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Measuring Success in Post-Conflict Peacebuilding Processes

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How do we measure the success of post-conflict peacebuilding processes in Nigeria’s oil region? This chapter presents a transformational model that can be useful for measuring success in post-conflict peacebuilding processes. The model is derived from the analysis of DDR strategies employed by peacebuilders to transform Nigeria’s oil insurgency. The empirical evidence shows that transformation occurs when there is significant change in a post-conflict society at four levels: cultural, intrapersonal, structural, and interpersonal. The success of post-conflict peacebuilding is measured against the identifiable changes in the lives of ex-insurgents and their communities that are perceived as instrumental in fostering peace and stability in the oil region. This chapter therefore underscores the effectiveness of DDR as a tool for conflict transformation in Nigeria’s oil region.

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Okoi, O. (2021). Measuring Success in Post-Conflict Peacebuilding Processes. In: Punctuated Peace in Nigeria’s Oil Region. Palgrave Studies in Compromise after Conflict. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-86327-2_3

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