Peace Infrastructures
How UN Peace Operations Build Roads, Bridges, and Solar Farms in the Pursuit of Sustainability
$122.01
- Paperback
242 pages
- Release Date
19 May 2026
Summary
Roads, bridges, a renewable power plant, and an electricity grid: UN peacekeepers might be unusual infrastructure builders, but they’re certainly not unambitious. Since the beginning of the UN’s peacekeeping activities after the end of World War II, the Blue Helmets have cemented streets, constructed bridges, and dug wells in conflict zones. But how did the military arm of the world’s primary diplomatic forum become involved in such activities in its quest for peace, and with what consequence…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262553612 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262553619 |
| Author: | Silvia Danielak |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 242 |
| Release Date: | 19 May 2026 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 152mm x 229mm |
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ENDORSEMENTS
“At a historical moment when peace seems to be literally about building, Silvia Danielak has written a timely, highly original book that compels us to rethink how the physical infrastructures of UN peace operations relate to the spatial imaginaries of peace and—most importantly—possible, more sustainable futures.”
—Alex de Waal, author of New Pandemics, Old Politics and Mass Starvation
“Infrastructure is crucial but is often unnoticed. Silvia Danielak’s important new book reveals what the infrastructures built and used by United Nations peace operations can tell us about power, exclusion, and peace. Highly recommended.”
—Roger Mac Ginty, author of Everyday Peace and International Peacebuilding and Local Resistance
“Peace Infrastructures is a groundbreaking exploration of how UN peace operations employ infrastructural projects—roads, bridges, solar farms—as tools to foster sustainable peace in conflict-affected regions. Danielak masterfully examines the promises, risks, and long-term impacts of such interventions, revealing how they shape the socio-spatial and environmental landscapes of host communities. This thought-provoking book is essential reading for anyone interested in peace operations and sustainable development.”
—Lise Howard, author of Power in Peacekeeping and UN Peacekeeping in Civil Wars
Silvia Danielak
Silvia Danielak is Assistant Professor at the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution at George Mason University. She is the recipient of the Peace Scholar Fellowship from the US Institute of Peace.
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