By Sara Hellmüller,Martina Santschi

Based at the swisspeace annual convention 2012, the e-book examines the fragile stability among exterior interventions and locally-led tasks. It addresses the query of what “local” ability within the peacebuilding and improvement context; which actors at the floor truly characterize the neighborhood point and the way exterior actors pick out their companions from among them. additionally, it examines how neighborhood possession - rising as key standards for any exterior intervention - is constituted: does this idea simply indicate neighborhood participation or is neighborhood keep an eye on from the outset a needs to? ultimately, it assesses the opportunity of locally-led tasks and native clash solution mechanisms and their interplay with exterior interventions. a number of authors supply insights on those questions and nuance our puzzling over either neighborhood possession and exterior interventions. As such, the ebook goals to inspire severe reflections in this topical debate in peacebuilding and development.

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