The concept of hybridity highlights complex processes of interaction and transformation between different institutional and social forms, and normative systems. This book examines the value of hybridity as a concept, and its shortcomings. It was originally published as an online special issue of the journal Third World Thematics.

1. Hybridity in peacebuilding and development: a critical approach Miranda Forsyth, Lia Kent, Sinclair Dinnen, Joanne Wallis and Srinjoy Bose 2. From constructivist to critical engagements with peacebuilding: implications for hybrid peace Joanne Wallis and Oliver Richmond 3. Hybridity and dialogue - approaches to the hybrid turn M. Anne Brown 4. Hybridity and boundary-making: exploring the politics of hybridisation Helene Maria Kyed 5. Using the concept of hybridity to guide social change through legal means Miranda Forsyth 6. Is the 'hybrid turn' a 'spatial turn'? A geographical perspective on hybridity and state-formation in the Western Pacific Matthew G. Allen and Sinclair Dinnen 7. Sexual violence and hybrid peacebuilding: how does silence 'speak'? Nicole George and Lia Kent 8. The Afghan Local Police: unpacking a hybrid security arrangement Susanna Schmeidl and Nick Miszak 9. Separation and positive accommodation: police reform in Sierra Leone Peter Albrecht