Disempowerment and marginalisation of peace NGOs: Exposing peace gaps in Israel and Palestine
Författare
Summary, in English
This article analyses the enabling and restraining conditions of local peace organisations in Israel and Palestine. It utilises the analytical notion of peace gaps to accentuate the interplay between local and elite levels. It also highlights the discrepancies when it comes to expectations of peace, the ability to communicate peace discourses, and the power to influence and build wider domestic peace constituencies. The empirical findings reveal how current vertical and horizontal peace gaps result in the disempowerment and marginalisation of local peace NGOs on both sides. Such a precarious situation hinders broader peace mobilisation and is further exacerbated by widespread political apathy and peace fatigue among Israeli and Palestinian publics. By way of conclusion, the article argues for the need to re-politicise and re-negotiate space for a more agonistic peacebuilding, which allows for differences to co-exist.
Avdelning/ar
Publiceringsår
2013
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
109-124
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Peacebuilding
Volym
1
Issue
1
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
Taylor & Francis
Ämne
- Social Sciences Interdisciplinary
Nyckelord
- peace gaps
- Israel
- Palestine
- peacebuilding
- NGOs
- Middle East Peace Process
Status
Published
Projekt
- Exploring peace gaps in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Forskningsgrupp
- Freds- och konfliktforskning
- Middle East politics
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 2164-7259