Fafo-report 480

Mark B. Taylor and Kathleen M. Jennings

In Search of Strategy

An Agenda for Applied Research on Transitions from Conflict

ISBN 82-7422-483-3
2005 63 p NOK 163,- Order no: 480 Order

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The challenge facing applied peacebuilding research is to understand and communicate the complex realities of conflict in a manner that speaks to the utilitarian demands of policymakers. In Search of Strategy reviews the literature on post-conflict reconstruction, describes the existing policy consensus, and suggests a peace implementation framework as a way to structure research on transitions from conflict. The authors argue for an approach to peace implementation that integrates the international implementation machinery to an analysis of social transformations.

In Search of Strategy has been made possible by financial support from Norad.