Joakim Öjendal is Professor in Peace and Development Research at the School of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Isabell Schierenbeck is Associate Professor in Political Science at the School of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Caroline Hughes is Professor of Conflict Resolution and Peace at the University of Bradford, UK.

• The struggle versus the song – the local turn in peacebuilding: an introduction The ‘local turn’ in peacebuilding: a literature review of effective and emancipatory local peacebuilding Where is the local? Critical localism and peacebuilding, Unpacking the local turn in peacebuilding: a critical assessment towards an agenda for future research The dynamic local: delocalisation and (re-)localisation in the search for peacebuilding identity Palestinian unity and everyday state formation: subaltern ‘ungovernmentality’ versus elite interests Poor people’s politics in East Timor The ‘local turn’ saving liberal peacebuilding? Unpacking virtual peace in Cambodia, National policy in local practice: the case of Rwanda, Local violence and politics in KwaZulu-Natal: perceptions of agency in a post-conflict society, . Reducing fragility through strengthening local governance in Guinea, Rethinking justice and institutions in African peacebuilding, Beyond the local turn divide: lessons learnt, relearnt and unlearnt,

Joakim Öjendal is Professor in Peace and Development Research at the School of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Isabell Schierenbeck is Associate Professor in Political Science at the School of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Caroline Hughes is Professor of Conflict Resolution and Peace at the University of Bradford, UK.

• The struggle versus the song – the local turn in peacebuilding: an introduction The ‘local turn’ in peacebuilding: a literature review of effective and emancipatory local peacebuilding Where is the local? Critical localism and peacebuilding, Unpacking the local turn in peacebuilding: a critical assessment towards an agenda for future research The dynamic local: delocalisation and (re-)localisation in the search for peacebuilding identity Palestinian unity and everyday state formation: subaltern ‘ungovernmentality’ versus elite interests Poor people’s politics in East Timor The ‘local turn’ saving liberal peacebuilding? Unpacking virtual peace in Cambodia, National policy in local practice: the case of Rwanda, Local violence and politics in KwaZulu-Natal: perceptions of agency in a post-conflict society, . Reducing fragility through strengthening local governance in Guinea, Rethinking justice and institutions in African peacebuilding, Beyond the local turn divide: lessons learnt, relearnt and unlearnt,

Joakim Öjendal is Professor in Peace and Development Research at the School of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Isabell Schierenbeck is Associate Professor in Political Science at the School of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Caroline Hughes is Professor of Conflict Resolution and Peace at the University of Bradford, UK.

• The struggle versus the song – the local turn in peacebuilding: an introduction The ‘local turn’ in peacebuilding: a literature review of effective and emancipatory local peacebuilding Where is the local? Critical localism and peacebuilding, Unpacking the local turn in peacebuilding: a critical assessment towards an agenda for future research The dynamic local: delocalisation and (re-)localisation in the search for peacebuilding identity Palestinian unity and everyday state formation: subaltern ‘ungovernmentality’ versus elite interests Poor people’s politics in East Timor The ‘local turn’ saving liberal peacebuilding? Unpacking virtual peace in Cambodia, National policy in local practice: the case of Rwanda, Local violence and politics in KwaZulu-Natal: perceptions of agency in a post-conflict society, . Reducing fragility through strengthening local governance in Guinea, Rethinking justice and institutions in African peacebuilding, Beyond the local turn divide: lessons learnt, relearnt and unlearnt,