TY - JOUR PY - 2012// TI - The Political Legitimacy of National Peace Committees JO - Journal of peacebuilding and development A1 - Odendaal, Andries SP - 40 EP - 53 VL - 7 IS - 3 N2 - A national peace committee is a multi-stakeholder body mandated to implement key peacebuilding objectives, and coordinate a multi-level network of peace committees called an infrastructure for peace. Based on 10 case studies, the article explores the importance of political legitimacy for the success of NPCs and analyses, in particular, the contribution of their mandate, role clarity, composition and competence.

LA - SN - 1542-3166 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15423166.2013.767601 ID - ref1 ER -