Bottom-up ceasefires and everyday peace - Regionalprogramm Golf-Staaten
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Bottom-up ceasefires and everyday peace
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Roger Mac Ginty
Everyday peace at localised level can disrupt dominant conflict narrative
Most academic and policy discussion of ceasefires concentrates on top-down, formal ceasefires. But can we conceive of bottom-up ceasefires? Certainly there are many examples of highly-localised ceasefires that are not mandated by superior bodies. Often they rely on the everyday peace skills of individuals and communities to spot opportunities and have the bravery to disrupt the dominant conflict narrative.