TY  - BOOK
TI  - Lives Amid Violence: Transforming Development in the Wake of Conflict
SN  - 9780755640843
PY  - 2023///
CY  - London
PB  - Bloomsbury Academic
KW  - Afghanistan
KW  - Democratic Republic of Congo
KW  - DRC
KW  - international development
KW  - Nepal
KW  - Pakistan
KW  - peacebuilding
KW  - Sierra Leone
KW  - South Sudan
KW  - Sri Lanka
KW  - state building
KW  - thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTP Development studies
KW  - thema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTU Peace studies and conflict resolution
KW  - thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPB Comparative politics
KW  - Uganda
KW  - violent
N1  - Open Access
N2  - Violent conflict and its aftermath are pressing problems, particularly for international development initiatives. However, the results of development in conflict contexts have generally been disappointing and their preventative potential thus questionable. Available Open Access, Lives Amid Violence argues that this is because practitioners adhere to a mental model that emphasises linearity, certainty, and causality, assuming that violence is best addressed through work plans that deliver state-building, stabilisation and services. Based on ten years of multi-method research from, in, and on conflict-affected countries, this book challenges this approach. Drawing on a significant collaborative body of scholarship, this work puts forward original and generalizable conclusions about how lives amid violence persist, offering an invitation to abandon restricting mental models and to embrace creative ways of thinking and working. These include paying attention to the long-term effects of conflict on individual behaviour and decision-making, the social realities of economic life, the role service delivery plays in negotiations between citizens and states, and to creating meaningful relationships. Transformation also requires reflection and therefore the book concludes with constructive suggestions on how to practice these insights to better support those whose lives are shaped by violence. More details are available at www.transformingdevelopment.org The eBook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com
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UR  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/62909/2/9780755640843.epub
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