Format:
1 online resource (247 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780367175030
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9780429615870
Series Statement:
Business and Peacebuilding Series
Content:
Describes the role of buisness in peace and brings together the state-of-the-field in one place
Note:
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of illustrations -- Foreword -- What's old is new again -- PART I: Theoretical underpinnings -- 1. Business and peace: A need for new questions and systems perspectives -- The roots of the mobilization of business for peace -- A menu of roles for business in peace -- Businesses do, can or should impact socio-economic dynamics of conflict-prone places in peace-positive ways. -- Businesses do, can or should impact socio-political dynamics of conflict-prone places in peace-positive ways. -- Businesses do, can or should impact peacemaking dynamics in peacepositive ways. -- Assumptions rather than evidence about business and peace -- A profound disconnect from contemporary peacebuilding theory and practice -- The high risk of suboptimal outcomes and unintended consequences -- Also missing from the equation: the 'who' and the 'how' -- A richer set of perspectives and questions -- References -- 2. Business, peace, and human rights: A political responsibility perspective -- Introduction -- Business and human rights: overview -- Corporate human rights responsibility and the nature of the corporation -- Business and human rights: current themes and alternative perspectives -- A BHR perspective on business and peace -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- 3. The messy business of peace amid the tyranny of the profit motive: Complexity and culture in post-conflict contexts -- Introduction -- Literature review -- Business for Peace -- War Economies -- Critical Peacebuilding -- Methodology -- Findings: expect the unexpected -- Undermining local political balances -- Amplifying existing economic grievances -- Generating new social conflicts -- Conclusion -- References -- PART II: Perspectives on the corporate side
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2 Methodology -- 3 Rising up and simmering down: The changing role of local business in peace in Sri Lanka -- 4 Business for peace vs. socio-economic peace in El Salvador? -- 5 The economic dimensions of political conflict: Comparing Sri Lanka and El Salvador -- 6 Conclusions: Companies respond to 'openings' but are not in it for the long haul -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 9. Practicing business and peace?: Considerations overheard in the field -- Introduction -- Whereof we speak -- Business and peace, business and conflict -- Overheard in the field -- Revitalizing the discourse -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 10. Large-scale investment management: The peace potential of a sovereign wealth fund -- Introduction -- Context overview -- Basic facts about the Fund -- How NBIM defines "responsible investment" -- Two tracks toward divestment -- Avoidance of negative social impacts versus promotion of good -- Managing social risks -- Active engagement with corporate troublemakers -- Expectation documents -- Social risk and conflict -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index
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4. Furthering business efforts to reduce social risk and promote peacebuilding: The potential of social impact bonds (SIBs) -- Introduction -- Rationale and motivation for engagement -- Public-private partnerships -- Social impact bonds: what are they and how do they work? -- Case studies of social impact bonds -- Social impact bonds and socially responsible investments (SRIs) -- Social impact bonds: potential benefits and challenges -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References -- 5. Beyond rhetoric or reactivity on SDG 16: Towards a principled policy basis for engaging business in peacebuilding -- Introduction -- I. Trends and patterns around business, peace and SDG 16 -- II. Problem A: proselytising advocates? Under-cooked policy and study -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 6. From war-torn to peace-torn? Mapping business strategies in transition from conflict to peace in Colombia -- 1. Introduction and main proposition -- 2. Peace, conflict and business strategy in Colombia: a review -- 3. Mapping 'business in transition' -- 4. Conclusions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- PART III: Empirical reflections -- 7. "The only hope left": Differences between multinational and local company peacebuilding activities in Syria and Iraq -- Introduction -- The current theory of business and its contribution to peace and conflict -- Business and peace theory -- The context of Iraq and Syria during the period of study -- Doing business in non-state armed group territory in Iraq and Syria -- Methodology -- Data analysis methodology -- Research findings -- Perceived positive and negative impacts by multinational companies -- Perceived positive and negative impacts by local companies -- Discussion and conclusion -- Note -- References -- 8. The contested role of local business in peacebuilding: Reflections from Sri Lanka and El Salvador -- 1 Introduction
Additional Edition:
Print version Miklian, Jason Business, Peacebuilding and Sustainable Development Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group,c2019 ISBN 9780367175030
Language:
English
Keywords:
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