FROM LIBERAL PEACE TO LOCAL PEACE: TRANSDISCIPLINARY THEORETICAL APPROACHES

Abstract

The peace research turn from approaches of liberal peace to those of post-liberal and local requires an understanding of the conceptual and theoretical foundations on which both of these approaches were built. This paper seeks to overcome the conceptual gaps and cognitive misperceptions between these two approaches. This paper began with a preliminary introduction of the uses of the definition of the concept of peace focusing on studying the intertwined conceptual relationships. In its second phase, this paper will attempt to analyze the levels of interaction between local and liberal peace by showcasing the limitations of the perspectives concerning the liberal practices of peacebuilding. In the third stage, the paper suggests a procedural and conceptual key point for crossing between local and global levels.