peacebuilding
平和構築
解説 Definition
紛争後の地域で持続的な平和を確立するための取り組みや活動。和平構築。
Peacebuilding is the work of creating lasting peace in places affected by conflict. It is often used in politics and international aid, and it includes rebuilding trust, institutions, and social stability, not just stopping violence.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
peace + building で、単なる「平和」ではなく「平和を築いていく作業」と捉えると記憶しやすい語です。building は建物ではなく build の進行イメージで考えるのがコツ。peacekeeping が「平和維持」、peacemaking が「和平成立」なのに対し、peacebuilding は紛争後に制度・信頼・生活基盤を立て直し、壊れにくい平和を長期的に作る段階で使われます。post-conflict peacebuilding や peacebuilding efforts という形でも見かけます。
Break it into `peace + building`: not just peace itself, but the work of building it. Here `building` is an action, like in `team-building`, not a physical building. It is useful to contrast it with `peacekeeping`, which means keeping peace, not creating strong peace step by step.
例文
The United Nations has invested heavily in peacebuilding efforts in post-conflict regions.
国連は紛争後の地域での平和構築活動に多大な投資をしてきた。
Effective peacebuilding requires the participation of local communities and civil society.
効果的な平和構築には地域社会や市民社会の参加が必要である。
She dedicated her career to peacebuilding, working with NGOs across Southeast Asia.
彼女は東南アジア各地のNGOと協力しながら、平和構築にキャリアを捧げた。
peacebuilding の類義語・関連語
peacebuilding の語源・成り立ち Etymology
peacebuildingはpeace「平和」+ building「築くこと」の複合語です。peaceは古フランス語pais、さらにラテン語pax「平和・取り決め」にさかのぼり、pacifyやpactも同根なので、「合意で結び直して平和を築く」という意味合いがそのまま表れています。
"Peacebuilding" is a compound of "peace" and "building." "Peace" comes through Old French from Latin "pax," which could mean peace or an agreement. The modern word keeps that basic image of constructing or restoring peace, often by rebuilding agreement; related words include "pacify" and "pact."
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