Is external economic assistance hampering the local ownership of peace? - The dilemma of EU’s economic funding of peacebuilding projects in Northern Ireland
(2018) FKVK02 20181Department of Political Science
- Abstract
- While the international community spends enormous amounts of money engaging in peacebuilding efforts, scholars are increasing questioning what effect this actually has on the development of peace. Despite extensive economic contributions to post-conflict societies with the hope of ensuring peace, little development on the ground has been recorded. This raises a question of why provision of economic aid has not generated the expected results on the local level.
According to Jarstad and Sisk’s (2008) systemic dilemma, the development of locally rooted peace can be obstructed by the conditions attached to the provision of external economic aid. By adopting the argument of this theory, the following study examines what effect external... (More) - While the international community spends enormous amounts of money engaging in peacebuilding efforts, scholars are increasing questioning what effect this actually has on the development of peace. Despite extensive economic contributions to post-conflict societies with the hope of ensuring peace, little development on the ground has been recorded. This raises a question of why provision of economic aid has not generated the expected results on the local level.
According to Jarstad and Sisk’s (2008) systemic dilemma, the development of locally rooted peace can be obstructed by the conditions attached to the provision of external economic aid. By adopting the argument of this theory, the following study examines what effect external economic aid has on the opportunity for local ownership of peace in Northern Ireland. This is done by conducting a qualitative case study of EU’s provision of economic aid to peacebuilding projects in the region through the PEACE III program (2007-2013). The result indicate that EU’s provision of economic aid provides an intermediate opportunity for local ownership of peace. (Less)
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- author
- Halvorsen, Emma LU
- supervisor
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- Ivan Gusic LU
- organization
- course
- FKVK02 20181
- year
- 2018
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Peacebuilding, local ownership, economic aid, Northern Ireland
- language
- English
- id
- 8942615
- date added to LUP
- 2018-08-24 08:22:14
- date last changed
- 2018-08-24 08:22:14
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