Peacebuilding and Authoritarianism: The Unintended Consequences of UN Engagement in Post-Conflict Settings
Day, Adam, von Billerbeck, Sarah, Tansey, Oisín and Al Maleh, Ayham (2021). Peacebuilding and Authoritarianism: The Unintended Consequences of UN Engagement in Post-Conflict Settings. United Nations University.
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Sub-type Research report Author Day, Adam
von Billerbeck, Sarah
Tansey, Oisín
Al Maleh, AyhamTitle Peacebuilding and Authoritarianism: The Unintended Consequences of UN Engagement in Post-Conflict Settings Publication Date 2021-04-08 Place of Publication New York Publisher United Nations University Pages 64 Language eng Abstract This project explores the ways in which peacebuilding may unintentionally enable authoritarian tendencies, despite its stated goal of more inclusive forms of governance. The authors build on scholarship that has analysed the impacts of democratization efforts in post-conflict settings, and the substantial literature describing how authoritarian systems may prove resilient to external efforts to transform them, including by instrumentalizing democratic institutions, controlling resources, and emplacing political structures that tend to centralize authority in a small elite. While helpful in understanding the politics of authoritarian rule, this literature seldom offers an analysis of the causal relationships between peacebuilding and authoritarianism, leaving policymakers and practitioners without a clear framework to understand the impact of their interventions. The fact that peacebuilding is one amongst many factors influencing authoritarianism means that its possible contribution to tendencies of centralization and political repression often go unnoticed. The project aims to provide a usable framework and set of recommendations for policymakers and practitioners to avoid some of the common pitfalls and ensure that peacebuilding support is not distorted or co-opted. UNBIS Thesaurus AUTHORITARIANISM
PEACEBUILDING
DICTATORSHIPKeyword Peacebuilding
Authoritarianism
United Nations
Official Development Assistance
DictatorshipCopyright Holder United Nations University Copyright Year 2021 Copyright type Creative commons ISBN 9789280865356 -
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