Endorsements

Cultures of governance and peace is a volume that seeks to bring together insights which look at the intersection of governance, culture and conflict resolution in India and the EU. These two very different but connected epistemic, cultural and institutional settings, which although divided by distance, colonialism and culture, have recently been brought closer together by the ideas and practices of what is known as liberal peace, the neoliberal state and development projects. While the differences are obvious in terms of geography, culture, the nature and shape of institutions and historical forces, the commonalities between the two are surprising. This is best reflected in their critiques of; neoliberalism, governance and its conceptual relationship with governmentality, their focus on decentralised institutions and local forms of peace agency, the escalatory tendencies of borders and the urgency of development and self-determination pressures. This is the first book to compare contemporary Indian and EU approaches to peace. The volume based on strong case studies and rigorous analysis examines these issues in the context of the practices of conflict resolution in India and Europe. It provides overview of governance issues vis-à-vis the search for peace at the local and state level and it makes a genuine contribution to an increasing number of perspectives coming from 'emerging' countries. Postgraduate students, and peace and conflict researchers, policy-makers and practitioners will immensely benefit from insights provided in this book. -