Working for 'minor utopias': youth employment in Sierra Leone and Liberia
Post-conflict peacebuilding activities generate the hope for fresh opportunities, access to services, and sustainable livelihoods among youth, even when the state is indebted to donors and remains mired in corruption and incapacity. The following disappointment reminds us of what historian Jay Winte...
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Edinburgh University Press
2024
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| author | Podder, S Zepeda Gil, R |
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| description | Post-conflict peacebuilding activities generate the hope for fresh opportunities, access to services, and sustainable livelihoods among youth, even when the state is indebted to donors and remains mired in corruption and incapacity. The following disappointment reminds us of what historian Jay Winter (2006) describes as ‘minor utopias’. The disappointment in delivering on the part of the state and international organisations is partly due to the nature of the design, funding and rationale for youth and peace projects. We demonstrate that for peace to be sustainable and long-lasting, it must resonate with the needs of the current and future generations. For young people to have tangible and realisable hope, rather than elusive and utopian, it must be rooted in futures-oriented thinking. Futures-oriented peacebuilding must be long-term and strategic, where the outcomes of employment generation projects and programs extend beyond the interests or needs of the current generation to thinking about and anticipating the needs of the future generation. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:30d4e836-cebb-47ad-8498-d2cfe2e7c26f2024-08-20T12:38:45ZWorking for 'minor utopias': youth employment in Sierra Leone and LiberiaBook sectionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_1843uuid:30d4e836-cebb-47ad-8498-d2cfe2e7c26fEnglishSymplectic ElementsEdinburgh University Press2024Podder, SZepeda Gil, RWaldow, VBargués, PChandler, DPost-conflict peacebuilding activities generate the hope for fresh opportunities, access to services, and sustainable livelihoods among youth, even when the state is indebted to donors and remains mired in corruption and incapacity. The following disappointment reminds us of what historian Jay Winter (2006) describes as ‘minor utopias’. The disappointment in delivering on the part of the state and international organisations is partly due to the nature of the design, funding and rationale for youth and peace projects. We demonstrate that for peace to be sustainable and long-lasting, it must resonate with the needs of the current and future generations. For young people to have tangible and realisable hope, rather than elusive and utopian, it must be rooted in futures-oriented thinking. Futures-oriented peacebuilding must be long-term and strategic, where the outcomes of employment generation projects and programs extend beyond the interests or needs of the current generation to thinking about and anticipating the needs of the future generation. |
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