The clash of practice: political controversy and the United Nations Peacebuilding commission
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Controversy is at the heart of politics. Theories of practice offer a productive way of understanding controversies and potentially negotiating in them. In this paper, drawing on the work of Theodore Schatzki, Michel Callon and Bruno Latour, I introduce a heuristic for understanding controversies. I argue that what is often at stake in controversies are different types of practices of how a political issue should be handled. I introduce five of these types of practices. I analyse a case from global politics to demonstrate the value of such a perspective – the controversies in the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission are analysed as clashes between different practices of handling peacebuilding.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Evidence and Policy |
Volume | 7 |
Issue number | 2 |
Pages (from-to) | 171-191 |
Number of pages | 20 |
ISSN | 1744-2648 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 May 2011 |
Externally published | Yes |
- Faculty of Social Sciences - international organisations, peacebuilding, political controversy, practice theory
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