abstract
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.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 559-574 |
Number of pages | 16 |
Journal | Contemporary Security Policy |
Volume | 39 |
Issue number | 4 |
Early online date | 18 Jul 2018 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2 Oct 2018 |
Keywords
- ambiguity
- complexity
- contestation
- peacebuilding
- Resilience
- uncertainty
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Professor Ana E Juncos
- School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies - Professor of European Politics
- Bristol Poverty Institute
- Cabot Institute for the Environment
- Global Insecurities
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