TY  - JOUR
A1  - Ruppel, Samantha
A1  - Leib, Julia
T1  - Same but different
BT  - the role of local leaders in the peace processes in Liberia and Sierra Leone
JF  - Peacebuilding
N2  - The peace processes in Liberia and Sierra Leone share similar contexts and have an interrelated history. They are also often portrayed as successful cases of peacebuilding. This conclusion seems valid, as war has not returned, and political power was handed over peacefully; however, both cases differ with regard to the inclusiveness of the peace processes and the role of local leaders. This article aims to add to the critical peacebuilding debate by focusing on local perceptions about the position of local leaders in these two peace processes. We conducted a public opinion survey in five regions in Sierra Leone and Liberia and expert interviews with peacebuilding actors to examine changing perceptions about the roles of local leaders in both countries. This article speaks to the broader peacebuilding debate by highlighting the importance of including local voices in the peace process and by discussing challenges of inclusive peacebuilding.
KW  - conflict management
KW  - conflict resolution
KW  - West Africa
KW  - peacebuilding
KW  - peace
Y1  - 2022
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1080/21647259.2022.2027152
SN  - 2164-7259
VL  - 10
IS  - 4
SP  - 470
EP  - 505
PB  - Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
CY  - London
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Leib, Julia
T1  - Shaping peace: an investigation of the mechanisms underlying post-conflict peacebuilding
JF  - Peace, conflict & development : an interdisciplinary journal
N2  - What shapes peace, and how can peace be successfully built in those countries affected by armed conflict? This paper examines mpeacebuilding in the aftermath of civil wars in order to identify the conditions for post-conflict peace. The field of civil war research is
characterised by case studies, comparative analyses and quantitative research, which relate relatively little to each other. Furthermore, the complex dynamics of peacebuilding have hardly been investigated so far. Thus, the question remains of how best to enhance the prospects
of a stable peace in post-conflict societies. Therefore, it is necessary to capture the dynamics of post-conflict peace. This paper aims at helping to narrow these research gaps by 1) presenting the benefits of set theoretic methods for peace and conflict studies; 2) identifying remote conflict environment factors and proximate peacebuilding factors which have an influence on the peacebuilding process and 3) proposing a
set-theoretic multi-method research approach in order to identify the causal structures and mechanisms underlying the complex realm of post-conflict peacebuilding. By implementing this transparent and systematic comparative approach, it will become possible to discover
the dynamics of post-conflict peace.
KW  - civil war
KW  - peacebuilding
KW  - post-conflict peace
KW  - set theory
KW  - QCA
Y1  - 2016
SN  - 1742-0601
IS  - 22
SP  - 25
EP  - 76
PB  - Univ.
CY  - Bradford
ER  -