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Charles O. Lerche
Bio: Charles O. Lerche is an academic researcher from Nova Southeastern University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Communalism. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 1 publications receiving 40 citations.
Topics: Communalism
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TL;DR: Lerche as discussed by the authors is coauthor of concepts of international politics in global perspective, and has published articles in academic journals on African politics, and peace and world order studies, and he is a member of the European Parliament.
Abstract: Charles O. Lerche teaches political science, international relations and international management at several institutions including: the University of Limburg/Maastricht, the University of Kent at Canterbury’s Brussels School of International Studies, and Boston University Brussels. He is coauthor of Concepts of International Politics in Global Perspective, and has published articles in academic journals on African politics, and peace and world order studies.
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01 Jan 2005
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a survey of approaches to the construction of the liberal peace from below and the construction from above, and reflect on the confcepts of PEACE.
Abstract: List of Figures Acknowledgements Abstract Preface Introduction PART I: APPROACHES TO PEACE Towards the Liberal Peace Towards Peace-as-Governance Towards the Peacebuilding Consensus PART II: CONSTRUCTING THE LIBERAL PEACE Constructing the Liberal Peace from Below Constructing the Liberal Peace from Above PART III: REFLECTING ON THE CONCEPTS OF PEACE Conceptualizing Peace Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
389 citations
01 Jan 1997
TL;DR: In this article, the first in-depth account of the evolution of Irish Republican strategy is presented, which is highly topical in the light of the faltering peace process and the growing speculation over the IRA's next move: further violence or a new non-violent strategy.
Abstract: Fighting for Ireland? is the first in-depth account of the evolution of Irish Republican strategy. It is highly topical in the light of the faltering peace process and the growing speculation over the IRA's next move: further violence or a new non-violent strategy? This new, updated paperback edition is essential reading for those who wish to disentangle the complex issues and motives behind IRA violence. M.L.R. Smith challenges many assumptions about the IRA, pinpointing the organisation's successes as well as its missed opportunities. He demonstrates the tension the movement has experienced between ideology and strategic reality regarding the use of force, illustrating how doctrinal purity has sometimes hampered the IRA in the pursuit of its goals. Contrary to the Irish Republican movement's vigorous and assertive public face Smith uncovers an organisation characterised more by a sense of chronic insecurity than by certainty and continuity.
92 citations
TL;DR: The authors argue that the central need in a society in the aftermath of violent conflict is to rebuild the state's representation function, which should be constructed around an inclusive politi cic.
Abstract: This article argues that the central need in a society in the aftermath of violent conflict is to rebuild the state’s representation function, which should be constructed around an inclusive politi...
68 citations
22 May 2017
TL;DR: More than 20 truth commissions have been established around the world, with the majority (15) created between 1974-1994 as discussed by the authors, some created by international organizations like the United Nations, a few by nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and the majority by the national governments of the countries in question.
Abstract: Since 1973, more than 20 “truth commissions” have been established around the world, with the majority (15) created between 1974-1994. Some were created by international organizations like the United Nations (UN), a few by nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and the majority by the national governments of the countries in question. Counting “Commissions of Inquiry” with “Truth and Reconciliation” commissions, a partial list is as follows:
57 citations
01 Jan 2010
TL;DR: In this sense, it might be said that peace and conflict studies has been in advance of the orthodoxy of IR and more in line with its critical wings as discussed by the authors, and that the broader questions of order, norms, structures, power, and international organisation and governance were best left to international theorists.
Abstract: The orthodoxy of IR has been that peace and conflict studies deals only with specific instances of mediation, conflict resolution, conflict transformation, or peacebuilding, and that the broader questions of order, norms, structures, power, and international organisation and governance were best left to ‘international theorists’. This of course, is indicative of mainstream IR theory’s tendency towards reductionism (though at the same time it has quietly adopted many of peace and conflict theory’s approaches).1 Despite this, what has emerged from peace and conflict studies was the gradual extension of the subdiscipline to include areas such as human rights, development, reconstruction, gender, humanitarian assistance, international organisations (IOs), agencies, international financial institutions (IFIs), non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and non-state actors. In addition broader approaches to peacebuilding emerged, as well as research methods such as ethnography, in order to understand violence, conflict, war, and peace from the perspective of grass roots directly affected and not just from the perspective of states and elites. In this sense, it might be said that peace and conflict studies has been in advance of the orthodoxy of IR and more in line with its critical wings.
57 citations