Kenneth A. Loparo 
International Peacebuilding and Local Resistance 
Hybrid Forms of Peace

Using the case studies of Afghanistan, Iraq, Bosnia, Lebanon and Northern Ireland this book dissects internationally-supported peace interventions. Looking at issues of security, statebuilding, civil society and economic and constitutional reform, it proposes using the concept of hybridity to understand the dynamics of societies in transition.

Table of Content

Introduction The Liberal Peace Indigenous Peacebuilding Hybrid Peace Hybrid Security: Afghanistan Hybrid Economics: Iraq Hybrid Statebuilding: Bosnia Hybrid Governance: Lebanon Hybrid Civil Society: Northern Ireland Conclusion

About the author

ROGER MAC GINTY is a Reader in the School of International Relations, University of St Andrews, UK. His previous books have included
No War, No Peace: The rejuvenation of stalled peace processes and peace accords, (Palgrave Macmillan, 2006) and
Contemporary Peacemaking (Palgrave Macmillan, 2002 with John Darby). He edits the Palgrave 
Rethinking Political Violence book series.