Sustainable Development Goal 16 and the Global Governance of Violence: Critical Reflections on the Uncertain Future of Peace

This book examines the impact of Goal 16, which aims to promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, on reducing violence in all its forms. It includes contributions from scholars and practitioners working in the field of peace and development, and explores the universal aspirations of Goal 16 and its specific implications for conflict-affected states and historically marginalized groups. The book offers a comprehensive assessment of Goal 16's broader contribution to creating a more just and peaceful world.

Format: Hardback
Length: 256 pages
Publication date: 09 August 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This book brings together a diverse range of scholars and practitioners working at the nexus of peace and development to reflect, at the mid-way point of the Sustainable Development Goals implementation period, what impact Goal 16 has made, or may yet make, toward reducing violence in 'all its forms. Adopted in 2015, the Sustainable Development Goals include 17 objectives designed to shape and direct the global development agenda through to 2030, with Goal 16 aiming to promote 'peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development. Amidst an ongoing global pandemic, evidence of a fracturing liberal international order, and the persistence of seemingly intractable conflict in large parts of the world, this volume takes stock of current progress toward providing access to justice and ensuring inclusive and democratic institutions. Across 15 chapters, the book's contributors explore the universal aspirations of Goal 16 and its specific implications for conflict-affected states, which continue to experience 'development in reverse, and for historically marginalized groups such as women, youth, the disabled, and indigenous peoples. In doing so, it offers a comprehensive assessment of Goal 16's broader contribution to the creation of a more just, peaceful world against the realities of societies emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic and grappling with a deepening climate crisis. This volume will appeal to scholars, researchers, policymakers, and postgraduate students in sustainable development, global governance, international relations, global development, international law, and political science.

Weight: 453g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032270562