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- Title
Public Policies as Mechanisms for Peacebuilding in Territories.
- Authors
López Becerra, Mario Hernán; Durango Gómez, Ana María; León Castaño, Daniela; Delgado Enríquez, Lorena
- Abstract
Objective: To strengthen political capacities for transitions in territories, based on democratic mediations of social conflicts, oriented towards reconciliation and the construction of stable and lasting peace. Methodology: The research was framed within the framework of Research-Action-Participation (IAP), which involved the design, formulation, implementation, and evaluation of processes articulated between communities, public and private institutions, and social organizations, mainly using qualitative methods. Results: This article explores public policies as an ambiguous field of a transdisciplinary nature, and then reviews their connections with concepts such as 'participation,' 'deliberative capacity,' and 'mediation,' assumed as central axes in the formation of public policies. Likewise, it delves into different notions of peace (paces, in a broad sense), which allows us to highlight how different epistemological and methodological conceptions in pacifism determine approaches and devices in social construction. Finally, it examines the links between public policies as devices (strategies) for social mediation, and peacebuilding as a route for the agency of multiple social processes. Conclusions: The central conclusion revolves around the assertion that public policies acquire a peaceful nature insofar as they involve non-violent forms of social interaction. With them, those involved seek to achieve the highest possible level of well-being based on the resources and contexts in which they find themselves.
- Subjects
UNESCO; GOVERNMENT policy; PEACEBUILDING; SOCIAL processes; SOCIAL interaction; SOCIAL clubs; DELIBERATION; SOCIAL conflict
- Publication
Ánfora, 2024, Vol 31, Issue 57, p222
- ISSN
0121-6538
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.30854/anf.v31.n57.2024.1013