Framing the Fragmentation of Peace

an analysis of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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https://doi.org/10.20889/M47e21005

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Fragmentation, Positive Peace, Sustainable Development Goals

Abstract

This article aims to discuss the concept of fragmentation of peace in order to understand how the concept proposed by Galtung (1969) is being operationalized, implemented and disseminated as an international agenda. Taking the Millennium and Sustainable Development Goals implemented by the United Nations as parameter, this article embeds in a framing perspective, arguing that positive peace is more than a concept, rather a pragmatic common and global strategy.

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2020-06-26

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Vieira, Maurício. 2020. “Framing the Fragmentation of Peace: An Analysis of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)”. Meridiano 47 - Journal of Global Studies 21 (June). https://doi.org/10.20889/M47e21005.

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