Cultures of Governance and Peace : A Comparison of EU and Indian Theoretical and Policy Approaches.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (208 pages)
Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Contributors -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Cultures of governance and conflict resolution in the EU and India -- Opening new research venues on peace and governance: the EU as 'postmodern', India as 'post-colonial'? -- The EU as a project of peace -- The Indian critique and engagement with peacebuilding -- Peacebuilding and social justice -- Outline of chapters -- Notes -- References -- 1 Investigating the relationship between governance and conflict resolution in India and the EU -- Introduction -- Comparing peacebuilding in India and the European Union -- Development -- Statebuilding and security -- Institutions -- Concluding discussion -- Notes -- References -- 2 Government of peace and resistive subjectivities: autonomy, ethnicity and gender in North-East India and Bosnia-Herzegovina -- Introduction -- Government of peace and associated resistive subjectivities -- Social governance and ethnicity -- Social governance and gender -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 3 Political economy of conflict and peace: governmentality of participation and strategic veto in Bihar and Jharkhand, India -- The state and the discipline of policy categories -- Disciplining through security -- Disciplining through participation and development -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- 4 Agency, autonomy and compliance in (post-)conflict situations: perspectives from Jammu and Kashmir, Cyprus and Bosnia-Herzegovin -- Introduction -- Old theories, new realities -- Locating everyday agency on the ground: narratives from J& -- K, Cyprus and BiH -- Compliance with governance initiatives -- Resistance to governance initiatives -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 5 Peace via social justice and/or security -- Introduction -- Social justice and peace -- Security and peace -- Sequencing -- Priority. Concluding discussion -- Notes -- References -- 6 The local is everywhere: a post-colonial reassessment of cultural sensitivity in conflict governance -- Introduction -- The problem of sensitivity to 'the local context' in peacebuilding -- Troubles with representing 'the local' -- Governing the local: global and local cultures and practices -- Kapoor's post-colonial ethos -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 7 Everyday resistance to conflict resolution measures and opportunities for systemic conflict transformation -- Introduction -- Everyday resistance -- The Panchayati Raj in Bihar and Jharkhand -- Resisting ethnic divisions in Bosnia-Herzegovina -- The Green Line Regulation in Cyprus -- Revisiting and unfolding everyday resistance from a systemic perspective -- Everyday resistance from a systemic perspective -- Network structures and networking -- Dynamic frames and relationships -- Conflict and problem-solving approaches -- Perspective dependency -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 8 Peacebuilding in India: Meghalaya's experience -- Ideas and praxis -- Interrogating peace in Meghalaya -- Rise of ethnocentrism -- Inter-ethnic conflict -- Scarcity and skewed development -- Armed insurgency -- Managing conflict -- ANVC peace process -- Challenges, lessons learned -- Notes -- References -- Index.
This volume brings together insights which look at the intersection of governance, culture and conflict resolution in India and the European Union.