Sustainable Peace - Building in the South - Experiences from Latin America

Citation:

Pearce, Jenny. 1997. “Sustainable Peace-Building in the South: Experiences from Latin America.” Development in Practice 7 (4): 438–55.

Author: Jenny Pearce

Abstract:

While some recent internal conflicts have attracted international attention, other long-term conflicts with high accumulative death tolls have been relatively ignored. A decontextualised and partial view of conflict and violence is further encouraged by the separation between the emergency and development sections in many Northern aid agencies. Drawing on detailed case-studies of post- conflict experience in El Salvador, Peru, and Nicaragua, the author argues that conflict analysis, emergency intervention,and peace-building must be rooted within specific socio-historical contexts. The article ends with a critical reflection on the extent to which local-level capacities have in fact been able to influence the post-war situation and prospects for long-term and sustainable peace-building in these three countries.

Topics: Armed Conflict, Development, Humanitarian Assistance, Peacebuilding, Post-Conflict, Post-Conflict Reconstruction, Violence Regions: Americas, Central America, South America Countries: El Salvador, Nicaragua, Peru

Year: 1997