Peacebuilding for Social Cohesion: Findings and Implications

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In this chapter, Cox, Orsborn, and Sisk present cross-case findings from the research. Findings are organized in sections devoted to understanding the various ways ethnic, religious, or sectarian violence affects social cohesion. Among the topics are “ethnic security dilemmas” that stoke fear and diminish social trust and inter-group cooperation, the politics of demography and the spatial distribution of groups, narratives on constructing the “nation,” the effects of institutional rules to mitigate divisive politics, the political economy of identity-based service delivery, language policy and national identity, and the myths and realities of national-level inclusivity agendas. The chapter includes analysis of key peacebuilding issues, including how internal and external peacebuilders talk about social cohesion (while often avoiding sensitive language on ethnicity and religion), dilemmas of empowerment efforts to remediate historical marginalization, direct dialogue approaches to foster cohesion (e.g. “national dialogue” processes), indirect approaches to promote inter-group interdependencies, the design and implementation of peace architectures, assistance to government approaches to build social cohesion, and the enduring problems of coordination, “local ownership,” and aid volatility.

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Cox, F. D., Orsborn, C., & Sisk, T. D. (2017). Peacebuilding for Social Cohesion: Findings and Implications. In Rethinking Political Violence (pp. 287–309). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50715-6_10

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