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Peace, Security and Development in Post-Conflict Environments

Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, Switzerland

Oliver Jütersonke

Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, Switzerland

This article presents a critical overview of the contemporary practice of post-conflict peacebuilding (PCPB), arguing that contemporary post-conflict operations rest upon the assumption that a sophisticated social engineering approach could replace, or accelerate, a process of state formation that occurs rather more organically. Yet, PCPB is subject to the same tensions and dilemmas as the process of state formation. Many recent post-conflict reconstruction and rehabilitation programmes have been conducted with little critical self-reflection on the underlying assumptions or structural biases of PCPB efforts. One major reason for this is the missing connection, in the minds of policymakers and practitioners, between security and development concerns. The concept of human security can help bridge this gap and is also compatible with a form of Popperian ‘piecemeal’ social engineering that is more consistent with a critical approach to PCPB.

Key Words: Peacebuilding • post-conflict operations • human security • development • social engineering

Security Dialogue, Vol. 36, No. 4, 447-462 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/0967010605060449


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