UNU-WIDER Book launch hosted by UNU-WIDER Project Workshop on Entrepreneurship and Conflict

Chair:
 Brandon Hamber, Director INCORE, University of Ulster

Speakers:
Tilman Brück, DIW Berlin, co-editor of 'Making Peace Work'
and Pat Colgan, CEO of the Special EU Programmes Body

Special Guest:
Nobel Peace Prize winner and former politician, John Hume

There is hope that the number of violent conflicts in the world is declining. But can peace last? Or is it inevitable, especially taken into account the slumping world economy, that many countries will relapse into conflict?  The examples of Afghanistan, Somalia, Bosnia, Kosovo or Georgia are reminders that reconstruction from war and conflict is a daunting task. Countries face huge challenges, often with too few resources to meet these needs: rebuilding infrastructure, assisting war-damaged communities, re-creating weakened institutions. How should reconstruction take place to prevent countries from regressing back into war? In this book, the outcome of a UNU-WIDER study, one of the editors of 'Making Peace Work', Tilman Brück, offers examples of what works and what doesn’t. This key book draws on leading authorities on the political economy of war and peace. It has been hailed as the definitive volume on how to establish peace, participation, and prosperity in post-conflict societies.The volume covers a range of topics, some of which too often receive scant attention in reconstruction strategies, such as the gender dimension, the importance of horizontal inequalities, ethics and the need for a social contract, and entrepreneurship. It suggests practical approaches which should be of interest to researchers, policymakers and practitioners alike.
Link to the book.

• For more information please refer to the Palgrave pages.