Everyday boundaries, borders and post-conflict societies

Security-sector Transformation in Post-conflict Societies

Plight of Children in Conflict and Post – Conflict Societies: the Case of Africa

Borders of everyday life: Congolese young people’s political identification in contexts of conflict-induced displacement

Ethnicity and citizenship issues have been among the contributing causes of conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) over the past decades. These identity issues are exacerbated by the large-scale migration of people to and from the DRC and neighbouring Rwanda, Burundi and Uganda, both historically and in the context of recent political violence. Using ethnographic data collected over...

Policy for Post-conflict Societies: Reducing the Risks of Renewed Conflict

The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper are entirely those of the author. They do not necessarily represent the views of the World Bank, its Executive Directors, or the countries they represent.

Crossing Borders and Shifting Boundaries of Belonging in Post-Wall Europe. A Gender Lens1

Borders and boundaries are central to states and their nations. Physically marked borders as well as imagined communities (Anderson 1991) and their limes – boundaries are the frame for the praxis/management exercised by the state authorities on both sides. They are also the frame for the usage of the border and related boundaries by the local and by more distant populations. In this text the fo...