Abstract

In this article, we suggest that taking a relational view of peace seriously is a fruitful avenue for expanding current theoretical frameworks surrounding peace as a concept. Paving the way for such an approach, this article conducts a review of the literature that takes on peace as a relational concept. We then return to how a relationship is conceptualized, before turning to how such components would be further defined in order to specify relational peace. Based on this framework, we argue that a peaceful relationship entails deliberation, non-domination, and cooperation between the actors in the dyad; the actors involved recognize and trust each other and believe that the relationship is either one between legitimate fellows or one between friends. The article clarifies the methodological implications of studying peace in this manner. It also demonstrates some of the advantages of this approach, as it shows how peace and war can coexist in webs of multiple interactions, and the importance of studying relations, and how actors understand these relationships, as a way of studying varieties of peace.

中文翻译：

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朋友、伙伴和敌人：研究关系和平的新框架

摘要

在本文中，我们建议认真对待和平的关系观点是扩展当前围绕和平作为一个概念的理论框架的有效途径。本文为这种方法铺平了道路，对将和平作为一个关系概念的文献进行了回顾。然后我们回到如何概念化关系，然后转向如何进一步定义这些组件以指定关系和平。基于这个框架，我们认为和平关系需要二元组中的参与者之间的深思熟虑、非支配和合作；所涉及的行为者相互认识和信任，并相信这种关系要么是合法伙伴之间的关系，要么是朋友之间的关系。文章阐明了以这种方式研究和平的方法论意义。