TY  - JOUR
T1  - Contextualizing Peace-Building Environments from a Sustainability Perspective: Findings of a Pilot Study in North Macedonia
AU  - B. Şahin, Selver
AU  - Ozan, Levent
PY  - 2019
DA  - December
JF  - PERCEPTIONS: Journal of International Affairs
JO  - PERCEPTIONS
PB  - T.C Dışişleri Bakanlığı
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 1300-8641
SP  - 225
EP  - 248
VL  - 24
IS  - 2
LA  - en
AB  - Sustainability constitutes a key element of peace, which denotes not only the absence of war but also the presence of social conditions and capacity that enable theattainment of development outcomes in areas vital to basic human needs. Under this premise, this study explores how and which areas of sustainability may contribute to efforts to establish lasting peace in conflict-affected, fragile settings. It draws upon the framework of “circles of sustainability” to provide a preliminarytrends analysis of the peace-building environment in North Macedonia. We have cross-referenced relevant policy documents with the public opinion of the citizens.The results obtained from this method yielded both similarities and differences, such as the fact that the economy was ranked second in both policy documents andpublic opinion. Differences emerged with regard to the prioritization of ecological and cultural aspects, with policy documents privileging ecology and public opinionheavily focusing on cultural factors. In light of the latest manifestations of cultural tensions during the referendum process on changing the country’s name, it becomesboth an urgent and challenging task for policy-makers to consider which cultural aspects are important to the public and how they can be addressed.
KW  - North Macedonia
KW  - sustainability
KW  - peace-building
KW  - capacity
KW  - circles of sustainability
CR  - Kaynakça yok
UR  - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/perception/issue//666774
L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/906947
ER  -