Book contents
- Peacebuilding Paradigms
- Peacebuilding Paradigms
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Introduction Bridging the Conceptual and Theoretical Divides on Peace and Peacebuilding
- Part I The Realist Paradigm
- Part II The Liberal Paradigm
- Part III The Constructivist Paradigm
- Part IV The Cosmopolitan Paradigm
- Part V The Critical Theory Paradigm
- 11 Critical Approaches to Peacebuilding
- 12 A New Paradigm
- 13 From Scylla to Charybdis?
- Part VI The Locality Paradigm
- Part VII The Policy Paradigm
- Bibliography
- Index
12 - A New Paradigm
Engendered-Sustainable Peace and Security
from Part V - The Critical Theory Paradigm
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 December 2020
- Peacebuilding Paradigms
- Peacebuilding Paradigms
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Introduction Bridging the Conceptual and Theoretical Divides on Peace and Peacebuilding
- Part I The Realist Paradigm
- Part II The Liberal Paradigm
- Part III The Constructivist Paradigm
- Part IV The Cosmopolitan Paradigm
- Part V The Critical Theory Paradigm
- 11 Critical Approaches to Peacebuilding
- 12 A New Paradigm
- 13 From Scylla to Charybdis?
- Part VI The Locality Paradigm
- Part VII The Policy Paradigm
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The concepts of peace and peacebuilding were basically developed by men, often with a realist background. This top-down approach has people as simple spectators. Only an engendered-sustainable peace will be able to deal with the present global environmental and climate change. "Engendered-sustainable peace" refers to the structural factors related to long-term violence, deeply embedded in the patriarchal system and characterized by authoritarianism, discrimination, exploitation, destruction, and violence. I define and address the cosmopolitan concept of "engendered-sustainable peace" and examine its foundations in theories of positive, structural, cultural, and sustainable peace. I then address power relations from realism to cosmopolitanism, including historical materialism and feminist understandings. I then discuss the potential of technology for peacebuilding and examine how a transition toward an "engendered-sustainable peace" opens an analytical tool that could be used by bottom-up efforts to overcome the present violence against women, men, children, and elders, including the environment and ecosystem services.
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- Peacebuilding ParadigmsThe Impact of Theoretical Diversity on Implementing Sustainable Peace, pp. 207 - 222Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020