National policymaking, contested citizenship, and the city

local peacebuilding policy agenda. The abstract nature of peacebuilding goals required for agreement across competing legislative camps during policy formulation resulted in a ‘struggle for the determination of meaning’ during policy implementation that was influenced strongly and distorted by sectarian and political motivations 1996, p. Sectarian driven to conflict through their interpretation and containment of good relations, and shared space goals. Local spatial and power dynamics stymie implementation of underspecified peacebuilding goals and create distance between stated intent and on- the- ground action.