Citizen engagement in peacebuilding: A communication for development approach to rebuilding peace from the bottom-up

Valentina Baú
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Valentina Baú: University of New South Wales, School of the Arts & Media, Sydney, Australia

Progress in Development Studies, 2016, vol. 16, issue 4, 348-360

Abstract: By unearthing the connections between the literatures on participatory communication and civic engagement with the reality of postconflict peace, this article demonstrates how a communication for development (C4D) approach to engaging citizens in peacebuilding contributes to strengthening the reconstruction process at the end of the violence, while engendering a bottom up process based on dialogue and inclusivity. After offering a brief overview of the peacebuilding contexts, this article presents a theoretical discussion that brings to the surface not only the role of C4D in facilitating citizens participation in government decision making, but also its significance in creating an inclusive peacebuilding process that starts from the community. At the same time, this discussion begins to shed light on the relationship between communication for development and participatory governance.

Keywords: Communication for Development; Participatory Communication; Peacebuilding; Citizen Engagement; Participatory Governance; Peace (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1177/1464993416663052

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