Multi-Level Reconciliation and Peacebuilding: Stakeholder Perspectives (Routledge Studies in Peace and Conflict Resolution) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0367672898 ISBN 13: 9780367672898

Publisher: Routledge, 2022

Synopsis

This edited volume examines the group dynamics of social reconciliation in conflict-affected societies by adopting ideas developed in social psychology and the everyday peace discourse in peace and conflict studies.

The book revisits the intra- and inter-group dynamics of social reconciliation in conflict-affected societies, which have been largely marginalised in mainstream peacebuilding debates. By applying social psychological perspectives and the discourse of everyday peace, the chapters explore the everyday experience of community actors engaged in social and political reconciliation. The first part of the volume introduces conceptual and theoretical studies that focus on the pros and cons of state-level reconciliation and their outcomes, while presenting theoretical insights into dialogical processes upon which reconciliation studies can develop further. The second part presents a series of empirical case studies from around the world, which examine the process of social reconciliation at community levels through the lens of social psychology and discourse analysis.

This book will be of much interest to students of peacebuilding, conflict resolution, social psychology, discourse analysis and international relations in general.

About this title

About the Author

Kevin P. Clements is Emeritus Professor at the University of Otago, New Zealand and the Director of Toda Peace Institute, Japan.

SungYong Lee is Associate Professor of the National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Otago, New Zealand.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0367672898
• ISBN 13: 9780367672898
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 280
• Editor: Clements Kevin P., Lee SungYong