Beyond the "liberal peace"

Zaum, D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3148-555X (2011) Beyond the "liberal peace". Global Governance, 18 (1). pp. 121-132. ISSN 1075-2846

Abstract/Summary

The article critically reviews the contributions to the understanding of contemporary peacebuilding practices of several recent contributions to the peacebuilding literature, including the 2011 World Development Report. It examines some of the conceptual problems with recent criticisms of the "liberal peace", and proposes that the concept of "liberal peace" should be abandonned as it lacks any analytical purchase.