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Local Researchers and International Practitioners

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This chapter provides an introduction to the book, defining the central problematic, setting the context, outlining the methods used and justifying the relevance of the study. The need for new knowledge is driven by a fundamental problem at the heart of Kosovo’s internationally-led SSR, namely the marginalisation of local researchers that has left the process weakened and unbalanced. Despite the general experience of local marginalisation, local researchers have an important role to play in contesting international SSR and have contributed to Kosovo’s SSR.

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Phillipps, J. (2022). Introduction. In: Local Researchers and International Practitioners . Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-82661-1_1

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