Is Local Beautiful?

Part I. Conceptual Contributions

1. Owners or Partners? A Critical Analysis of the Concept of Local Ownership
Sara Hellmüller

2. Local Ownership and the Settlement of Civil Wars: External Intervention in Internal Armed Conflicts—Arguments for a Conceptual Framework of ‘Political Ownership’
Peter Schumann

3. Shooting Bambi? Critical Reflections on International Approaches to Local Ownership
Marco Pfister

Part II. Case Studies

4. Traditional Authorities, Local Justice and Local Conflict Resolution Mechanisms in South Sudan
Martina Santschi

5. Maximizing the Potential of Locally Led Peacebuilding in Conflict Affected States
Carolyn Hayman

6. Peacebuilding: Switzerland’s Approach to Local Ownership
Claude Wild

7. Partners for Peace: A Case Study of Local—International Cooperation
Rachel Gasser, Ja Nan Lahtaw

Keywords: Environment, Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice, Anthropology, Political Science, general, Sociology, general